7-letter words containing u, n, c
- incrust — to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- incudal — Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
- incudes — a plural of incus.
- incurve — Curve inward.
- incused — Simple past tense and past participle of incuse.
- incuses — Plural form of incuse.
- induced — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inducer — Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- induces — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inducts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of induct.
- injunct — (legal, transitive) To put an injunction against.
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- insculp — to carve in or on something; engrave.
- iracund — prone to anger; irascible.
- jounced — Simple past tense and past participle of jounce.
- jounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jounce.
- juicing — the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
- juncker — Jean-Claude ( ʒɑ̃klod) born 1954, Luxembourgish politician; prime minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013); president of the European Commission from 2014
- kechuan — Quechuan.
- kentuck — Kentucky.
- kingcup — any of various common buttercups, as Ranunculus bulbosus, having bright-yellow flowers.
- knuckle — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- kuching — a state in the federation of Malaysia, on NW Borneo: formerly a British crown colony (1946–63) and British protectorate (1888–1946). About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Kuching.
- kutchin — a member of a group of North American Indians who live in the region of the lower Mackenzie River in northwestern Canada and the Yukon and Porcupine rivers of northeastern Alaska.
- lacunae — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacunal — of or relating to a lacuna.
- lacunar — Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
- lacunas — Plural form of lacuna.
- launces — Plural form of launce.
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- leucine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- linctus — (medicine) Any syrupy medication; especially a remedy for coughs.
- linecut — an engraving or print obtained from a line drawing
- linocut — a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- locknut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- lucania — an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lucence — shining.
- lucency — shining.
- lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- lucigen — a lamp that burns oil mixed with hot air
- lucinda — a female given name, form of Lucy.
- lucking — Present participle of luck.
- lucknow — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunched — Simple past tense and past participle of lunch.
- luncher — Someone who lunches, someone who eats lunch.
- lunches — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.