6-letter words containing c, n
- canara — a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).
- canard — A canard is an idea or a piece of information that is false, especially one that is spread deliberately in order to harm someone or their work.
- canary — Canaries are small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
- cancan — a high-kicking dance performed by a female chorus, originating in the music halls of 19th-century Paris
- cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- cancer — Cancer is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a crab. People who are born approximately between the 21st of June and the 22nd of July come under this sign.
- cancha — toasted maize, often served as an accompaniment to Peruvian meals
- cancun — a coastal resort in SE Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula. Pop: 457 000 (2004 est)
- candia — Crete
- candid — When you are candid about something or with someone, you speak honestly.
- candie — a South Indian unit of weight, usually containing 20 maunds
- candle — A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
- candor — Candor is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
- caners — Plural form of caner.
- canful — the amount that a can will hold.
- cangle — to wrangle
- cangue — (formerly in China) a large wooden collar worn by petty criminals as a punishment
- canids — Plural form of canid.
- canine — Canine means relating to dogs.
- caning — a beating with a cane as a punishment
- canker — A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people.
- cankle — a thickened area between the calf and ankle in an overweight person, obscuring where one ends and the other begins
- canlit — Canadian Literature
- cannae — an ancient city in SE Italy: scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans (216 bc)
- cannas — Plural form of canna.
- canned — Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
- cannel — an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly.
- canner — a person or organization whose job is to can foods
- cannes — a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop: 72 939 (2008)
- cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
- cannot — Cannot is the negative form of can1.
- canoas — a city in SE Brazil, N of Pôrto Alegre.
- canoed — Simple past tense and past participle of canoe.
- canoer — a person who travels in a canoe
- canoes — Plural form of canoe.
- canola — Canola or canola oil is a type of vegetable oil used in cooking.
- canons — Plural form of canon.
- canopy — A canopy is a decorated cover, often made of cloth, which is placed above something such as a bed or a seat.
- canova — Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo). 1757–1822, Italian neoclassical sculptor
- cantal — a department of S central France, in the Auvergne region. Capital: Aurillac. Pop: 148 359 (2003 est). Area: 5779 sq km (2254 sq miles)
- cantar — a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- canted — a salient angle.
- cantel — Alternative form of cantle.
- canter — When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
- canthi — the angle or corner on each side of the eye, formed by the junction of the upper and lower lids.
- cantic — a salient angle.
- cantle — the back part of a saddle that slopes upwards
- canton — A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
- cantor — a man employed to lead synagogue services, esp to traditional modes and melodies
- cantos — Plural form of canto.