7-letter words containing i, c, e, l
- leichou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- lenitic — lentic.
- leofric — died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- lerwick — a city in and the administrative center of the Shetland Islands, N of Scotland.
- leucine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- leucism — An animal condition characterized by reduced pigmentation.
- leucite — a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- lexemic — Of or relating to a lexeme.
- lexical — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lexicon — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
- liberec — a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- licence — license.
- license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licente — permitted or allowed
- lichens — Plural form of lichen.
- lickers — Plural form of licker.
- limacel — a concealed shell, not fully developed, found inside some kinds of slug
- limbeck — (obsolete) An alembic.
- linacre — Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- linches — Plural form of linch.
- linecut — an engraving or print obtained from a line drawing
- lioncel — a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- lipemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- loessic — relating to or consisting of loess
- lucifer — a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- lucigen — a lamp that burns oil mixed with hot air
- lucille — a female given name, form of Lucia or Lucy.
- luckier — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- malefic — productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- malices — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
- mechlin — French Malines. Flemish Mechelen [mekh-uh-luh n] /ˈmɛx ə lən/ (Show IPA). a city in N Belgium.
- medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- meilhac — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.
- melodic — melodious.
- metical — a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- micelle — Physical Chemistry. an electrically charged particle formed by an aggregate of molecules and occurring in certain colloidal electrolyte solutions, as those of soaps and detergents.
- michael — a militant archangel. Dan. 10:13.
- michele — a female given name.
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- mycelia — Plural form of mycelium.
- nichole — a female given name.
- nickels — Plural form of nickel.
- nickles — Plural form of nickle.
- nicolet — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- nicolle — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, French physician: Nobel prize 1928.
- nucelli — Plural form of nucellus.
- nucleic — Referring to the nucleus of something. (As nucleic acids are found in the nucleus of cells.).
- nuclein — (biochemistry) A phosphorus-rich protein found in the nucleus of a cell, later specifically nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine; also, any similar compound present in the cell nucleus. (from 19th c.).
- nuclide — an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.