7-letter words containing c, l, e, n
- laceman — (dated) A male dealer in lace.
- lachine — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- 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.
- 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.
- lancers — a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- lancier — Synonym of lancer.
- larceny — the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- larchen — Of or pertaining to the larch tree.
- latence — Obsolete form of latency.
- latency — the state of being latent.
- launces — Plural form of launce.
- leblanc — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). ?1742–1806, French chemist, who invented a process for the manufacture of soda from common salt
- leching — to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).
- lectern — a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectins — Plural form of lectin.
- lection — a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- legnica — a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- lenclos — Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- lenitic — lentic.
- leucine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- lexicon — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
- licence — license.
- license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licente — permitted or allowed
- lichens — Plural form of lichen.
- linacre — Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- linches — Plural form of linch.
- linecut — an engraving or print obtained from a line drawing
- lioncel — a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- lockean — an adherent of the philosophy of Locke.
- locomen — Plural form of locoman.
- lowchen — a small dog of a breed with a long wavy coat, often having the hindquarters and tail clipped to resemble a lion
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lucence — shining.
- lucency — shining.
- lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- lucigen — a lamp that burns oil mixed with hot air
- lunched — Simple past tense and past participle of lunch.
- luncher — Someone who lunches, someone who eats lunch.
- lunches — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- lyncean — of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lynched — Simple past tense and past participle of lynch.
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynch.
- lynchet — a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside
- maclean — Donald. 1913–83, British civil servant, who spied for the Russians: fled to the former Soviet Union (with Guy Burgess) in 1951