7-letter words containing e, t, c, r
- rection — the determination of the form of one word by the presence of another word in a phrase or sentence
- rectory — a rector's house; parsonage.
- rectrix — one of the tail feathers of a bird controlling direction during flight.
- redcoat — (especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- reelect — vote into power again
- reenact — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- refract — to subject to refraction.
- relatch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- rematch — to match again; duplicate: an attempt to rematch a shade of green paint.
- repatch — to patch again
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- restack — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- restock — refill, replenish with supplies
- retched — to make efforts to vomit.
- reteach — to teach again
- reticle — a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- retouch — to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
- retrace — to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- retrack — to track again
- retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- rhaetic — of or relating to a series of rocks formed in the late Triassic period
- richest — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- richter — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- rickets — a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- rickety — likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair.
- scanter — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scarlet — a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- scepter — a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre — to give a scepter to; invest with authority.
- scooter — a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- scouter — a person who scouts.
- scutter — scurry.
- scyther — a scythe user
- secreta — secretions of cells, tissues or organs
- secrete — a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- sectary — a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- sickert — Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- specter — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spector — Phil. born 1940, US record producer and songwriter, noted for the densely orchestrated "Wall of Sound" in his work with groups such as the Ronettes and the Crystals; convicted in 2009 for the second-degree murder (2003) of actress Lana Clarkson
- spectra — a plural of spectrum.
- spectre — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- stacker — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stearic — of or relating to suet or fat.
- sticker — a person or thing that sticks.
- stocker — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- tacrine — a drug prescribed to patients of Alzheimer's disease
- tancred — 1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.