6-letter words containing c, o, n
- chiron — a wise and kind centaur who taught many great heroes in their youth, including Achilles, Actaeon, and Jason
- chiton — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a loose woollen tunic worn knee length by men and full length by women
- choana — a nasal opening situated towards the back of the nasal cavity in vertebrates
- cholon — a city in S Vietnam: a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City
- chonju — a city in SW South Korea: centre of large rice-growing region. Pop: 643 000 (2005 est)
- chopin — Frédéric (François) (frederik). 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist active in France, who wrote chiefly for the piano: noted for his harmonic imagination and his lyrical and melancholy qualities
- chosen — Chosen is the past participle of choose.
- chron- — chrono-
- chron. — Chronicles
- chrono — chronometer.
- chyron — a text-based graphic overlay displayed at the bottom of a television screen or film frame, as closed captioning or the crawl of a newscast.
- cineol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- citron — a small Asian rutaceous tree, Citrus medica, having lemon-like fruit with a thick aromatic rind
- claxon — a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles, trucks, etc., and now often used as a warning signal.
- clino- — indicating a slope or inclination
- clonal — Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cloned — Simple past tense and past participle of clone.
- cloner — someone who is involved in cloning
- clones — Plural form of clone.
- clonic — of or pertaining to clonus
- clonus — a type of convulsion characterized by rapid contraction and relaxation of a muscle
- cloven — split; cleft; divided
- clowns — Plural form of clown.
- co-own — to own jointly with another: a building I co-owned with my brother.
- coanda — Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- cobden — Richard. 1804–65, British economist and statesman: with John Bright a leader of the successful campaign to abolish the Corn Laws (1846)
- cobnut — filbert
- cocain — Dated form of cocaine.
- cochin — a region and former state of SW India: part of Kerala state since 1956
- cocoon — A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults.
- coding — Coding is a method of making something easy to recognize or distinct, for example by colouring it.
- codlin — Alternative form of codling.
- codons — Plural form of codon.
- coeno- — common
- coffin — A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
- cogent — A cogent reason, argument, or example is strong and convincing.
- coggan — (Frederick) Donald, 1909–2000, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1974–80.
- cognac — Cognac is a type of brandy made in the south west of France.
- cohorn — Alternative form of coehorn.
- cohune — a tropical American feather palm, Attalea (or Orbignya) cohune, whose large oily nuts yield an oil similar to coconut oil
- coigne — quoin.
- coined — a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coiner — A person who coins money, in particular a maker of counterfeit coins.
- cojoin — to conjoin
- coking — Coking is the process of changing residual oil to low molecular weight gases, naphtha, and gas oils.
- colden — Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- coleen — Alternative form of colleen.
- coline — (mathematics).
- collin — A very pure form of gelatin.
- coloni — a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.