6-letter words containing n, a, c
- canned — Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
- cannel — an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly.
- canner — a person or organization whose job is to can foods
- cannes — a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop: 72 939 (2008)
- cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
- cannot — Cannot is the negative form of can1.
- canoas — a city in SE Brazil, N of Pôrto Alegre.
- canoed — Simple past tense and past participle of canoe.
- canoer — a person who travels in a canoe
- canoes — Plural form of canoe.
- canola — Canola or canola oil is a type of vegetable oil used in cooking.
- canons — Plural form of canon.
- canopy — A canopy is a decorated cover, often made of cloth, which is placed above something such as a bed or a seat.
- canova — Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo). 1757–1822, Italian neoclassical sculptor
- cantal — a department of S central France, in the Auvergne region. Capital: Aurillac. Pop: 148 359 (2003 est). Area: 5779 sq km (2254 sq miles)
- cantar — a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- canted — a salient angle.
- cantel — Alternative form of cantle.
- canter — When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
- canthi — the angle or corner on each side of the eye, formed by the junction of the upper and lower lids.
- cantic — a salient angle.
- cantle — the back part of a saddle that slopes upwards
- canton — A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
- cantor — a man employed to lead synagogue services, esp to traditional modes and melodies
- cantos — Plural form of canto.
- cantus — a medieval form of church singing; chant
- canuck — a Canadian
- canula — cannula.
- canute — died 1035, Danish king of England (1016–35), Denmark (1018–35), and Norway (1028–35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028)
- canvas — Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
- canyon — A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
- caping — a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.
- caplin — capelin.
- capone — Alphonse, called Al. 1899–1947, US gangster in Chicago during Prohibition
- capons — Plural form of capon.
- captan — a fungicide produced from mercaptan
- carbon — Carbon is a chemical element that diamonds and coal are made up of.
- cardin — Pierre (pjɛr). born 1922, French couturier, noted esp for his collections for men
- cardon — a tall cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, native to Mexico
- careen — To careen somewhere means to rush forward in an uncontrollable way.
- carene — (religion, obsolete) A fast of forty days on bread and water.
- carian — a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- carina — a keel-like part or ridge, as in the breastbone of birds or the fused lower petals of a leguminous flower
- carine — (obsolete) A keel.
- caring — If someone is caring, they are affectionate, helpful, and sympathetic.
- carlin — an old woman.
- carman — a man who drives a car or cart; carter
- carmen — an opera (1875) by Georges Bizet.
- carnac — a village in NW France: noted for its many megalithic monuments, including alignments of stone menhirs
- carnal — Carnal feelings and desires are sexual and physical, without any spiritual element.