7-letter words containing i, n, u
- chauvin — a chauvinist
- chillun — (Southern US, AAVE) Plural form of chile (child).
- chilung — a port in N Taiwan: fishing and industrial centre. Pop: 406 000 (2005 est)
- chin-up — an exercise in which a person grips an elevated bar and pulls himself or herself up until the chin is level with the bar
- 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
- chunnis — Plural form of chunni.
- chusing — Present participle of chuse.
- cinques — Plural form of cinque.
- cliburn — Van [van] /væn/ (Show IPA), (Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr) 1934–2013, U.S. pianist.
- clue in — anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clueing — Present participle of clue.
- cluniac — of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910
- coilgun — Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means.
- conduit — A conduit is a small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go.
- congius — a unit of liquid measure equal to 1 Imperial gallon
- coquina — a soft limestone consisting of shells, corals, etc, that occurs in parts of the US
- council — A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
- cousins — A child of one's uncle or aunt.
- cranium — Your cranium is the round part of your skull that contains your brain.
- crucian — a European cyprinid fish, Carassius carassius, with a dark-green back, a golden-yellow undersurface, and reddish dorsal and tail fins: an aquarium fish
- cu. in. — cubic inches
- cubbing — Present participle of cub.
- cuffing — a blow with the fist or the open hand; buffet.
- cuisine — The cuisine of a country or district is the style of cooking that is characteristic of that place.
- culling — the reduction of the size of an animal population
- cullion — a despicable person
- culming — a stem or stalk, especially the jointed and usually hollow stem of grasses.
- cumarin — a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- cumming — Present participle of cum.
- cunning — Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- cupping — the process of applying a cupping glass to the skin
- curbing — material for a curb
- curding — Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curling — a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles (curling stones) are slid towards a target (tee)
- curring — to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- cursing — the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curtain — Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window.
- curving — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- cushing — Harvey Williams. 1869–1939, US neurosurgeon: identified a pituitary tumour as a cause of the disease named after him
- cushion — A cushion is a fabric case filled with soft material, which you put on a seat to make it more comfortable.
- cusping — Formation of a cusp or cusps.
- cussing — to use profanity; curse; swear.
- cutline — a caption accompanying an illustration
- cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- daubing — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- dauphin — In former times, the king and queen of France's oldest son was called the dauphin.
- dauting — to caress.
- detinue — an action brought by a plaintiff to recover goods wrongfully detained
- diluent — serving to dilute; diluting.
- disjune — breakfast.