7-letter words containing l, a, c, e, t
- clavate — shaped like a club with the thicker end uppermost
- cleated — a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support: He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- climate — The climate of a place is the general weather conditions that are typical of it.
- cluebat — (computing slang) A bat (club) with which someone clueless is (figuratively or in one's imagination) struck.
- collate — When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and examine them.
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- ectypal — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- edictal — Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- eleatic — denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- ethical — Of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.
- exactly — Without discrepancy (used to emphasize the accuracy of a figure or description).
- falcate — curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.
- flacket — a flagon, bottle, or flask for holding alcohol
- hatchel — hackle1 (def 5).
- hellcat — a bad-tempered, spiteful, woman; shrew.
- lacerta — a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere, part of which is crossed by the Milky Way, lying between Cygnus and Andromeda
- lachute — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- laciest — Superlative form of lacy.
- lacketh — Archaic third-person singular form of lack.
- lacoste — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactase — an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- lactate — to produce milk.
- lacteal — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- latched — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latches — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latchet — a strap or lace used to fasten a shoe.
- latence — Obsolete form of latency.
- latency — the state of being latent.
- latices — a plural of latex.
- lattice — a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- lautrec — Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- letchya — Alt form letcha.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- located — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- locates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of locate.
- metical — a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- oculate — Having eyes.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placket — the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
- plectra — plectrum.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- polecat — a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed. Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.