6-letter words containing s, e, l, c
- cresol — an aromatic compound derived from phenol, existing in three isomeric forms: found in coal tar and creosote and used in making synthetic resins and as an antiseptic and disinfectant; hydroxytoluene. Formula: C6H4(CH3)OH
- cresyl — the univalent radical of cresol
- cruels — Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
- cupels — Plural form of cupel.
- cycles — Plural form of cycle.
- decals — Plural form of decal.
- eccles — Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- ecclus — Ecclesiasticus
- eclose — To give rise to, or to undergo eclosion.
- elects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elect.
- excels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excel.
- felsic — (of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- flecks — Plural form of fleck.
- glaces — ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- laches — failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- lances — Plural form of lance.
- leches — to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).
- lesbic — relating to lesbians
- lesche — an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- leucas — Levkas.
- mascle — a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- mescal — an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- oscule — Obsolete form of osculum.
- places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- relics — a surviving memorial of something past.
- scaled — noting armor having imbricated metal plates sewn to a flexible backing.
- scaler — a person or thing that scales.
- scales — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scamel — a bird mentioned in Shakespeare's The Tempest
- schlep — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- schley — Winfield Scott [win-feeld] /ˈwɪnˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1839–1911, U.S. rear admiral.
- sclate — slate
- sclave — a slave
- sclent — to move or lie on a slant.
- scler- — sclero-
- sclera — a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sclere — a supporting anatomical structure, esp a sponge spicule
- scolex — the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.
- seckel — a small, yellowish-brown variety of pear.
- seckle — a small, sweet, reddish or brown pear
- select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- senlac — a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- sickle — an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- siècle — century, period, or era
- sleech — a muddy stretch along the shore, typically washed up by the sea or deposited by a river
- sliced — Sliced bread has been cut into slices before being wrapped and sold.
- slicer — a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food: a cheese slicer.
- sluice — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- solace — comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.