11-letter words that end in n
- chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
- chylomicron — a minute droplet of fat, found in blood and chyle, that is the form in which dietary fat is carried in these fluids
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- ciclosporin — a drug extracted from a fungus and used after organ transplantation to suppress the body's immune mechanisms, and so prevent rejection of an organ
- cinefaction — (obsolete, rare) cineration; reduction to ashes.
- circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
- civil union — a legally recognized marriage-like union of same-sex partners
- clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- cleanshaven — having all the hairs shaved off
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- clindamycin — an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
- close to/on — Close to a particular amount or distance means slightly less than that amount or distance. In British English, you can also say close on a particular amount or distance.
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- cloxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- co-location — (networking) /koh'loh-kay`sh*n/ or /koh`loh-kay'sh*n/ (Or "colocation") Providing network connections such as Internet leased lines to several servers housed together in a server room. This is typically provided as a commercial service. The hyphenated form is correct and the most common on the web, followed by "colocation". "collocation" (/ko`loh-kay'sh*n/, not /koh'-/), is an old word with a similar meaning. It is common in dictionaries and follows the pattern of other Latin-derived words like collect, college, and collate, but is least common on the web. The verbal form is "to colocate" or "co-locate" (commonly /koh'loh`kayt/, also (US) /koh`loh'kayt/).
- co-relation — correlation
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
- coarctation — Pathology. a narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel. a congenital anomaly of the heart in which there is a narrowing of the aorta, resulting in abnormal blood flow.
- codirection — joint direction
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- coelenteron — the simple saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- coextension — The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- coffee bean — Coffee beans are small dark-brown beans that are roasted and ground to make coffee. They are the seeds of the coffee plant.
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- colicinogen — any bacterium that produces a colicin.
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- colligation — A binding together.
- collimation — to bring into line; make parallel.
- collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.
- colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.