8-letter words containing c, a, n
- joncanoe — a Caribbean Christmas ceremony or dance
- ka-ching — expressing sth moneymaking
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knacking — Present participle of knack.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- knapsack — a canvas, nylon, or leather bag for clothes, food, and other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- lacanian — of or relating to the ideas of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, esp his interpretations of language and linguistics in psychoanalytic contexts
- lacerant — painfully distressing; harrowing
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- laciness — a lacy quality or state
- lacinias — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- lackland — a person who has no land or territory
- laconian — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- laconica — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lactonic — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lacunary — Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- lacunule — a small lacuna.
- laitance — a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lancelet — any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lanceted — having lancet-headed openings.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- lancings — Plural form of lancing.
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- lanfranc — 1005?–89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and scholar in England: archbishop of Canterbury 1070–89.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- larcener — a person who commits larceny.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- laurence — a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- lecanora — any of various crustaceous lichens of the genus Lecanora, some of which are eaten and some of which are used in dyeing