9-letter words containing nc
- cadencing — rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
- calamanco — a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows on one side only
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calimanco — calamanco.
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- canceleer — (of a hawk) to turn in flight when a stoop fails, in order to re-attempt it
- canceling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancelled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- canceller — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancellus — (in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
- cancerate — to become cancerous
- cancerian — a person born under the sign of Cancer, usually between June 21 and July 22.
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
- captaincy — The captaincy of a team is the position of being captain.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- caruncula — A caruncle.
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- cfa franc — a monetary unit used by several countries in West Africa, including Benin, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Burkina Faso.
- chaffinch — A chaffinch is a small European bird. Male chaffinches have reddish-brown fronts and grey heads.
- chance it — take a chance or risk
- chance on — to come upon by accident
- chanceful — eventful
- chanceler — Obsolete form of chancellor.
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- charabanc — A charabanc is a large old-fashioned coach with several rows of seats. Charabancs were used especially for taking people on trips or on holiday.
- chincapin — chinquapin
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- clarences — Plural form of clarence.
- clearance — Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clinching — Present participle of clinch.
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- co-anchor — one of the usually two anchors for a radio or TV newscast
- cofinance — to be one of two or more organizations that provide finance for (an enterprise)
- coherence — Coherence is a state or situation in which all the parts or ideas fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- coherency — the act or state of cohering; cohesion.
- coincided — to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.
- coincides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coincide.
- commenced — Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
- commences — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commence.
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).