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7-letter words containing r, e, c, l

  • prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
  • prelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
  • prickle — a sharp point.
  • purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
  • radicel — a minute root; a rootlet.
  • radicle — Botany. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
  • raschel — a type of loosely knitted fabric
  • rc file — /R C fi:l/ [Unix: from the startup script "/etc/rc", but this is commonly believed to have been named after older scripts to "run commands"] Script file containing startup instructions for an application program (or an entire operating system), usually a text file containing commands of the sort that might have been invoked manually once the system was running but are to be executed automatically each time the system starts up. See also dot file, profile (sense 1).
  • re-coil — to coil anew or again
  • reblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
  • recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
  • reclaim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
  • reclame — publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
  • reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
  • reclass — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
  • reclean — to clean (something) again or with a different substance, etc
  • reclimb — to climb (a hill, mountain, etc) again
  • recline — to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
  • reclose — to close (something) again
  • recluse — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
  • recolor — the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
  • recolte — a harvest; crop.
  • recusal — the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
  • recycle — to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
  • reelect — vote into power again
  • reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
  • relache — an interval or period of rest, a break from something
  • relatch — 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.
  • relcode — Early system on UNIVAC I or II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • replace — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
  • replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
  • rescale — to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest: to rescale a budget.
  • reticle — a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
  • richler — Mordecai, 1931–2001, Canadian novelist.
  • scalare — any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
  • scalper — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
  • scarlet — a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
  • scleral — sclerotic (def 1).
  • sclero- — indicating hardness
  • scowler — to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
  • scroyle — a wretch or a mean or unfortunate person
  • scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
  • sculker — one who skulks
  • secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
  • slacker — a slack condition or part.
  • slicers — a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food: a cheese slicer.
  • slicker — a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.
  • splicer — a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
  • suckler — an animal that suckles its young; mammal.
  • tickler — a person or thing that tickles.
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