7-letter words containing a, c, n, t
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- latence — Obsolete form of latency.
- latency — the state of being latent.
- latinic — of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- manchet — a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.
- manteca — a town in central California.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- muntjac — any of various small deer of the genus Muntiacus, of southern and eastern Asia and the adjacent islands, especially M. muntjac, of Java, India, etc., having well-developed horns on bony pedicels.
- nacarat — A shade of pale red-orange.
- nacrite — a clay mineral of the kaolinite group
- narcist — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- nascent — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- natchez — a port in SW Mississippi, on the Mississippi River.
- nectary — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nematic — noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- netback — a calculation of the price of crude-oil products based on the price of crude oil.
- nethack — (games) /net'hak/ (Unix) A dungeon game similar to rogue but more elaborate, distributed in C source over Usenet and very popular at Unix sites and on PC-class machines (nethack is probably the most widely distributed of the freeware dungeon games). The earliest versions, written by Jay Fenlason and later considerably enhanced by Andries Brouwer, were simply called "hack". The name changed when maintenance was taken over by a group of hackers originally organised by Mike Stephenson. Version: NetHack 3.2 (Apr 1996?). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- newcast — (transitive) To recast; form or mould anew.
- nicetas — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- nictate — to wink.
- nonfact — a thing that is not true or provable
- nowcast — (meteorology) A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually of a few hours.
- nutcake — A cake made with nuts.
- nutcase — a deranged person; lunatic.
- occitan — Provençal (def 3).
- octagon — a polygon having eight angles and eight sides.
- octanol — an alcohol containing eight carbon atoms that is mainly used in the manufacture of plastics and perfumes
- octants — Plural form of octant.
- one-act — a short play consisting of one act.
- paction — an agreement or bargain
- pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- patchen — Kenneth, 1911–72, U.S. poet and novelist.
- patency — the state of being patent.
- patonce — (of a cross) having limbs which broaden from the centre and are floriated at the end
- peccant — sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- pentact — a sponge spicule with five rays
- picante — prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, especially with a hot and spicy sauce.
- pontiac — c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- quantic — a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- reenact — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- sacaton — a coarse grass, Sporobolus wrightii, of the southwestern US and Mexico, grown for hay and pasture
- 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.
- satanic — of Satan.
- saticon — a high-resolution television camera tube used when high definition is required
- scanted — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scanter — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scantle — a small or scant amount
- scantly — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.