7-letter words containing e, t, c
- cainite — a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- caitive — a captive
- cajeput — cajuput
- calcite — a colourless or white mineral (occasionally tinged with impurities), found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, in veins, in limestone, and in stalagmites and stalactites. It is used in the manufacture of cement, plaster, paint, glass, and fertilizer. Composition: calcium carbonate. Formula: CaCO3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- callest — Archaic second-person singular form of call.
- calmest — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calmeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm.
- calotte — a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
- caltech — the California Institute of Technology
- calumet — a long-stemmed ceremonial pipe, smoked by North American Indians as a token of peace, at sacrifices, etc.
- calvert — Sir George, 1st Baron Baltimore. ?1580–1632, English statesman; founder of the colony of Maryland
- cambelt — Part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft(s) so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes.
- camelot — (in Arthurian legend) the English town where King Arthur's palace and court were situated
- campest — something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental.
- candent — glowing with heat
- cane it — to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities
- canetti — Elias. 1905–94, British novelist and writer, born in Bulgaria, who usually wrote in German. His works include the novel Auto da Fé (1935). Nobel prize for literature 1981
- cantate — the 98th psalm sung as a non-metrical hymn
- canteen — A canteen is a place in a factory, shop, or college where meals are served to the people who work or study there.
- canters — Plural form of canter.
- cantine — Alternative form of canteen.
- cantles — Plural form of cantle.
- cantlet — a piece, fragment, or cantle
- cantred — a district comprising a hundred villages
- capelet — a small cape that covers the shoulders and is worn predominantly by women
- capette — caponette.
- caplets — Plural form of caplet.
- capotes — Plural form of capote.
- caprate — a salt of capric acid
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- capulet — the family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- caquetà — the Japurá River from its source in Colombia to the border with Brazil
- carnate — Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.
- carnets — Plural form of carnet.
- carpets — Plural form of carpet.
- carreta — a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- cartage — the process or cost of carting
- cartels — Plural form of cartel.
- carters — Plural form of carter.
- cartier — Jacques (ʒɑk). 1491–1557, French navigator and explorer in Canada, who discovered the St Lawrence River (1535)
- caseate — to undergo caseation
- caserta — a town in S Italy, in Campania: centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of Italy (1860); Allied headquarters in World War II. Pop: 75 208 (2001)
- casette — Dated form of cassette.
- caskets — Plural form of casket.
- cassate — (obsolete) To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- castell — A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
- casters — Plural form of caster.
- castest — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.