7-letter words containing e, n, c
- caffein — a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , usually derived from coffee or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant.
- caganer — a figure of a squatting defecating person, a traditional character in Catalan Christmas crèche scenes
- cainite — a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- cairene — a person born or living in Cairo, Egypt
- cairned — marked by a cairn
- cakeman — A man who sells cakes.
- calcine — to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- caledon — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- calends — the first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar
- calzone — a dish of Italian origin consisting of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs, ham, etc
- camenae — a group of nymphs originally associated with a sacred spring in Rome, later identified with the Greek Muses
- cameron — David (William Donald). born 1966, British politician; leader of the Conservative party 2005–16; prime minister 2010–16
- camoens — Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)
- cananea — a city in N Mexico: copper mining and smelting.
- canapes — Plural form of canape.
- cancell — Obsolete spelling of cancel.
- cancels — Plural form of cancel.
- cancers — Plural form of cancer.
- candace — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “glowing.”.
- candela — the basic SI unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of (1⁄683) watt per steradian
- candent — glowing with heat
- candice — a female given name.
- candide — a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- candies — Plural form of candy.
- candled — Simple past tense and past participle of candle.
- candler — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candles — Plural form of candle.
- cane it — to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities
- canella — the fragrant cinnamon-like inner bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana (family Canellaceae) used as a spice and in medicine
- canetti — Elias. 1905–94, British novelist and writer, born in Bulgaria, who usually wrote in German. His works include the novel Auto da Fé (1935). Nobel prize for literature 1981
- canines — of or like a dog; relating to or characteristic of dogs: canine loyalty.
- cankers — Plural form of canker.
- cankery — having a canker or cankers
- cankles — Plural form of cankle.
- cannels — an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly.
- canners — Plural form of canner.
- cannery — A cannery is a factory where food is canned.
- cannier — careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply.
- cantate — the 98th psalm sung as a non-metrical hymn
- canteen — A canteen is a place in a factory, shop, or college where meals are served to the people who work or study there.
- canters — Plural form of canter.
- cantine — Alternative form of canteen.
- cantles — Plural form of cantle.
- cantlet — a piece, fragment, or cantle
- cantred — a district comprising a hundred villages
- canzone — a Provençal or Italian lyric, often in praise of love or beauty
- capelan — Alternative form of capelin.
- capelin — a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: family Osmeridae (smelts)
- caprine — of or resembling a goat