7-letter words containing s, n, c
- notices — Plural form of notice.
- nouches — Plural form of nouch.
- novices — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
- nowcast — (meteorology) A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually of a few hours.
- nuances — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- nucules — Plural form of nucule.
- nuncios — Plural form of nuncio.
- nuncles — Plural form of nuncle.
- nutcase — a deranged person; lunatic.
- obscene — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- oceanus — a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- octants — Plural form of octant.
- oilcans — Plural form of oilcan.
- on spec — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- oncosts — Plural form of oncost.
- opsonic — of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- ovonics — a device whose operation is based on the Ovshinsky effect.
- phonics — a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- pincase — a case for holding pins
- pincers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- piscean — a person born under the sign of Pisces.
- piscina — a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- piscine — of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- pocosin — a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- pschent — the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- psionic — of or relating to psychic powers
- punches — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- quinces — Plural form of quince.
- racoons — Plural form of racoon.
- ransack — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- recense — to make a critical revision of a text, book, etc
- recents — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- rescind — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- ricinus — the castor-oil plant
- roscian — of, relating to, or involving acting.
- sacaton — a coarse grass, Sporobolus wrightii, of the southwestern US and Mexico, grown for hay and pasture
- sachsen — German name of Saxony.
- sack in — hit the sack
- sacking — the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.
- sacring — the act or ritual of consecration, esp of the Eucharist or of a bishop
- salicin — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 1 3 H 1 8 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- sanchez — Sonia (Wilsonia Driver) born 1934, U.S. poet, activist, and teacher.
- sanctum — a sacred or holy place.
- sanctus — (italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
- sanicle — any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- saracen — History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- sarcina — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- satanic — of Satan.