7-letter words containing ns
- branson — Sir Richard. born 1950, British entrepreneur. In 1969 he founded the Virgin record company, adding other interests later, including Virgin Atlantic Airways (1984), Virgin Radio (1993), and the Virgin Rail Group (1996): made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by boat (1986) and the first of the Pacific by hot-air balloon (1991)
- brogans — a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- bryansk — a city in W Russia. Pop: 428 000 (2005 est)
- butlins — one of the two best-known traditional holiday camps in Britain
- buttons — a page boy
- cadrans — an instrument which measures the angles of gems and is used during the cutting process
- caftans — Plural form of caftan.
- caimans — Plural form of caiman.
- callins — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- camoens — Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)
- cancans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cancan.
- cannons — Plural form of cannon.
- cantons — Plural form of canton.
- canyons — Plural form of canyon.
- carbons — Short for carbon copies.
- careens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of careen.
- caroons — Plural form of caroon.
- cartons — Plural form of carton.
- caserns — Plural form of casern.
- cations — Plural form of cation.
- catkins — Plural form of catkin.
- caverns — Plural form of cavern.
- caymans — Plural form of cayman.
- censers — Plural form of censer.
- censors — Plural form of censor.
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- chalons — a city in NE France, on the River Marne: scene of Attila's defeat by the Romans (451 ad). Pop: 47 339 (1999)
- chanson — a song
- chitons — Plural form of chiton.
- citrons — Plural form of citron.
- cleanse — To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
- clemens — Samuel Langhorne (ˈlæŋˌhɔːn)
- cocoons — Plural form of cocoon.
- codlins — Plural form of codlin.
- coffins — Plural form of coffin.
- colenso — John William. 1814–83, British churchman; Anglican bishop of Natal from 1853: charged with heresy for questioning the accuracy of the Pentateuch
- collins — a tall fizzy iced drink made with gin, vodka, rum, etc, mixed with fruit juice, soda water, and sugar
- columns — Plural form of column.
- commons — people not of noble birth viewed as forming a political order
- consarn — Eye dialect of concern.
- conseil — a council
- consent — If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- consett — a town in N England, in N Durham. Pop: 20 659 (2001)
- consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
- consist — Something that consists of particular things or people is formed from them.
- console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
- consols — British government securities, esp. those established in 1751 by the consolidation of nine loans
- consort — If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing.
- conspue — to spit on with contempt