6-letter words containing e, n
- carney — Mark (Joseph). born 1965, Canadian banker; governor of the Bank of Canada (2008–2013); governor of the Bank of England from 2013
- carnie — Alternative spelling of carny.
- carven — carve
- casein — a phosphoprotein, precipitated from milk by the action of rennin, forming the basis of cheese: used in the manufacture of plastics and adhesives
- casern — (formerly) a billet or accommodation for soldiers in a town
- casten — (archaic, poetic) Past participle of cast.
- catena — a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible
- cavein — a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- cavern — A cavern is a large deep cave.
- cedant — The cedant is the person or company that cedes business to another person or company.
- cedarn — of or relating to cedar trees
- cedent — The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
- ceding — to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.
- celine — Louis-Ferdinand (lwifɛrdinɑ̃), real name Louis-Ferdinand Destouches. 1894–1961, French novelist and physician; became famous with his controversial first novel Journey to the End of the Night (1932)
- cement — Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand and water in order to make concrete.
- cendal — a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- cendre — a particular shade of ash-blond
- cenizo — chamiso.
- cenote — (esp in the Yucatán peninsula) a natural well formed by the collapse of an overlying limestone crust: often used as a sacrificial site by the Mayas
- censed — Simple past tense and past participle of cense.
- censer — a container for burning incense, esp one swung at religious ceremonies
- censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
- census — A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.
- cental — a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (45.3 kilograms)
- centas — a former monetary unit of Lithuania, worth one hundredth of a litas
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- centi- — denoting one hundredth
- centos — Plural form of cento.
- centr- — centro-
- centra — a plural of centrum.
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
- centro — a city in S California.
- centry — Obsolete form of sentry.
- centum — denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches
- cernan — Eugene Andrew, born 1934, U.S. astronaut.
- ceroon — a hide-covered bale or package
- cervin — Mont (mɔ̃̃) ; mōn) the Matterhorn
- cesena — a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna. Pop: 90 948 (2001)
- cetane — a colourless insoluble liquid alkane hydrocarbon used in the determination of the cetane number of diesel fuel. Formula: C16H34
- ceylon — an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64 644 sq km (24 959 sq miles)
- chaine — (in dancing) relating to the movement in which a full rotation is made for every two steps taken
- chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- chanel — Gabrielle (ɡabriɛl), known as Coco Chanel. 1883–1971, French couturière and perfumer, who created "the little black dress" and the perfume Chanel No. 5
- chaney — Lon [lon] /lɒn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1930, U.S. film actor.
- change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
- chelan — Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- chenab — a river rising in the Himalayas and flowing southwest to the Sutlej River in Pakistan. Length: 1087 km (675 miles)
- chenar — the oriental plane tree
- cheney — Richard B(ruce), known as Dick. born 1941, US Republican politician; vice president from 2001 to 2009
- chenix — an ancient measure, equivalent to slightly more than a quart