7-letter words containing r, t, c
- conster — Obsolete spelling of construe.
- contort — If someone's face or body contorts or is contorted, it moves into an unnatural and unattractive shape or position.
- contour — You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours.
- contra- — against; contrary; opposing; contrasting
- contras — (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contree — Archaic spelling of country.
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- convert — If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
- cooters — Plural form of cooter.
- copters — Plural form of copter.
- coranto — courante
- corbett — any separate mountain peak between 2500 feet and 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only, but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles
- cordate — heart-shaped
- cordite — Cordite is an explosive substance used in guns and bombs.
- corinth — a port in S Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: the modern town is near the site of the ancient city, the largest and richest of the city-states after Athens. Pop (municipality): 36 991 (2001)
- cornets — Plural form of cornet.
- cornett — a musical instrument consisting of a straight or curved tube of wood or ivory having finger holes like a recorder and a cup-shaped mouthpiece like a trumpet
- cornist — a person who plays the horn
- cornute — having or resembling cornua; hornlike
- cornuto — a cuckold
- coronet — A coronet is a small crown.
- correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- corsets — Plural form of corset.
- corslet — corselet (def 2).
- cortado — A cup of espresso served with warm milk.
- cortege — A cortege is a procession of people who are walking or riding in cars to a funeral.
- cortile — (in Italy) a roofless internal courtyard
- cortina — the weblike part of certain mushrooms, which hangs from the edge of the pileus and consists of silky fibrils
- cortona — a town in central Italy, in Tuscany: Roman and Etruscan remains, 15th-century cathedral. Pop: 22 048 (2001)
- coryate — Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- costard — an English variety of apple tree
- costars — Plural form of costar.
- costner — Kevin. born 1955, US film actor: his films include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1990), Dances with Wolves (1990; also directed), JFK (1991), Waterworld (1995), Open Range (2003), and the TV mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
- costrel — a flask, usually of earthenware or leather
- coterie — A coterie of a particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.
- cothurn — A buskin anciently worn by tragic actors on the stage.
- cotters — Plural form of cotter.
- cottier — (in Ireland) a peasant farming a smallholding under cottier tenure (the holding of not more than half an acre at a rent of not more than five pounds a year)
- coulter — a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare
- counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- courant — a courante
- courbet — Gustave (ɡystav). 1819–77, French painter, a leader of the realist movement; noted for his depiction of contemporary life
- courted — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courter — a person who courts; a suitor
- courtly — You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way.
- couther — known or acquainted with.
- couture — Couture is the designing and making of expensive fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves.
- coverts — concealed; secret; disguised.