6-letter words containing e, t, c
- cteno- — ctenoid scales, teeth, etc.
- cueist — a person skilled in cue sports; a snooker, billiards, or pool player
- cuesta — a long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the differential erosion of strata of differing hardness
- cuiter — to pamper or coddle
- cullet — waste glass for melting down to be reused
- culter — Alternative form of colter.
- curate — A curate is a clergyman in the Anglican Church who helps the priest.
- curite — a red-orange radioactive mineral, the hydrated oxide of uranium and lead
- curter — Comparative form of curt.
- curvet — a low leap with all four feet off the ground
- custer — George Armstrong. 1839–76, US cavalry general: Civil War hero, killed fighting the Sioux at Little Bighorn, Montana
- cutely — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutest — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutesy — If you describe someone or something as cutesy, you dislike them because you think they are unpleasantly pretty and sentimental.
- cuties — Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address): Hi, cutie.
- cutler — a person who makes or sells cutlery
- cutlet — A cutlet is a small piece of meat which is usually fried or grilled.
- cutted — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of cut.
- cutter — A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
- cuttie — (slang, surfing) Short for a cutback.
- cuttle — cuttlefish.
- cygnet — A cygnet is a young swan.
- cytase — a cellulose-dissolving enzyme
- cytode — a unicellular non-nucleated mass of protoplasm, the simplest form of life
- dacite — an igneous, volcanic rock characteristically light in colour with relatively high silica content
- decant — If you decant a liquid into another container, you put it into another container.
- deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- decent — Decent is used to describe something which is considered to be of an acceptable standard or quality.
- decest — great, wonderful.
- decnet — A proprietary network protocol designed by Digital Equipment Corporation. The functionality of each Phase of the implementation, such as Phase IV and Phase V, is different.
- decoct — to extract (the essence or active principle) from (a medicinal or similar substance) by boiling
- decoit — Alternative form of dacoit.
- dectet — a group that consists of ten musicians
- deduct — When you deduct an amount from a total, you subtract it from the total.
- defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- deject — to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
- delict — a wrongful act for which the person injured has the right to a civil remedy
- depict — To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- detect — To detect something means to find it or discover that it is present somewhere by using equipment or making an investigation.
- detick — to remove ticks from (an animal); free of ticks
- direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- disect — Misspelling of dissect.
- docent — privatdocent.
- docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- doucet — (obsolete except in dialects) A sweetened dish.
- dretch — (transitive) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.
- ducted — Simple past tense and past participle of duct.
- dulcet — pleasant to the ear; melodious: the dulcet tones of the cello.
- eatche — a wood-working tool that has a blade that bends towards the handle and is used for paring or shaving