7-letter words containing t, e, a, c
- 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.
- cuneate — wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
- 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.
- curtate — shortened
- curvate — curved in form
- cuspate — having a cusp or cusps
- cuttage — the process of propagation by using a stem or other fragment taken from a growing plant
- cutware — tools used in cutting, as knives or blades.
- cyanate — any salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the ion –OCN or the group –OCN
- cyanite — kyanite
- 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)
- decants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decant.
- decatur — Stephen. 1779–1820, US naval officer, noted for his raid on Tripoli harbour (1804) and his role in the War of 1812
- dectape — (hardware, storage) A reel of magnetic tape about 4 inches in diameter and one inch wide. Unlike today's macrotapes, microtape drivers allowed random access to the data, and therefore could be used to support file systems and even for swapping (this was generally done purely for hack value, as they were far too slow for practical use). DECtape was a variant on LINCtape. In their heyday DECtapes were used in pretty much the same ways one would now use a floppy disk: as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs.
- defacto — (Australia, New Zealand) A partner in a spousal relationship not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
- dejecta — waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- e-acute — (character) "É" - a capital "E" with an acute accent. Character code 201, 0xC9. Entity reference: É.
- eckhart — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), ("Meister Eckhart") c1260–1327? Dominican theologian and preacher: founder of German mysticism.
- eco-tax — a tax levied on services, products, etc that adversely affect the environment
- ecofact — (achaeology) A biological artifact not altered by humans, but which may be indicative of human occupation.
- ecotage — sabotage aimed at polluters or destroyers of the natural environment.
- ecstacy — Obsolete spelling of ecstasy.
- ecstasy — rapturous delight.
- ectasia — (medicine) ectasis.
- ectasis — Dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
- ectatic — (medical) Of or relating to ectasia.
- ecthyma — a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- ectopia — the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectozoa — any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon).
- ectypal — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- edacity — the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- edictal — Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts.
- edifact — ISO 9735:1988
- educate — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- educrat — An education administrator.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- eleatic — denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- emacity — Desire or fondness for buying.