7-letter words containing a, c, n
- inhance — Obsolete spelling of enhance.
- ink sac — a large gland in most cephalopods, as the cuttlefish, octopus, and squid, that is near the rectum and ejects ink at predators.
- ink-cap — any of several saprotrophic agaricaceous fungi of the genus Coprinus, whose caps disintegrate into a black inky fluid after the spores mature. It includes the shaggy ink-cap (Coprinus comatus), also called lawyer's wig, a distinctive fungus having a white cylindrical cap covered with shaggy white or brownish scales
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- inscape — the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- insecta — the class comprising the insects.
- interac — a system of electronic bank payments or withdrawals
- iracund — prone to anger; irascible.
- ithacan — one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km). Greek Itháki.
- jacalyn — a female given name.
- jacanas — Plural form of jacana.
- jacinth — a female given name, form of Hyacinth.
- jack in — abandon, quit
- jackeen — a slick self-assertive lower-class Dubliner
- jacking — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jacklin — Tony, full name Anthony Jacklin. born 1944, English golfer: won the British Open Championship (1969) and the US Open Championship (1970)
- jackman — (motor racing) A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.
- jackson — a state in the S United States. 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss.
- jacobin — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jaconet — a cotton fabric of light weight, usually finished as cambric, lawn, organdy, voile, etc., used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages.
- janacek — Leoš [le-awsh] /ˈlɛ ɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1928, Czech composer.
- jannock — honest; fair; straightforward.
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- joycean — of, relating to, or characteristic of James Joyce or his work.
- kachina — any of various ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians and impersonated in religious rituals by masked dancers.
- kanchil — A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus.
- katcina — kachina.
- kechuan — Quechuan.
- kincaid — Jamaica, born 1949, West Indian novelist and short-story writer.
- knacked — Simple past tense and past participle of knack.
- knacker — a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a knackery or rendering works.
- kneecap — the patella.
- koranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- kranach — Lucas ("the Elder") 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
- kronach — Lucas ("the Elder") 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
- l chain — Immunology. either of an identical pair of polypeptides in the antibody molecule that lie parallel to the upper parts of the heavy chain pair and are half the molecular weight.
- laceman — (dated) A male dealer in lace.
- lachine — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- lachlan — a river in S New South Wales, Australia, flowing NW and SW to the Murrumbidgee River. 922 miles (1484 km) long.
- lacings — Plural form of lacing.
- lacinia — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- laconia — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- laconic — using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lacunae — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacunal — of or relating to a lacuna.
- lacunar — Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
- lacunas — Plural form of lacuna.
- laennec — René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.