7-letter words containing e, n, a, c
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- celadon — a type of porcelain having a greyish-green glaze: mainly Chinese
- celaeno — one of the Pleiades
- cellang — See Cellular.
- cenacle — a supper room, esp one on an upper floor
- cenaeum — (in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- centage — the rate per hundred of something
- centare — centiare.
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centavo — a monetary unit of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- cerasin — an insoluble amorphous gum from the cherry and other trees, known also as meta-arabinic acid
- ceriman — a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
- cervena — a trademarked set of quality standards for farm-produced venison
- cessant — (obsolete) inactive; dormant.
- cezanne — Paul (pɔl). 1839–1906, French postimpressionist painter, who was a major influence on modern art, esp cubism, in stressing the structural elements latent in nature, such as the sphere and the cone
- chained — If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.
- chalone — any internal secretion that inhibits a physiological process or function
- chanced — Simple past tense and past participle of chance.
- chancel — The chancel is the part of a church containing the altar, where the clergy and the choir usually sit.
- chancer — You can refer to someone as a chancer if you think they use opportunities for their own advantage and often pretend to have skills they do not have.
- chances — Plural form of chance.
- chancre — a small hard nodular growth, which is the first diagnostic sign of acquired syphilis
- changde — a port in SE central China, in N Hunan province, near the mouth of the Yuan River: severely damaged by the Japanese in World War II. Pop: 1 483 000 (2005 est)
- changed — Simple past tense and past participle of change.
- changer — a person or thing that changes something
- changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- channel — A channel is a television station.
- channer — a mumble or murmur
- chanted — Simple past tense and past participle of chant.
- chanter — a person who chants
- chantey — a song formerly sung by sailors in rhythm with their motions while working, as while turning a capstan
- chantie — a chamber pot
- chanute — a town in SE Kansas.
- chapmen — Plural form of chapman.
- charnel — ghastly; sepulchral; deathly
- chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- chaunce — Archaic spelling of chance.
- chaunge — Obsolete form of change.
- cheapen — If something cheapens a person or thing, it lowers their reputation or position.
- cheneau — an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping.
- 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)
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- 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.
- cineast — An enthusiast of film and the cinema.