7-letter words containing i, n, a, c
- calcine — to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- caliban — a brutish or brutalized man
- calking — Present participle of calk.
- call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- call-in — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- calling — A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
- callins — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- calming — soothing; tranquillizing
- calpain — any of various enzymes in mammals and other organisms that are involved in the proteolysis of endogenous proteins and are regulated by the concentration of calcium ions
- calving — to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- cambion — Lb mythology The offspring of an incubus and a human.
- camming — Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- camping — something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental.
- campion — any of various caryophyllaceous plants of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having red, pink, or white flowers
- canakin — (archaic) A little can or cup.
- cancion — song.
- candice — a female given name.
- candida — any yeastlike parasitic fungus of the genus Candida, esp C. albicans, which causes thrush (candidiasis)
- candide — a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- candids — Plural form of candid.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- candies — Plural form of candy.
- candiot — of or relating to Candia (Iráklion) or Crete; Cretan
- candiru — a tiny parasitic freshwater catfish of the Amazon region
- cane it — to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities
- 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
- canikin — a small can or drinking cup.
- canines — of or like a dog; relating to or characteristic of dogs: canine loyalty.
- canings — Plural form of caning.
- cannier — careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply.
- cannily — in a canny manner
- canning — the process or business of sealing food in cans or tins to preserve it
- cannoli — a Sicilian pudding of pasta shells filled with sweetened ricotta
- canoing — Misspelling of canoeing.
- canonic — canonical
- canopic — pertaining to Canopus.
- cantica — part of an ancient Roman drama chanted or sung and accompanied by music.
- cantico — to dance as part of an act of worship
- cantily — In a canty manner.
- cantina — a bar or wine shop, esp in a Spanish-speaking country
- cantine — Alternative form of canteen.
- canting — insincere; hypocritical
- cantion — a song
- cantrip — a magic spell
- capelin — a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: family Osmeridae (smelts)
- capitan — a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: precipice that rises over 3300 feet (1000 meters) above Yosemite Valley.
- capping — a capital letter.
- caprine — of or resembling a goat
- capsian — a late Palaeolithic culture, dating from about 12 000 bc, found mainly around the salt lakes of Tunisia. The culture is characterized by the presence of microliths, backed blades, and engraved limestone slabs