10-letter words that end in n
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chicharron — (in Mexican cooking) a piece of fried pork crackling.
- chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
- chilly bin — a portable insulated container with provision for packing food and drink in ice
- chinquapin — a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chronotron — a gadget that, by contrasting electrical pulsations, can calculate very short periods of time
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- ciceronian — of or resembling Cicero or his rhetorical style; eloquent
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- circassian — a native of Circassia
- circuition — (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- clactonian — one of the Lower Palaeolithic cultures found in England, characterized by the use of chopper tools
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clanswoman — a woman belonging to a clan
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- clendinnen — Inga. 1934–2016. Australian historian and writer. Her books include Reading the Holocaust (1998) and Tiger's Eye – a Memoir (2000)
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
- climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
- close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- co-captain — a joint captain
- co-edition — a title published jointly by two publishers
- coal basin — a part of the earth's surface consisting of coal strata that slope down to a common centre
- coaptation — the joining or reuniting of two surfaces, esp the ends of a broken bone or the edges of a wound
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochampion — a joint champion
- cocoa bean — the seed of the cacao
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- cofunction — a joint function
- cogitation — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
- cohibition — restraint
- cohobation — (dated, chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.
- cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish