5-letter words containing c, i, n
- cutin — a waxy waterproof substance, consisting of derivatives of fatty acids, that is the main constituent of plant cuticle
- cynic — A cynic is someone who believes that people always act selfishly.
- dinic — a medicine for vertigo
- eniac — Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
- fianc — short for fiancé or fiancée. Because this word exists predominantly in written form (esp. in text messages) it is not yet clear how it is pronounced.
- ficin — an enzyme derived from the latex of the fig tree
- finca — a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- finch — any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- funic — (anatomy) funicular.
- genic — of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- icann — (body, networking) (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions now performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.
- iceni — an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- icing — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- icon- — icono-
- icons — a picture, image, or other representation.
- incas — a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incel — (neologism) A person who is celibate against their wishes.
- incl. — In written advertisements, incl. is an abbreviation for including.
- incle — Alternative form of inkle.
- incog — Incognito.
- incur — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- incus — Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
- incut — Set in by or as if by cutting.
- indic — of or relating to India; Indian.
- intuc — Indian National Trade Union Congress
- ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- knick — Alternative spelling of nick.
- linac — linear accelerator.
- linch — A ledge; a right-angled projection.
- lincs — Lincolnshire
- manic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- mince — to cut or chop into very small pieces.
- minch — a sea channel between mainland Scotland and the Outer Hebrides islands. 25–45 miles (40–70 km) wide. See also Little Minch.
- mincy — excessively particular or fussy, esp with regards to eating
- monic — (of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- mucin — any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- naric — relating to the nares or nostrils
- neice — Misspelling of niece.
- nicad — nickel-cadmium battery.
- nicam — near-instantaneous companding system: a technique for coding audio signals into digital form
- nicar — Nicaragua
- niced — Simple past tense and past participle of nice.
- nicen — To become nicer.
- nicer — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nices — a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- niche — an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- nicks — Plural form of nick.
- nicky — a female given name, form of Nicole.
- nicol — device for producing plane-polarized light
- niece — a daughter of a person's brother or sister.