7-letter words containing r, a, t
- crafter — a person who does craftwork
- crampet — a cramp iron
- craptex — /krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. troff) and because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files. See religious issues.
- craters — Plural form of crater.
- crathur — (Ireland, obsolete) creature.
- crating — a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cratons — Plural form of craton.
- craturs — Plural form of cratur.
- cravats — Plural form of cravat.
- created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of create.
- creatic — of or relating to flesh or meat
- creatin — Alternative form of creatine.
- creator — The creator of something is the person who made it or invented it.
- creatur — Obsolete spelling of creature.
- crémant — (of wine) moderately sparkling
- cremate — When someone is cremated, their dead body is burned, usually as part of a funeral service.
- crenate — having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves
- crinate — having hair; hairy
- cristae — a crest or ridge.
- croatia — a republic in SE Europe: settled by Croats in the 7th century; belonged successively to Hungary, Turkey, and Austria; formed part of Yugoslavia (1918–91); became independent in 1991 but was invaded by Serbia and fighting continued until 1995; involved in the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1991–95); joined the European Union in 2013. Language: Croatian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: kuna. Capital: Zagreb. Pop: 4 475 611 (2013 est). Area: 55 322 sq km (21 359 sq miles)
- crontab — (computing, Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically.
- crustal — of or relating to the earth's crust
- crystal — A crystal is a small piece of a substance that has formed naturally into a regular symmetrical shape.
- cuprate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCumOn, many of which are superconductors.
- curated — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curates — Plural form of curate.
- curator — A curator is someone who is in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or art gallery.
- currant — Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes.
- curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
- curtain — Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window.
- curtals — Plural form of curtal.
- curtana — the unpointed sword carried before an English sovereign at a coronation as an emblem of mercy
- curtate — shortened
- curvate — curved in form
- custard — Custard is a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from milk and a powder. It is eaten with fruit and puddings.
- cutware — tools used in cutting, as knives or blades.
- cythera — a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
- czarist — a variant spelling (esp US) of tsarist
- dabster — an incompetent or amateurish worker; bungler
- daren't — Daren't is the usual spoken form of 'dare not'.
- darkest — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- darknet — a covert communication network on the internet
- darn it — You can say darn it to show that you are very annoyed about something.
- darnest — give a darn. damn (def 14).
- darters — Plural form of darter.
- darting — a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
- dartles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dartle.
- dastard — a contemptible sneaking coward
- dataria — the papal office that assesses candidates for benefices reserved to the Holy See