7-letter words containing e, n, c
- cumaean — of Cumae
- cumbent — lying down; recumbent
- cuneate — wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
- cunette — a small trench dug in the main ditch of a fortification, acting as both a drain and an obstacle to attackers
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- cutline — a caption accompanying an illustration
- cyanate — any salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the ion –OCN or the group –OCN
- cyanide — Cyanide is a highly poisonous substance.
- cyanine — a blue dye used to extend the sensitivity of photographic emulsions to colours other than blue and ultraviolet
- cyanite — kyanite
- cyanize — to turn into cyanide
- cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
- cygnets — Plural form of cygnet.
- cygnine — (zoology) Being of the genus Cygnus (swan), within subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae, though sometimes considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae.
- cyprine — a type of silicate mineral
- cystine — a sulphur-containing amino acid present in proteins: yields two molecules of cysteine on reduction. Formula: HOOCCH(NH2)CH2SSCH2CH(NH2)COOH
- dancers — Plural form of dancer.
- deacons — Plural form of deacon.
- decagon — a polygon having ten sides
- decanal — of or relating to a dean or deanery
- decanes — Plural form of decane.
- decanol — a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- decants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decant.
- decence — (obsolete) decency.
- decency — Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards.
- decerns — Scots Law. to enter a judicial decree.
- decking — Decking is wooden boards that are fixed to the ground in a garden or other outdoor area for people to walk on.
- deckman — A man who works on the deck of a ship.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- decrown — to divest (a person) of the role of monarch
- decuman — a huge wave
- defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
- defunct — If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating.
- deicing — Present participle of deice.
- demonic — Demonic means coming from or belonging to a demon or being like a demon.
- deontic — of or relating to such ethical concepts as obligation and permissibility
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- descend — If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- dineric — of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- docents — Plural form of docent.
- domenic — a male given name.
- doucine — a type of moulding of the cornice
- dracone — A large bag used to transport a petroleum product (especially unprocessed crude oil) by sea.
- drecnet — /drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMS community. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also connector conspiracy.
- drucken — drunken
- duncery — the characteristic behaviour or the state of being a dunce or a dullard
- durance — incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).