6-letter words containing n, a, c
- incase — encase.
- incave — to hide or enclose in a cave or as if in a cave
- incavo — the incised or hollowed out part of an intaglio carving
- infact — Misspelling of in fact.
- inlace — enlace.
- intact — not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished: The vase remained intact despite rough handling.
- ionarc — Indian Ocean National Association for Regional Cooperation
- jacana — any of several tropical, ploverlike, aquatic birds of the family Jacanidae, most of them having extremely long toes and claws for walking on floating water plants.
- jacent — Lying at length.
- janice — a female given name, form of Jane.
- jaunce — to prance
- kaonic — of or relating to a kaon
- knacks — Plural form of knack.
- knacky — cunning or artful
- lacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lactin — (obsolete) lactose.
- lacuna — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacune — a gap or space
- lanced — Simple past tense and past participle of lance.
- lancer — a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lances — Plural form of lance.
- lancet — a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- launce — sand lance.
- launch — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- linacs — Plural form of linac.
- locant — (organic chemistry) That part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the position of an atom, residue or functional group e.g. the 2 in hexan-2-one.
- lochan — (Scotland) A small loch.
- lucian — a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- lucina — a title or name given to Juno as goddess of childbirth
- lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
- lycaon — a king of Arcadia said to have offered Zeus a plate of human flesh to learn whether the god was omniscient
- lycian — of or relating to Lycia.
- machan — A kind of safety platform in a tree used when hunting big animals such as tigers and leopards; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
- machen — Arthur, 1863–1947, Welsh novelist and essayist.
- macing — (sometimes lowercase) to attack with Mace spray.
- macoun — a juicy, late-ripening variety of apple that originated in Canada.
- macron — a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- manace — Obsolete form of menace.
- manche — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- manchu — a member of a Tungusic people of Manchuria who conquered China in the 17th century and established a dynasty there (Manchu dynasty, or Ch'ing, 1644–1912).
- mancus — A gold coin used in Medieval Europe.
- maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- manioc — cassava.
- mantic — of or relating to divination.
- marcan — of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- mascon — a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- maunch — manche.
- mcewan — Ian (Russell). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)
- mckean — Tom. born 1963, Scottish athlete: European 800 metres gold medallist (1990)
- mclean — John (1785-1861), US Supreme Court associate justice 1829-61. The US postmaster general 1823-29, he was appointed to the Court by President Jackson.