8-letter words containing a, c, e, n
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- canberra — the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 345 257 (2008)
- canceled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- canceler — A device used to cancel something, especially one that makes a cancellation on a postage stamp.
- cancelli — strips that form a latticework
- cancered — affected by cancer
- cancrine — resembling a crab
- candelas — Plural form of candela.
- candolle — Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
- cane rat — a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- caneware — a type of unglazed, tan-coloured stoneware, developed around 1770 by Josiah Wedgwood
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- canidate — Eye dialect of candidate.
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- cankered — (esp of fruit trees) affected by canker
- cannelon — a dish consisting of a roll of puff pastry stuffed with minced meat or a sweet filling
- cannoned — Simple past tense and past participle of cannon.
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- cannulae — Irregular plural form of cannula.
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canoeman — (chiefly, Canada, historical) A voyageur.
- canoness — a woman belonging to any one of several religious orders and living under a rule but not under a vow
- canonise — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonize — If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
- canoodle — If two people are canoodling, they are kissing and holding each other a lot.
- canopied — A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles.
- canopies — Plural form of canopy.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canteens — Plural form of canteen.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- canvased — Simple past tense and past participle of canvas.
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- canvases — a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
- canzones — Plural form of canzone.
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capaneus — one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- capeline — a cap-shaped bandage for covering either the head or an amputation stump
- capelins — Plural form of capelin.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool