12-letter words containing can
- malacca cane — a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
- mexican onyx — a translucent, banded variety of calcite, used for ornamental and decorative pieces.
- mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
- minor arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
- mirror canon — a canon in which the parts are written as though seen in a mirror placed between them: one part or set of parts is the upside-down image of the other
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
- nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
- no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.
- noncancerous — (of tissue) not cancerous, benign
- noncandidacy — the state of not being a candidate, esp for political office
- noncandidate — a person who has not yet announced his or her availability for election to a political office or who has declared himself or herself not a candidate.
- noncanonical — not included within a canon or group of rules.
- north canton — a town in central Ohio.
- octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- pan and scan — a technique for changing the aspect ratio of a wide-screen film, usually by selecting the significant section of each film frame and cropping the sides, so that it can be transmitted in 4:3 aspect ratio.
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- panama canal — a canal extending SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scandinavian — of or relating to Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- secant angle — an angle formed by two secants meeting in a point
- significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significancy — significance.
- significants — important; of consequence.
- spinal canal — the tube formed by the vertebrae in which the spinal cord and its membranes are located.
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
- under canvas — If you are living and sleeping under canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.
- upper canada — a former British province in Canada 1791–1840: now the S part of Ontario province.
- vatican city — an independent state within the city of Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber. Established in 1929, it is ruled by the pope and includes St. Peter's Church and the Vatican. 109 acres (44 hectares).
- volcanic arc — a curving chain of active volcanoes formed above a subduction zone and adjacent to a convergent plate boundary.
- volcanic ash — ash1 (def 2).
- volcanogenic — created by a volcano; of volcanic origin.