7-letter words containing e, n, c
- centile — (not in technical use) a percentile.
- centime — a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
- centimo — monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
- centner — a unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds (45.3 kilograms)
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- centred — If an industry or event is centred in a place, it takes place to the greatest extent there.
- centres — Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centrex — a telephone system for businesses, large organizations, etc. in which outside calls can be made directly to, or from, any extension
- centri- — centro-
- centric — being central or having a centre
- centro- — denoting a centre
- centrum — the main part or body of a vertebra
- century — A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
- cerasin — an insoluble amorphous gum from the cherry and other trees, known also as meta-arabinic acid
- ceresin — a white wax extracted from ozocerite
- ceriman — a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- cernlib — (library) The CERN Program Library.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- cerosin — (organic compound) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane.
- 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.
- cerumen — the soft brownish-yellow wax secreted by glands in the auditory canal of the external ear
- cervena — a trademarked set of quality standards for farm-produced venison
- cervine — resembling or relating to a deer
- cessant — (obsolete) inactive; dormant.
- cessing — British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cession — the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory
- cetinje — a town in Montenegro, in the SW: former capital of Montenegro (until 1945); palace and fortified monastery, residences of Montenegrin prince-bishops. Pop: 15 137 (2003 est)
- 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.