7-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- fracton — A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.
- franco- — Franco- occurs in words connected with France and the French language. For example, a Francophile is someone who likes France and French culture.
- garcons — Plural form of garcon.
- gascony — a former province in SW France.
- guanaco — a wild South American ruminant, Lama guanicoe, of which the llama and alpaca are believed to be domesticated varieties: related to the camels.
- hack on — To hack; implies that the subject is some pre-existing hunk of code that one is evolving, as opposed to something one might hack up.
- halcyon — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- hancock — Herbert Jeffrey ("Herbie") born 1940, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- huanuco — a city in central Peru.
- ilocano — a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- 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.
- jannock — honest; fair; straightforward.
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- joycean — of, relating to, or characteristic of James Joyce or his work.
- koranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- kronach — Lucas ("the Elder") 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
- 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.
- lanchow — a city in and the capital of Gansu province, in N China, on the Huang He.
- laocoon — Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- limacon — a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- locarno — a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- lochans — Plural form of lochan.
- lockean — an adherent of the philosophy of Locke.
- lockman — (Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
- locoman — a locomotive engine driver.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- macaron — a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- macedon — Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] /ˈmæs ɪˌdɒn/ (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.
- machaon — a son of Asclepius who was famed as a healer and who served as physician of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
- mack on — a pimp.
- macrons — Plural form of macron.
- malonic — of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- mandioc — (obsolete) manioc.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- mascons — Plural form of mascon.
- masonic — Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.
- mccahon — Colin. 1919–87, influential New Zealand painter; noted esp for landscapes and bold abstract paintings, many featuring lettering and Christian imagery
- mcmahon — Sir William. 1908–88, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1971–72)
- meccano — a construction set consisting of miniature metal or plastic parts from which mechanical models can be made
- menorca — Minorca.
- minorca — Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- mohican — Mahican.