7-letter words containing nc
- 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.
- infancy — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- inhance — Obsolete spelling of enhance.
- injunct — (legal, transitive) To put an injunction against.
- intence — Rare spelling of intense.
- jounced — Simple past tense and past participle of jounce.
- jounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jounce.
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- juncker — Jean-Claude ( ʒɑ̃klod) born 1954, Luxembourgish politician; prime minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013); president of the European Commission from 2014
- kanchil — A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus.
- kincaid — Jamaica, born 1949, West Indian novelist and short-story writer.
- kinchin — a child.
- lancers — a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- lanchow — a city in and the capital of Gansu province, in N China, on the Huang He.
- lancier — Synonym of lancer.
- lancing — a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- latence — Obsolete form of latency.
- latency — the state of being latent.
- launces — Plural form of launce.
- leblanc — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). ?1742–1806, French chemist, who invented a process for the manufacture of soda from common salt
- lenclos — Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- licence — license.
- linches — Plural form of linch.
- lincoln — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- linctus — (medicine) Any syrupy medication; especially a remedy for coughs.
- lioncel — a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- lucence — shining.
- lucency — shining.
- 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.
- lyncean — of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lynched — Simple past tense and past participle of lynch.
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynch.
- lynchet — a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside
- mancala — (games, board games) A generic name applied to various board games in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.
- manchet — a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.
- maunche — a conventional representation of a sleeve with a flaring end, used as a charge.
- mayence — French name of Mainz.
- mencius — c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- mencken — H(enry) L(ouis) 1880–1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic.
- mincers — Plural form of mincer.
- minceur — (of food) low-fat or low-calorie