8-letter words that end in n
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- cadreman — an officer or enlisted person in a military cadre.
- caducean — relating to a caduceus
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- cake pan — A cake pan is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- caloocan — a city in the Philippines, on SW Luzon.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cambrian — of, denoting, or formed in the first 65 million years of the Palaeozoic era, during which marine invertebrates, esp trilobites, flourished
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- campaign — A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
- canadian — Canadian means belonging or relating to Canada, or to its people or culture.
- candyman — a drug-dealer, esp one who targets young people
- cannabin — a greenish-black poisonous resin obtained from the Indian hemp plant
- cannelon — a dish consisting of a roll of puff pastry stuffed with minced meat or a sweet filling
- cannikin — a small can, esp one used as a drinking vessel
- canoeman — (chiefly, Canada, historical) A voyageur.
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool
- capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
- capsicin — a liquid or resin extracted from capsicum
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- capuchin — any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head
- carageen — carrageen
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- cardigan — A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip.
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- carry-in — of or relating to a type of after-sales service in which the customer must take the product to the service provider for repair
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cat scan — CT scan
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- cathleen — a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cave man — a prehistoric human being of the Stone Age who lived in caves
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth