7-Letter Words with D,E,C,C,_,_

• patterned with alternating squares of color

• informal terms for a meal

• the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

• a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

• throw carelessly

• throw away

• pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

• as completely as possible

• secure with chocks

• support on chocks

• used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure

• of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• very drunk

• To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

• Enclosed in a shell.

• a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

• a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

• make a rattling sound

• make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

• an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)

• make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens