7-letter words containing e, s, c
- noetics — the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- notches — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- notices — Plural form of notice.
- nouches — Plural form of nouch.
- novices — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
- nuances — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- nucules — Plural form of nucule.
- nuncles — Plural form of nuncle.
- nutcase — a deranged person; lunatic.
- o'casey — Sean [shawn,, shahn] /ʃɔn,, ʃɑn/ (Show IPA), 1880–1964, Irish playwright.
- objects — Say something to express one's disapproval of or disagreement with something.
- obscene — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- oceanus — a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- ocellus — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- ocelots — Plural form of ocelot.
- octaves — Plural form of octave.
- offices — Plural form of office.
- on spec — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- oocytes — Plural form of oocyte.
- opuscle — Obsolete form of opuscule.
- oraches — Plural form of orache.
- oracles — (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- osceola — 1804–38, U.S. Indian leader: chief of the Seminole tribe.
- oscheal — relating to or resembling the scrotum
- ossetic — Ossetian.
- ossicle — a small bone.
- peckish — somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
- pectase — an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- pectose — protopectin.
- pectous — of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- percase — maybe; perhaps
- perches — a former division of N France.
- percuss — Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- pescara — a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- petscii — (character) /pet'skee/ PET ASCII. The variation (many would say perversion) of the ASCII character set used by the Commodore Business Machines' PET series of personal computers and the later Commodore 64, Commodore 16, and Commodore 128 computers. The PETSCII set used left-arrow and up-arrow (as in old-style ASCII) instead of underscore and caret, placed the unshifted alphabet at positions 65--90, put the shifted alphabet at positions 193--218, and added graphic characters.
- piceous — of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- pincase — a case for holding pins
- pincers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- piscean — a person born under the sign of Pisces.
- piscine — of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- poaches — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- pockies — woollen mittens
- poetics — poetics.
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- pouches — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- precess — to undergo precession (def 2).