7-letter words containing i, n, c
- buccina — a curved brass horn used by the ancient Roman army
- bucking — bukh.
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- c-linda — (language) The most widely used variant of Linda, with C as the base language. It is available from Sci Comp Assocs <[email protected]>.
- cabbing — a taxicab.
- cabinda — an exclave of Angola, separated from the rest of the country by part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pop: about 300 000 (2002 est). Area: 7270 sq km (2807 sq miles)
- cabined — a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
- cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
- cabling — Cabling is used to refer to electrical or electronic cables, or to the process of putting them in a place.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- cacaine — (archaic, chemistry) The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.
- caccini — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1546–1618, Italian singer and composer.
- caching — cache
- cadging — Present participle of cadge.
- caelian — the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome
- 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.
- caimans — Plural form of caiman.
- cainism — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
- 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
- caisson — a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water
- caitlin — a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- 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