7-letter words containing e, n, c
- cranmer — Thomas. 1489–1556, the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56) and principal author of the Book of Common Prayer. He was burnt as a heretic by Mary I
- cravens — Plural form of craven.
- creance — a long fine cord used to restrain a hawk or falcon during training
- creatin — Alternative form of creatine.
- credent — believing or believable
- crémant — (of wine) moderately sparkling
- cremini — a variety of edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus
- cremona — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)
- crenate — having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves
- crenels — Plural form of crenel.
- creping — a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creston — a ridge on a hill that curves downwards at the ends
- cretins — Plural form of cretin.
- cretons — a spread of shredded pork cooked with onions in pork fat
- crewing — a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.
- crewman — A crewman is a member of a crew.
- crewmen — Plural form of crewman.
- crimean — of or relating to the Crimea or its inhabitants
- crimine — an expression of surprise
- crinate — having hair; hairy
- cringed — to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower.
- cringer — A person who cringes or shies away.
- cringes — to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower.
- cringey — causing acute feelings of embarrassment or disgust
- cringle — an eye at the edge of a sail, usually formed from a thimble or grommet
- crinite — covered with soft hairs or tufts
- crinkle — If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- crinose — hairy
- crippen — Hawley Harvey, known as Doctor Crippen. 1862–1910, US doctor living in England: executed for poisoning his wife; the first criminal to be apprehended by the use of radiotelegraphy
- crispen — to make or become crisp
- crivens — an exclamation of surprise, now more commonly used for comedic effect
- crocein — any one of a group of red or orange acid azo dyes
- crocine — of or relating to the crocus
- cronies — Plural form of crony.
- crooned — to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice: to croon to a baby.
- crooner — A crooner is a male singer who sings sentimental songs, especially the love songs of the 1930s and 1940s.
- crotone — a town in S Italy, on the coast of Calabria: founded in about 700 bc by the Achaeans; chemical works and zinc-smelting. Pop: 60 010 (2001)
- crowned — characterized by or having a crown (often used in combination): a crowned signet ring; a low-crowned fedora.
- crowner — a promotional label consisting of a shaped printed piece of card or paper attached to a product on display
- crownet — a coronet.
- crubeen — a pig's trotter, esp one that has been cooked
- crunked — excited or intoxicated
- crunkle — (UK, obsolete, dialectal) To crumple.
- crunode — a point at which two branches of a curve intersect, each branch having a distinct tangent; node
- crutzen — Paul, born 1933, Dutch meteorologist and chemist: Nobel Prize 1995.
- cryogen — a substance used to produce low temperatures; a freezing mixture
- ctenoid — toothed like a comb, as the scales of perches
- cubbena — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cuisine — The cuisine of a country or district is the style of cooking that is characteristic of that place.
- cum new — (of shares, etc) with rights to take up any scrip or rights issue