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11-letter words containing can

  • costa rican — of or relating to Costa Rica or its inhabitants
  • decanedioic — designating a type of acid
  • decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
  • deccan hemp — kenaf.
  • demi-cannon — a large cannon of the 16th century, having a bore of about 6½ inches (17 cm) and firing a shot of from 30 to 36 pounds (14 to 16 kg).
  • discandying — the act of melting or dissolving
  • douchecanoe — (vulgar, slang, pejorative) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
  • drop cannon — a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table
  • duncanville — a town in N Texas.
  • duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
  • foot-candle — a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbreviation: FC.
  • franciscans — of or relating to St. Francis or the Franciscans.
  • gallicanism — the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
  • garbage can — a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.
  • grand canal — a canal in E China, extending S from Tientsin to Hangchow. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
  • guadalcanal — the largest of the Solomon Islands, in the W central Pacific: U.S. victory over the Japanese 1942–43. About 2500 sq. mi. (6475 sq. km).
  • hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
  • hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
  • incandesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incandesce.
  • incanescent — (dated) Becoming hoary or grey; canescent.
  • incantation — the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
  • incantatory — the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
  • intersecant — Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
  • intoxicants — Plural form of intoxicant.
  • job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
  • lawyer cane — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
  • lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • magnificant — Misspelling of magnificent.
  • marcantonio — Raimondi, Marcantonio.
  • mexican tea — a goosefoot, Chenopodium ambrosioides, having strong-smelling leaves sometimes used medicinally or as flavoring.
  • mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
  • minor canon — a canon attached to a cathedral or collegiate church, though not necessarily a member of the chapter.
  • mud volcano — a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
  • new mexican — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
  • nmr scanner — a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.
  • nonvolcanic — not volcanic, not caused by a volcano
  • pan-african — of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
  • pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
  • pet scanner — a tomographic imaging device that yields visual information about the ongoing activity of the brain: positron-emitting isotopes, incorporated into biologically important compounds, are injected intravenously or administered by inhalation, and the resultant gamma radiation is sensed by detectors and converted into computer-generated images of blood flow, oxygen utilization, glucose uptake, etc.
  • porto rican — former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.
  • prejudicant — judging beforehand
  • pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
  • recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
  • reciprocant — a differential invariant
  • resin canal — a tubular, intercellular opening containing resin, often found in the wood and needles of gymnosperms
  • resin-canal — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
  • ruridecanal — relating to a rural dean
  • rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
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