7-letter words containing n, a, c, e
- nechako — a river in central British Columbia, Canada, flowing NE and E to the Fraser river. About 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- newyacc — A parser generator by Jack Callahan <[email protected]>. Version 1.0.
- nicaean — Nicene.
- nicetas — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- nictate — to wink.
- noplace — nowhere.
- noyance — a nuisance; a source of annoyance
- nuanced — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nuances — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nucleal — of or pertaining to a nucleus; nuclear
- nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- nutcake — A cake made with nuts.
- nutcase — a deranged person; lunatic.
- oceania — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- oceanic — of, living in, or produced by the ocean: oceanic currents.
- oceanid — any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- oceanus — a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- one-act — a short play consisting of one act.
- paceman — a fast bowler
- panacea — an ancient Greek goddess of healing.
- panache — a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
- pancake — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- panicle — a compound raceme.
- panoche — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- 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.
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- pemican — dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- penance — a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- pentact — a sponge spicule with five rays
- picante — prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, especially with a hot and spicy sauce.
- pincase — a case for holding pins
- pinnace — a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- piscean — a person born under the sign of Pisces.
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- ponceau — a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- pranced — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- prancer — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- quechan — Yuma (defs 1, 2).
- rancher — a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- reclean — to clean (something) again or with a different substance, etc