7-letter words containing c, n
- calmant — a calmative
- calming — soothing; tranquillizing
- calpain — any of various enzymes in mammals and other organisms that are involved in the proteolysis of endogenous proteins and are regulated by the concentration of calcium ions
- calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
- calving — to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- calydon — ancient city in S Aetolia, central Greece
- calzone — a dish of Italian origin consisting of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs, ham, etc
- camaron — a freshwater crustacean resembling the crayfish
- cambion — Lb mythology The offspring of an incubus and a human.
- camenae — a group of nymphs originally associated with a sacred spring in Rome, later identified with the Greek Muses
- cameron — David (William Donald). born 1966, British politician; leader of the Conservative party 2005–16; prime minister 2010–16
- camming — Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- camoens — Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)
- campana — a bell or a bell shape
- camping — something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental.
- campion — any of various caryophyllaceous plants of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having red, pink, or white flowers
- campong — a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.
- can but — can only
- can tho — a town in S Vietnam, on the River Mekong. Pop: 368 000 (2005 est)
- can-can — The can-can is a dance in which women kick their legs in the air to fast music.
- can-tho — a town in S Vietnam, on the Mekong River.
- canakin — (archaic) A little can or cup.
- cananea — a city in N Mexico: copper mining and smelting.
- canapes — Plural form of canape.
- canards — Plural form of canard.
- canasta — a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards
- canbank — a container in which cans can be deposited for recycling
- cancans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cancan.
- cancell — Obsolete spelling of cancel.
- cancels — Plural form of cancel.
- cancers — Plural form of cancer.
- cancion — song.
- candace — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “glowing.”.
- candela — the basic SI unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of (1⁄683) watt per steradian
- candent — glowing with heat
- candice — a female given name.
- candida — any yeastlike parasitic fungus of the genus Candida, esp C. albicans, which causes thrush (candidiasis)
- candide — a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- candids — Plural form of candid.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- candies — Plural form of candy.
- candiot — of or relating to Candia (Iráklion) or Crete; Cretan
- candiru — a tiny parasitic freshwater catfish of the Amazon region
- candled — Simple past tense and past participle of candle.
- candler — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candles — Plural form of candle.
- candock — a yellow water lily
- candour — Candour is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
- cane it — to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities