7-letter words containing m, a, c, n
- macdink — /mak'dink/ To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic changes to a program or file. Often the subject of the macdinking would be better off without them. The Macintosh is said to encourage such behaviour. See also fritterware, window shopping.
- macedon — Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] /ˈmæs ɪˌdɒn/ (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.
- machans — Plural form of machan.
- machaon — a son of Asclepius who was famed as a healer and who served as physician of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
- machine — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- mack on — a pimp.
- macking — a pimp.
- maclean — Donald. 1913–83, British civil servant, who spied for the Russians: fled to the former Soviet Union (with Guy Burgess) in 1951
- macrons — Plural form of macron.
- mahican — a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- malonic — of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- manacle — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- mancala — (games, board games) A generic name applied to various board games in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.
- manchet — a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.
- mandioc — (obsolete) manioc.
- maniack — Obsolete form of maniac.
- maniacs — Plural form of maniac.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- manjack — a west Indian tree with slimy fruit
- manpack — a compact load able to be carried by one person
- manteca — a town in central California.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- marchen — a German fairy tale or fictional story
- marcian — a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- mascons — Plural form of mascon.
- masonic — Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.
- maunche — a conventional representation of a sleeve with a flaring end, used as a charge.
- mayence — French name of Mainz.
- mcallen — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- mccahon — Colin. 1919–87, influential New Zealand painter; noted esp for landscapes and bold abstract paintings, many featuring lettering and Christian imagery
- mckenna — Siobhan [shuh-vawn,, -von] /ʃəˈvɔn,, -ˈvɒn/ (Show IPA), 1923–86, Irish actress.
- mclaren — Norman, 1914–87, Canadian film director and animator, born in Scotland.
- mcluhan — Marshall, 1911–80, Canadian cultural historian and mass-communications theorist.
- mcmahon — Sir William. 1908–88, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1971–72)
- mcnally — Terrance, born 1938, U.S. playwright.
- meccano — a construction set consisting of miniature metal or plastic parts from which mechanical models can be made
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.
- menaced — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- menaces — Plural form of menace.
- menacme — the part of a female's life during which menstruation occurs.
- menorca — Minorca.
- mercian — of or relating to Mercia, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
- mexican — of or relating to Mexico or its people.
- minchah — the daily Jewish religious service conducted in the afternoon.
- minicab — a minicar that serves as a taxicab.
- minicam — Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.
- minicar — a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- minorca — Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).