8-letter words containing c, a, n
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creatine — an important metabolite involved in many biochemical reactions and present in many types of living cells
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- crenated — Crenate.
- crenshaw — a hybrid variety of melon with yellow skin and pale pink flesh
- crepance — an injury to the hind leg of a horse caused by its being struck by the shoe of the other hind foot
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cromorna — a reed stop in an organ giving an oboe-like tone
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crumenal — a purse
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- ctenidia — any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cucquean — (obsolete) A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her.
- culiacan — a city in NW Mexico, capital of Sinaloa state. Pop: 799 000 (2005 est)
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- cumacean — any small malacostracan marine crustacean of the Cumacea family, mostly dwelling on the sea bed but sometimes found among the plankton
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cumulant — (mathematics) Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form.
- cunabula — a cradle
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- curranty — full of currants
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- cut nail — a nail having a tapering rectangular form with a blunt point, made by cutting from a thin rolled sheet of iron or steel.
- cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- cyanidin — (organic compound) A anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.