6-letter words containing e, c, n
- lucern — (obsolete) A lamp.
- lucine — A bivalve mollusk that typically has a rounded white shell with radial and concentric ridges, found in tropical and temperate seas.
- lucken — locked; shut
- lycine — betaine.
- machen — Arthur, 1863–1947, Welsh novelist and essayist.
- manace — Obsolete form of menace.
- manche — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- mcewan — Ian (Russell). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)
- mcewen — Sir John. 1900–80, Australian politician; prime minister of Australia (1967–68)
- mckean — Tom. born 1963, Scottish athlete: European 800 metres gold medallist (1990)
- mckuen — Rod, 1933–2015, U.S. poet and songwriter.
- mclean — John (1785-1861), US Supreme Court associate justice 1829-61. The US postmaster general 1823-29, he was appointed to the Court by President Jackson.
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- meacon — to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mencap — a charity that helps people with learning difficulties and promotes their interests in society
- menchu — Rigoberta [ree-guh-ber-tuh] /ˌri gəˈbɛr tə/ (Show IPA), born 1959, Guatemalan author and social reformer: Nobel prize 1992.
- mensch — a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
- minced — Simple past tense and past participle of mince.
- mincer — to cut or chop into very small pieces.
- minces — Plural form of mince.
- mnemic — Psychology. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
- muncie — a city in E Indiana.
- naches — Pride or gratification, especially at the achievements of one’s children.
- nacked — Simple past tense and past participle of nack.
- nacket — a light lunch or snack
- nacred — lined with or resembling nacre.
- narced — Simple past tense and past participle of narc.
- neanic — of or relating to the early stages in the life cycle of an organism, esp the pupal stage of an insect
- neches — a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- neckar — a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- necked — having a neck of a kind specified (usually used in combination): a square-necked blouse.
- necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- necro- — indicating death, a dead body, or dead tissue
- necros — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necro.
- nectar — the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- neliac — Navy Electronics Laboratory International ALGOL Compiler. An Algol variant designed for numeric and logical computations and based on IAL. 1958-1959. Version: BC NELIAC.
- neocon — a neoconservative.
- nereco — NEtwork REmote COmmunications.
- netcdf — Network Common Data Form. A machine-independent, self-describing file format for scientific data.
- neumic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- nicaea — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- nicely — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nicene — of or relating to Nicaea.
- nicest — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nicety — a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
- niched — an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- nicher — a neigh
- niches — Plural form of niche.
- nicked — a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.