8-letter words containing c, a, e, r, n
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- 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
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- canaller — a person who works on a canal boat
- canarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- 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)
- canceler — A device used to cancel something, especially one that makes a cancellation on a postage stamp.
- cancered — affected by cancer
- cancrine — resembling a crab
- 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.
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- cankered — (esp of fruit trees) affected by canker
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- car line — trolley line.
- carageen — carrageen
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carborne — travelling by car
- carcanet — a jewelled collar or necklace
- cardenal — Ernesto (ˈɜːnɛstaʊ). born 1925, Nicaraguan poet, revolutionary, and Roman Catholic priest; an influential figure in the Sandinista movement
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- careened — Simple past tense and past participle of careen.
- careline — a telephone service set up by a company or other organization to provide its customers or clients with information about its products or services
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carneous — fleshy
- carnifex — an executioner
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- caruncle — a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.