7-letter words containing c, n, o
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- joycean — of, relating to, or characteristic of James Joyce or his work.
- kenotic — the doctrine that Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human suffering.
- ketonic — any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- kick on — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kinnock — Neil (Gordon). Baron. born 1942, British Labour politician, born in Wales; leader of the Labour Party (1983–92); a European commissioner (1995–2004) and vice-president of the European Commission (1999–2004)
- knocked — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knocker — a person or thing that knocks.
- 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.
- lection — a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- lenclos — Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- lexicon — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
- 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.
- lincoln — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- lingcod — a large-mouthed game fish, Ophiodon elongatus, of the North Pacific, related to the greenling.
- linocut — a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- lioncel — a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- locarno — a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- lochans — Plural form of lochan.
- lock in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lock on — to track and automatically follow a target, as by radar
- lock-in — an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid.
- lockean — an adherent of the philosophy of Locke.
- locking — Present participle of lock.
- lockman — (Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
- locknut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- locoman — a locomotive engine driver.
- locomen — Plural form of locoman.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- lolicon — (uncountable, anime) The sexual attraction to young girls.
- lowchen — a small dog of a breed with a long wavy coat, often having the hindquarters and tail clipped to resemble a lion
- lucknow — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- 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.