7-letter words containing l, e, c, t
- 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.
- lectern — a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectins — Plural form of lectin.
- lection — a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lectors — Plural form of lector.
- lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- lenitic — lentic.
- letches — a lecherous desire or craving.
- letchya — Alt form letcha.
- lettuce — a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.
- leucite — a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- licente — permitted or allowed
- linecut — an engraving or print obtained from a line drawing
- 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.
- lockets — Plural form of locket.
- lockset — an assembly of parts making up a complete locking system, especially one used on a door, including knobs, plates, and a lock mechanism.
- lynchet — a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside
- metical — a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- mulcted — Simple past tense and past participle of mulct.
- necklet — something worn around the neck for ornamentation, as a fur piece.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- nicolet — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- noctule — a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- notchel — a person of whom it has been announced that their debts will not be paid for them
- ocelots — Plural form of ocelot.
- octuple — eightfold; eight times as great.
- oculate — Having eyes.
- piculet — any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- 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).
- prelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.