7-letter words containing m, c, r
- crumply — easily crumpled
- 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.
- cumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cumber.
- cumbria — (since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)
- cumfrey — Alternative form of comfrey.
- curcuma — any tropical Asian tuberous plant of the genus Curcuma, such as C. longa, which is the source of turmeric, and C. zedoaria, which is the source of zedoary: family Zingiberaceae
- cutworm — the caterpillar of various noctuid moths, esp those of the genus Argrotis, which is a pest of young crop plants in North America
- cwmbran — a new town in SE Wales, in Torfaen county borough, developed in the 1950s. Pop: 47 254 (2001)
- czardom — the domain of a czar.
- czarism — the Russian government under the czars
- decamer — An oligomer having ten subunits.
- decorum — Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable.
- demarco — Tom DeMarco proposed a form of structured analysis.
- dharmic — (of religion or beliefs) of Indian origin
- dimeric — a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dormice — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- drachma — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
- drachms — Plural form of drachm.
- e-crime — criminal activity that involves the use of computers or networks such as the internet
- embrace — An act of holding someone closely in one's arms.
- emocore — Emo (the original style of hardcore punk rock).
- empiric — A person who, in medicine or other branches of science, relies solely on observation and experiment.
- encharm — to enchant; bewitch
- excimer — An unstable molecule that is formed in an excited state by the combination of two smaller molecules or atoms and rapidly dissociates with emission of radiation. Such species are utilized in some kinds of lasers.
- formica — Formica is a hard plastic that is used for covering surfaces such as kitchen tables or counters.
- fulcrum — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- fumaric — of or derived from fumaric acid.
- gramsci — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theorist: a founder of the Italian Communist Party 1921.
- grecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- grimace — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- imbrace — Obsolete spelling of embrace.
- incomer — a person who comes in.
- iricism — Irishism.
- jacamar — any tropical American bird of the family Galbulidae, having a long bill and usually metallic green plumage above.
- keramic — ceramic.
- lamarck — Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de [zhahn ba-teest pyer ahn-twan duh maw-ne duh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pyɛr ɑ̃ˈtwan də mɔˈnɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1744–1829, French naturalist: pioneer in the field of comparative anatomy.
- lockram — a rough-textured linen cloth.
- macaber — gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- macabre — gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- macaron — a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- maceral — any of the organic units that constitute coal: equivalent to any of the mineral constituents of a rock
- machair — (geology) A type of calcerous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.
- machree — my dear.
- machzor — machzors, Hebrew. mahzor.
- maciver — Loren, 1909–1998, U.S. painter.
- macrame — an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
- macrons — Plural form of macron.
- macular — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- majorca — a Spanish island in the W Mediterranean: the largest of the Balearic Islands. 1405 sq. mi. (3640 sq. km). Capital: Palma.