7-letter words containing c, o, n
- chalons — a city in NE France, on the River Marne: scene of Attila's defeat by the Romans (451 ad). Pop: 47 339 (1999)
- chan op — channel op
- chanops — Plural form of chanop.
- chanoyu — a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.
- chanson — a song
- chao'an — former name of Chaozhou.
- cheiron — Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- chelmno — a Nazi concentration camp in central Poland.
- chelone — any plant of the hardy N American genus Chelone, grown for its white, rose, or purple flower spikes: family Scrophulariaceae
- chevron — A chevron is a V shape.
- chicano — A chicano is an American citizen, whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chiffon — Chiffon is a kind of very thin silk or nylon cloth that you can see through.
- chignon — A chignon is a knot of hair worn at the back of a woman's head.
- chillon — a castle in W Switzerland, in Vaud at the E end of Lake Geneva
- chinois — A cone-shaped sieve with a closely woven mesh for straining sauces.
- chinone — quinone.
- chinook — a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
- chitons — Plural form of chiton.
- chlorin — (organic compound) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.
- choking — causing breathing difficulties; suffocating
- cholent — a meal usually consisting of a stew of meat, potatoes, and pulses prepared before the Sabbath on Friday and left to cook until eaten for Sabbath lunch
- choline — a colourless viscous soluble alkaline substance present in animal tissues, esp as a constituent of lecithin: used as a supplement to the diet of poultry and in medicine for preventing the accumulation of fat in the liver. Formula:[(CH3)3NCH2CH2OH]+OH–
- chongju — a city in central South Korea.
- chopine — a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
- chorine — a female dancer who is part of a chorus line
- choring — Present participle of chore.
- chorion — the outer of two membranes that form a sac around the embryonic reptile, bird, or mammal: contributes to the placenta in mammals
- chorten — a Buddhist shrine
- chowing — Present participle of chow.
- chronal — Of or pertaining to time.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
- chronid — (zoology) Any member of the Chronidae.
- chrono- — indicating time
- chronon — a unit of time equal to the time that a photon would take to traverse the diameter of an electron: about 10–24 seconds
- chronos — chronometer.
- cinamon — Misspelling of cinnamon.
- cineole — eucalyptol
- cinzano — an Italian vermouth
- cipango — (in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
- ciphony — the process of enciphering audio information to produce encrypted speech
- cipolin — an Italian marble with alternating white and green streaks
- cirebon — a port in S central Indonesia, on N Java on the Java Sea: scene of the signing of the Tjirebon Agreement of Indonesian independence (1946) by the Netherlands. Pop: 272 263 (2000)
- cistron — the section of a chromosome that encodes a single polypeptide chain
- citrons — Plural form of citron.
- clacton — a town and resort in SE England, in E Essex. Pop: 51 284 (2001)
- clangor — A clangor is a loud or harsh noise.
- clap on — to don hastily
- clapton — Eric. born 1945, British rock guitarist, noted for his virtuoso style, his work with the Yardbirds (1963–65), Cream (1966–68), and, with Derek and the Dominos, the album Layla (1970); later solo work includes Unplugged (1992)
- clarino — of or relating to a high passage for the trumpet in 18th-century music
- clarion — a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ