6-letter words containing e, t, c
- cogent — A cogent reason, argument, or example is strong and convincing.
- collet — (in a jewellery setting) a band or coronet-shaped claw that holds an individual stone
- colter — a blade or disk on a plow, for forming the vertical wall of the furrow
- comate — having tufts of hair
- comest — Archaic second-person singular form of come.
- cometh — 3rd person singular present indicative of come.
- comets — Plural form of comet.
- comnet — (simulation, networking) A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT.
- contex — (obsolete, transitive) To context.
- cooter — a large freshwater turtle, Pseudemus concinna, found in southern USA and northern Mexico
- cootie — Cooties are the same as lice.
- copter — A copter is a helicopter.
- coquet — to behave flirtatiously
- cornet — A cornet is a musical instrument of the brass family that looks like a small trumpet.
- corset — A corset is a stiff piece of underwear worn by some women, especially in the past. It fits tightly around their hips and waist and makes them thinner around the waist when they wear it.
- cortes — the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal
- cortex — The cortex of the brain or of another organ is its outer layer.
- corvet — (nautical) archaic form of corvette.
- cosset — If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant.
- costae — a rib or riblike part.
- costed — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- costen — (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
- coster — costermonger.
- coteau — a hillside
- cotext — (linguistics) The text that surrounds the node, or word of interest, in a KWIC.
- cotise — (heraldry) Alternative form of cottise.
- cotter — any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
- cotyle — a cavity that resembles a cup
- cotype — an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen
- couter — a piece of armour designed to protect the elbow
- covent — (obsolete) convent.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- covets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of covet.
- coyest — Superlative form of coy.
- coyote — A coyote is a small wolf which lives in the plains of North America.
- crated — Simple past tense and past participle of crate.
- crater — A crater is a very large hole in the ground, which has been caused by something hitting it or by an explosion.
- crates — Plural form of crate.
- creant — creating or creative; formative
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
- crests — the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cretan — of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants
- cretic — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –)
- cretin — If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid.
- crieth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry.
- cronet — the coronet of a horse's hoof or the hair which grows over this area
- croute — a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served
- cruets — Plural form of cruet.
- cruset — a goldsmith's crucible