7-letter words containing l, e, c
- belcher — a person who belches
- bellcow — a cow, especially the lead cow of a herd, having a bell attached to a collar around its neck so that the herd can be located easily.
- bellock — to shout
- bicycle — A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels which you ride by sitting on it and pushing two pedals with your feet. You steer it by turning a bar that is connected to the front wheel.
- binocle — an opera- or field-glass employing telescopic tubes for both eyes
- blacken — To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
- blacker — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blackie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- blanche — a feminine name
- blocked — If something is blocked or blocked up, it is completely closed so that nothing can get through it.
- blocker — a person or thing that acts as a block
- blockie — an owner of a small property, esp a farm
- blucher — a high shoe with laces over the tongue
- bolices — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bouclée — support for a cue in billiards using the hand
- brickle — brittle
- bricole — a shot in which the cue ball touches a cushion after striking the object ball and before touching another ball
- bruckle — brittle, fragile
- buckled — Buckled shoes have buckles on them, either to fasten them or as decoration.
- buckler — a small round shield worn on the forearm or held by a short handle
- buckley — William F., Jr. 1925–2008, U.S. writer and editor.
- bullace — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia), of which the damson is the cultivated form
- byplace — a private place
- c gelee — Claude [klohd] /kloʊd/ (Show IPA), Lorraine, Claude.
- c shell — (operating system) (csh) The Unix command-line interpreter shell and script language by William Joy, originating from Berkeley Unix. Presumably, csh's C-like syntax was intended to endear it to programmers but sadly it lacks some sh features which are useful for writing shell scripts so you need to know two different syntaxes for every shell construct. A plethora of different shells followed csh, e.g. tcsh, ksh, bash, rc, but sh and csh are the only ones which are provided with most versions of Unix.
- caballe — Montserrat (monserˈrat). born 1933, Spanish operatic soprano
- cablets — Plural form of cablet.
- cackled — Simple past tense and past participle of cackle.
- cackler — A person or creature that cackles.
- cackles — to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
- cacolet — a seat or bed fitted to a mule for carrying the sick or wounded
- cadelle — a widely distributed beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds on flour, grain, and other stored foods, as well as on other insects: family Trogositidae
- caelian — the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome
- cafileh — Alternative form of cafila.
- cageful — an amount which fills a cage to capacity
- cagoule — a lightweight usually knee-length type of anorak
- cajoled — Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.
- cajoler — A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
- cajoles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cajole.
- calcine — to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- 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)
- caldera — a large basin-shaped crater at the top of a volcano, formed by the collapse or explosion of the cone
- caleche — calash
- caledon — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- calends — the first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar
- caliber — the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter
- calibre — The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
- calices — calix
- caliche — a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
- calicle — calyculus