7-letter words containing c, n
- cabbing — a taxicab.
- cabezon — a large food fish, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of North American Pacific coastal waters, having greenish flesh: family Cottidae (bullheads and sea scorpions)
- cabinda — an exclave of Angola, separated from the rest of the country by part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pop: about 300 000 (2002 est). Area: 7270 sq km (2807 sq miles)
- cabined — a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
- cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
- cabling — Cabling is used to refer to electrical or electronic cables, or to the process of putting them in a place.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- cacaine — (archaic, chemistry) The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.
- caccini — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1546–1618, Italian singer and composer.
- caching — cache
- caconym — an erroneous name, esp in taxonomic classification
- cacumen — an apex
- cadance — Misspelling of cadence.
- caddoan — a family of Native American languages, including Pawnee, formerly spoken in a wide area of the Midwest, and probably distantly related to Siouan
- cadence — The cadence of someone's voice is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak.
- cadency — the line of descent from a younger member of a family
- cadenza — In classical music, a cadenza is a long and difficult solo passage in a piece for soloist and orchestra.
- cadging — Present participle of cadge.
- cadmean — of or like Cadmus
- cadrans — an instrument which measures the angles of gems and is used during the cutting process
- caedmon — fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- caelian — the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome
- caetano — Marcello (marˈselu). 1906–80, prime minister of Portugal from 1968 until he was replaced by an army coup in 1974
- caffein — a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , usually derived from coffee or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant.
- caftans — Plural form of caftan.
- caganer — a figure of a squatting defecating person, a traditional character in Catalan Christmas crèche scenes
- caimans — Plural form of caiman.
- cainism — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
- cainite — a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- cairene — a person born or living in Cairo, Egypt
- cairned — marked by a cairn
- caisson — a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water
- caitlin — a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- cakeman — A man who sells cakes.
- calando — (to be performed) with gradually decreasing tone and speed
- calapan — a seaport on NE Mindoro, in the central Philippines.
- calcine — to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- caldron — a large kettle or boiler
- caledon — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- calends — the first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar
- calhoun — John Caldwell1782-1850; U.S. statesman: vice president (1825-32)
- caliban — a brutish or brutalized man
- calking — Present participle of calk.
- call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- call-in — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- callant — a youth; lad
- calling — A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
- callins — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- calluna — a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris