7-letter words containing a, c, n
- natchez — a port in SW Mississippi, on the Mississippi River.
- navarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of a fleet.
- nechako — a river in central British Columbia, Canada, flowing NE and E to the Fraser river. About 150 miles (240 km) long.
- nectary — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nematic — noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- netback — a calculation of the price of crude-oil products based on the price of crude oil.
- nethack — (games) /net'hak/ (Unix) A dungeon game similar to rogue but more elaborate, distributed in C source over Usenet and very popular at Unix sites and on PC-class machines (nethack is probably the most widely distributed of the freeware dungeon games). The earliest versions, written by Jay Fenlason and later considerably enhanced by Andries Brouwer, were simply called "hack". The name changed when maintenance was taken over by a group of hackers originally organised by Mike Stephenson. Version: NetHack 3.2 (Apr 1996?). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- newcast — (transitive) To recast; form or mould anew.
- newyacc — A parser generator by Jack Callahan <[email protected]>. Version 1.0.
- nicaean — Nicene.
- nicetas — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- nicolai — (Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- nicolas — a masculine name
- nicolay — John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- nicosia — an island republic in the Mediterranean, S of Turkey: formerly a British colony; independent since 1960. 3572 sq. mi. (9250 sq. km). Capital: Nicosia.
- nictate — to wink.
- niladic — (programming) A less common synonym for "nullary", presumably following the more common monadic, dyadic, etc. The term was in use as early as 1976, and probably originated in APL.
- nodical — of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- nomarch — the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- nonacid — Having no acidic properties or content.
- nonadic — Of or pertaining to an nonad; ninefold.
- noncash — of or constituting financial sources other than cash: a noncash expense.
- noncola — a soft drink that is not cola
- nonfact — a thing that is not true or provable
- noplace — nowhere.
- nordica — Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- nowacki — ErrorTitleDiv {.
- nowcast — (meteorology) A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually of a few hours.
- noyance — a nuisance; a source of annoyance
- nuanced — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nuances — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nucleal — of or pertaining to a nucleus; nuclear
- nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- nutcake — A cake made with nuts.
- nutcase — a deranged person; lunatic.
- ocarina — a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- occitan — Provençal (def 3).
- oceania — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- oceanic — of, living in, or produced by the ocean: oceanic currents.
- oceanid — any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- oceanus — a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- octagon — a polygon having eight angles and eight sides.
- octanol — an alcohol containing eight carbon atoms that is mainly used in the manufacture of plastics and perfumes
- octants — Plural form of octant.
- oilcans — Plural form of oilcan.
- on call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- one-act — a short play consisting of one act.
- onychia — inflammation of the matrix of the nail.
- orcagna — Andrea (anˈdrɛːa), original name Andrea di Cione. ?1308–68, Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect