7-letter words containing c, a, i, n
- chaplin — Sir Charles Spencer, known as Charlie Chaplin. 1889–1977, English comedian, film actor, and director. He is renowned for his portrayal of a downtrodden little man with baggy trousers, bowler hat, and cane. His films, most of which were made in Hollywood, include The Gold Rush (1924), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940)
- chardin — Jean-Baptiste Siméon (ʒɑ̃batist simeɔ̃). 1699–1779, French still-life and genre painter, noted for his subtle use of scumbled colour
- charing — Present participle of chare.
- chasing — the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
- chauvin — a chauvinist
- chavian — of or relating to chavs
- chennai — a port in SE India, capital of Tamil Nadu, on the Bay of Bengal: founded in 1639 by the English East India Company as Fort St George; traditional burial place of St Thomas; university (1857). Pop: 4 216 268 (2001)
- chianti — a mountain range in central Italy, in Tuscany, rising over 870 m (2900 ft): part of the Apennines
- chicana — A Chicana is an American girl or woman whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- chicano — A chicano is an American citizen, whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- chilian — A chiliarch; the commander or chief of a thousand men.
- chillan — a city in central Chile. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)
- chinars — Plural form of chinar.
- chindia — China and India considered together in economic and strategic terms
- chingma — the fiber of the Indian mallow.
- chinwag — a chat or gossipy conversation
- cienaga — a city in N Colombia, on the SE coast of the Caribbean Sea.
- cienega — a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
- cinamon — Misspelling of cinnamon.
- cineast — An enthusiast of film and the cinema.
- cinemas — Plural form of cinema.
- cinerea — the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- cinzano — an Italian vermouth
- cipango — (in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
- circean — Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- cis man — an adult who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- civitan — a member of Civitan International, a service club founded 1918.
- clarain — one of the four major lithotypes of banded coal
- clarini — a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarino — of or relating to a high passage for the trumpet in 18th-century music
- clarion — a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ
- clawing — a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird.
- claying — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- climant — rampant, as a goat: a goat climant.
- cluniac — of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910
- coalbin — a bin for holding coal
- coaling — Present participle of coal.
- coaming — a raised frame around the cockpit or hatchway of a vessel for keeping out water
- coating — A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
- coaxing — the act of persuading by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
- cocaine — Cocaine is a powerful drug which some people take for pleasure, but which they can become addicted to.
- codeina — a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- cofinal — of or relating to a subset of a set with a partial order relation, as “greater than” or “equal to,” in which corresponding to each element in the set is an element in the subset that is in relation to the given element.
- coinage — Coinage is the coins which are used in a country.
- colonia — in Mexico, a neighborhood, district, or suburb of a city
- comtian — Also, Comtean. of or relating to the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- conical — A conical object is shaped like a cone.
- conidia — (in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.