7-letter words containing n, i, c
- chronid — (zoology) Any member of the Chronidae.
- 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.
- cienaga — a city in N Colombia, on the SE coast of the Caribbean Sea.
- cienega — a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
- cinamon — Misspelling of cinnamon.
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- cinches — Plural form of cinch.
- cinders — Cinders are the black pieces that are left after something such as wood or coal has burned away.
- cindery — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cineast — An enthusiast of film and the cinema.
- cinemas — Plural form of cinema.
- cineole — eucalyptol
- cinerea — the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- cinerin — either of two similar organic compounds found in pyrethrum and used as insecticides. Formulas: C20H28O3 (cinerin I), C21H28O5 (cinerin II)
- cinques — Plural form of cinque.
- cinzano — an Italian vermouth
- cipango — (in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
- ciphony — the process of enciphering audio information to produce encrypted speech
- cipolin — an Italian marble with alternating white and green streaks
- circean — Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- cirebon — a port in S central Indonesia, on N Java on the Java Sea: scene of the signing of the Tjirebon Agreement of Indonesian independence (1946) by the Netherlands. Pop: 272 263 (2000)
- cis man — an adult who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- cissing — the appearance of pinholes, craters, etc, in paintwork due to poor adhesion of the paint to the surface
- cistern — A cistern is a container which stores the water supply for a building, or that holds the water for flushing a toilet.
- cistron — the section of a chromosome that encodes a single polypeptide chain
- cithern — cittern
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- citrine — a brownish-yellow variety of quartz: a gemstone; false topaz
- citrons — Plural form of citron.
- cittern — a medieval stringed instrument resembling a lute but having wire strings and a flat back
- civitan — a member of Civitan International, a service club founded 1918.
- clarain — one of the four major lithotypes of banded coal
- clarini — a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarino — of or relating to a high passage for the trumpet in 18th-century music
- clarion — a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ
- clawing — a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird.
- claying — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cliburn — Van [van] /væn/ (Show IPA), (Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr) 1934–2013, U.S. pianist.
- clients — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clifton — a masculine name
- climant — rampant, as a goat: a goat climant.
- clinged — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of cling.
- clinger — to adhere closely; stick to: The wet paper clings to the glass.
- clinics — A place or hospital department where outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, esp. of a specialist nature.
- clinked — Simple past tense and past participle of clink.
- clinker — the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire
- clinoid — (anatomy) Like a bed.