7-letter words containing u, n, c
- crunode — a point at which two branches of a curve intersect, each branch having a distinct tangent; node
- crutzen — Paul, born 1933, Dutch meteorologist and chemist: Nobel Prize 1995.
- cu. in. — cubic inches
- cubbena — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cubbing — Present participle of cub.
- cuffing — a blow with the fist or the open hand; buffet.
- cuisine — The cuisine of a country or district is the style of cooking that is characteristic of that place.
- culling — the reduction of the size of an animal population
- cullion — a despicable person
- cullman — a city in N Alabama.
- culming — a stem or stalk, especially the jointed and usually hollow stem of grasses.
- cum new — (of shares, etc) with rights to take up any scrip or rights issue
- cumaean — of Cumae
- 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.
- cumbent — lying down; recumbent
- cumming — Present participle of cum.
- cuneate — wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
- cunette — a small trench dug in the main ditch of a fortification, acting as both a drain and an obstacle to attackers
- cunning — Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- cupping — the process of applying a cupping glass to the skin
- curbing — material for a curb
- curding — Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curling — a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles (curling stones) are slid towards a target (tee)
- currant — Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes.
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- curring — to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- cursing — the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curtain — Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window.
- curtana — the unpointed sword carried before an English sovereign at a coronation as an emblem of mercy
- curving — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- cushing — Harvey Williams. 1869–1939, US neurosurgeon: identified a pituitary tumour as a cause of the disease named after him
- cushion — A cushion is a fabric case filled with soft material, which you put on a seat to make it more comfortable.
- cushman — Charlotte Saunders [sawn-derz,, sahn-] /ˈsɔn dərz,, ˈsɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1816–76, U.S. actress.
- cusping — Formation of a cusp or cusps.
- cussing — to use profanity; curse; swear.
- cutbank — the outer, steeper bank of a bend or meander in a river or stream
- cutdown — a decrease or reduction in the number, size, or incidence of anything
- cutline — a caption accompanying an illustration
- cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- cynwulf — Cynewulf.
- decuman — a huge wave
- defunct — If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating.
- doucine — a type of moulding of the cornice
- drucken — drunken
- ducking — to stoop or bend suddenly; bob.
- duckpin — Bowling. a short pin of relatively large diameter, used in a game resembling tenpins, and bowled at with small balls.
- ducting — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- duction — (obsolete) guidance.
- dulcian — an organ-stop consisting of pipes made of reeds
- duncery — the characteristic behaviour or the state of being a dunce or a dullard