6-letter words containing n, c, r
- 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.
- carnap — Rudolf. 1891–1970, US logical positivist philosopher, born in Germany: attempted to construct a formal language for the empirical sciences that would eliminate ambiguity
- carnet — a customs licence authorizing the temporary importation of a motor vehicle
- 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.
- carnot — Lazare (Nicolas Marguerite) (lazar), known as the Organizer of Victory. 1753–1823, French military engineer and administrator: organized the French Revolutionary army (1793–95)
- carnyx — a bronze Celtic war trumpet
- caroni — a river in SE Venezuela, flowing N to the Orinoco River. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- caroon — (UK, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
- carson — Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
- carton — A carton is a plastic or cardboard container in which food or drink is sold.
- carven — carve
- casern — (formerly) a billet or accommodation for soldiers in a town
- cavern — A cavern is a large deep cave.
- cedarn — of or relating to cedar trees
- cendre — a particular shade of ash-blond
- 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.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- 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.
- cernan — Eugene Andrew, born 1934, U.S. astronaut.
- ceroon — a hide-covered bale or package
- cervin — Mont (mɔ̃̃) ; mōn) the Matterhorn
- charon — the ferryman who brought the dead across the rivers Styx or Acheron to Hades
- chenar — the oriental plane tree
- chinar — The oriental plane tree, native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran.
- chiron — a wise and kind centaur who taught many great heroes in their youth, including Achilles, Actaeon, and Jason
- chron- — chrono-
- chron. — Chronicles
- chrono — chronometer.
- churns — Plural form of churn.
- 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.
- cinder — a piece of incombustible material left after the combustion of coal, coke, etc; clinker
- citran — (language) Caltech's answer to MIT's JOSS.
- citrin — bioflavonoid.
- citron — a small Asian rutaceous tree, Citrus medica, having lemon-like fruit with a thick aromatic rind
- cloner — someone who is involved in cloning
- cohorn — Alternative form of coehorn.
- coiner — A person who coins money, in particular a maker of counterfeit coins.
- concur — If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- conder — a person who directs the steering of a ship
- condor — A condor is a large South American bird that eats the meat of dead animals.
- confer — When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
- conger — A conger or a conger eel is a large fish that looks like a snake.