7-letter words containing e, t, c
- casteth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cast.
- castile — a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state
- castled — like a castle in construction; castellated
- castles — Plural form of castle.
- castner — Hamilton Young. 1858–98, US chemist, who devised the Castner process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide
- catched — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of catch.
- catcher — In baseball, the catcher is the player who stands behind the batter. The catcher has a special glove for catching the ball.
- catches — Plural form of catch.
- catechu — a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing
- catenae — Plural form of catena.
- cateran — (formerly) a member of a band of brigands and marauders in the Scottish highlands
- catered — Simple past tense and past participle of cater.
- caterer — Caterers are people or companies that provide food and drink for a place such as an office or for special occasions such as weddings and parties.
- catesby — Robert. 1573–1605, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (1605): killed while resisting arrest
- catface — the deformity of the surface of a tree trunk which has been caused by fire or disease
- cathead — a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing the anchor when raised
- cathect — to invest mental or emotional energy in
- cathode — A cathode is the negative electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare anode.
- cathole — one of a pair of holes in the after part of a ship through which hawsers are passed for steadying the ship or heaving astern
- catlike — like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
- catouse — New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- catseye — a glass reflector set into a small fixture, placed at intervals along roads to indicate traffic lanes at night
- cattell — James McKeen [muh-keen] /məˈkin/ (Show IPA), 1860–1944, U.S. psychologist, educator, and editor.
- cattelo — A cross between domestic cattle and buffalo.
- cattery — A cattery is a place where you can leave your cat to be looked after when you go on holiday.
- cattier — Comparative form of catty.
- caudate — having a tail or a tail-like appendage
- causate — (philosophy) The effect of a cause.
- causeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cause.
- cautery — the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
- caveats — Plural form of caveat.
- cavetto — a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section
- ceaseth — Archaic third-person singular form of cease.
- cecitis — the inflammation of the caecum
- celesta — a keyboard percussion instrument consisting of a set of steel plates of graduated length that are struck with key-operated hammers. The tone is an ethereal tinkling sound. Range: four octaves upwards from middle C
- celeste — a feminine name: var. Celestine
- cellist — A cellist is someone who plays the cello.
- celotex — a type of thermal insulation board
- celtuce — a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina, having characteristics of both celery and lettuce, and eaten raw or cooked.
- cements — Plural form of cement.
- cenotes — Plural form of cenote.
- centage — the rate per hundred of something
- centare — centiare.
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centavo — a monetary unit of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
- centers — Plural form of center.
- centile — (not in technical use) a percentile.
- centime — a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
- centimo — monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
- centner — a unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds (45.3 kilograms)