7-letter words containing e, n, c
- chaunge — Obsolete form of change.
- cheapen — If something cheapens a person or thing, it lowers their reputation or position.
- chechen — a member of a people of Russia, speaking a Circassian language and chiefly inhabiting the Chechen Republic
- cheiron — Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- chelmno — a Nazi concentration camp in central Poland.
- chelone — any plant of the hardy N American genus Chelone, grown for its white, rose, or purple flower spikes: family Scrophulariaceae
- cheneau — an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping.
- chengde — a city in NE China, in Hebei on the Luan River: summer residence of the Manchu emperors. Pop: 470 000 (2005 est)
- chengdu — a city in S central China, capital of Sichuan province. Pop: 3 478 000 (2005 est)
- chengtu — Chengdu
- chenier — André (Marie de) (ɑ̃dre). 1762–94, French poet; his work was influenced by the ancient Greek elegiac poets. He was guillotined during the French Revolution
- 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)
- chesnut — Obsolete spelling of chestnut.
- chetnik — a Serbian nationalist belonging to a group that fought against the Turks before World War I and engaged in guerrilla warfare during both World Wars
- chevron — A chevron is a V shape.
- chewing — Present participle of chew.
- chewink — a North American bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- chicken — Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
- chidden — to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- chimney — A chimney is a pipe through which smoke goes up into the air, usually through the roof of a building.
- chinese — Chinese means relating to or belonging to China, or its people, languages, or culture.
- chinked — a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
- chinkie — a Chinese restaurant
- chinkle — (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
- chinmen — Quemoy.
- chinned — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- chinone — quinone.
- chirren — children
- cholent — a meal usually consisting of a stew of meat, potatoes, and pulses prepared before the Sabbath on Friday and left to cook until eaten for Sabbath lunch
- choline — a colourless viscous soluble alkaline substance present in animal tissues, esp as a constituent of lecithin: used as a supplement to the diet of poultry and in medicine for preventing the accumulation of fat in the liver. Formula:[(CH3)3NCH2CH2OH]+OH–
- chopine — a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
- chorine — a female dancer who is part of a chorus line
- chorten — a Buddhist shrine
- chunder — to vomit
- chungke — Alternative form of chunkey.
- chunjie — an annual Chinese festival marking the (lunar) Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts, firework displays, and dancing
- chunked — a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- chunker — (programming) A program like Unix's "split" which breaks an input file into parts, usually of a pre-set size, e.g. the maximum size that can fit on a floppy. The parts can then be assembled with a dechunker, which is usually just the chunker in a different mode.
- chunkey — A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to place the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
- chunnel — a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel, linking England and France, opened in 1994
- chunter — to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion
- churned — a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- churner — a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- chutnee — a sauce or relish of East Indian origin, often compounded of both sweet and sour ingredients, as fruits and herbs, with spices and other seasoning.
- chutney — Chutney is a cold sauce made from fruit, vinegar, sugar, and spices. It is sold in jars and you eat it with meat or cheese.
- 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.
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.