6-letter words containing a, c, e, n
- mclean — John (1785-1861), US Supreme Court associate justice 1829-61. The US postmaster general 1823-29, he was appointed to the Court by President Jackson.
- meacon — to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mencap — a charity that helps people with learning difficulties and promotes their interests in society
- naches — Pride or gratification, especially at the achievements of one’s children.
- nacked — Simple past tense and past participle of nack.
- nacket — a light lunch or snack
- nacred — lined with or resembling nacre.
- narced — Simple past tense and past participle of narc.
- neanic — of or relating to the early stages in the life cycle of an organism, esp the pupal stage of an insect
- neckar — a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- nectar — the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- neliac — Navy Electronics Laboratory International ALGOL Compiler. An Algol variant designed for numeric and logical computations and based on IAL. 1958-1959. Version: BC NELIAC.
- nicaea — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- nocake — Indian maize that is dried and powered into meal
- nuance — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nuchae — nape.
- oceans — Plural form of ocean.
- octane — any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 1 8 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- oneact — a short play consisting of one act.
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- prance — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- racine — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rancel — to search or rummage; ransack
- recane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- recant — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reckan — a chain, hook or bar for hanging a pot over a fire
- seance — a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- secant — Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- seneca — Oberon-V
- senlac — a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- stance — the position or bearing of the body while standing: legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.
- tanrec — tenrec.
- tenace — a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- trance — a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- uncage — to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- uncake — to remove compacted matter from (something)
- uncape — to remove the cape from
- uncase — to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- unciae — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- unlace — to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- usance — Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- vaunce — to advance
- zarnec — a sulphide of arsenic