5-letter words containing c, n
- chine — the backbone
- ching — of, relating to, or designating the Manchu dynasty (1644–1912) of China
- chink — A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
- chino — a durable cotton twill cloth
- chins — Plural form of chin.
- choon — a piece of recorded music that one likes
- chron — (geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
- chung — (in Confucianism) conscientiousness in one's dealings with others.
- chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- churn — A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
- chynd — cut into chines for cooking
- ciano — Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903–44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936–43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
- cimon — died 449 bc, Athenian military and naval commander: defeated the Persians at Eurymedon (?466)
- cinch — If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
- cinct — encircled
- cindy — a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- cine- — indicating motion picture or cinema
- cinna — Lucius Cornelius (ˈluːsɪəs kɔːˈniːlɪəs). died 84 bc, Roman patrician; an opponent of Sulla
- cions — scion (def 2).
- clane — Eye dialect of clean.
- clang — When a large metal object clangs, it makes a loud noise.
- clank — When large metal objects clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard.
- clans — Plural form of clan.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- cleon — died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader
- clin- — clino-
- cline — a continuous variation in form between members of a species having a wide variable geographical or ecological range
- cling — If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly.
- clink — If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound.
- clint — a section of a limestone pavement separated from adjacent sections by solution fissures
- clone — If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
- clong — (obsolete) Past participle of cling.
- clonk — to make a loud dull thud
- clown — A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- clung — Clung is the past tense and past participle of cling.
- clunk — A clunk is a sound made by a heavy object hitting something hard.
- cluny — a town in E central France: reformed Benedictine order founded here in 910; important religious and cultural centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 4835 (2006)
- cluon — (slang) The imaginary elementary particle of cluefulness; the anti-particle to the bogon.
- cname — (networking) The canonical name query type for Domain Name System. This query asks a DNS server for a host's official hostname.
- cnida — a nematocyst
- co-np — complementary nondeterministic polynomial
- coden — a unique six-character code assigned to a publication for identification purposes
- codon — a unit that consists of three adjacent bases on a DNA molecule and that determines the position of a specific amino acid in a protein molecule during protein synthesis
- cogon — any of the coarse tropical grasses of the genus Imperata, esp I. cylindrica and I. exaltata of the Philippines, which are used for thatching
- cohan — George M(ichael)1878-1942; U.S. actor, playwright, theatrical producer, & writer of popular songs
- cohen — Leonard. 1934–2016, Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet; recordings include Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Songs of Love and Hate (1971), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001)
- coign — quoin.
- coine — Obsolete spelling of coin.
- coins — Plural form of coin.
- colin — an American quail