7-letter words containing r, c, n
- broncho — bronco
- brucine — bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4
- buchner — Eduard (ˈeːduart). 1860–1917, German chemist who demonstrated that alcoholic fermentation is due to enzymes in the yeast: Nobel prize for chemistry 1907
- buckner — Simon Bolivar [bol-uh-ver] /ˈbɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1823–1914, U.S. Confederate general and politician.
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- cadrans — an instrument which measures the angles of gems and is used during the cutting process
- caganer — a figure of a squatting defecating person, a traditional character in Catalan Christmas crèche scenes
- cairene — a person born or living in Cairo, Egypt
- cairned — marked by a cairn
- caldron — a large kettle or boiler
- camaron — a freshwater crustacean resembling the crayfish
- cameron — David (William Donald). born 1966, British politician; leader of the Conservative party 2005–16; prime minister 2010–16
- canards — Plural form of canard.
- cancers — Plural form of cancer.
- candiru — a tiny parasitic freshwater catfish of the Amazon region
- candler — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candour — Candour is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
- cankers — Plural form of canker.
- cankery — having a canker or cankers
- canners — Plural form of canner.
- cannery — A cannery is a factory where food is canned.
- cannier — careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply.
- canonry — the office, benefice, or status of a canon
- canters — Plural form of canter.
- cantors — Plural form of cantor.
- cantred — a district comprising a hundred villages
- cantrip — a magic spell
- canular — shaped like a cannula; tubular.
- caprine — of or resembling a goat
- caranna — a substance, resembling gum, that is obtained from various South American trees of the genus Bursera
- caravan — A caravan is a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.
- carbarn — a streetcar depot
- carbeen — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- carbene — a neutral divalent free radical, such as methylene: CH2
- carbine — A carbine is a light automatic rifle.
- carbone — Obsolete form of carbon.
- carbons — Short for carbon copies.
- carding — the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning
- cardoon — a thistle-like S European plant, Cynara cardunculus, closely related to the artichoke, with spiny leaves, purple flowers, and a leafstalk that may be blanched and eaten: family Asteraceae (composites)
- careens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of careen.
- carinal — resembling or relating to a carina
- carking — distressful.
- carleen — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carline — a Eurasian thistle-like plant, Carlina vulgaris, having spiny leaves and flower heads surrounded by raylike whitish bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
- carling — a fore-and-aft beam in a vessel, used for supporting the deck, esp around a hatchway or other opening
- carlson — Chester1906-68; U.S. inventor; developed xerography
- carlton — a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 48 493 (2001)
- carmine — Carmine is a deep bright-red colour.
- carnage — Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.