7-letter words containing n, o
- burnout — If someone suffers burnout, they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly.
- bust on — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- butanol — a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH
- buttons — a page boy
- buttony — like a button.
- bygones — past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- bywoner — a poor tenant farmer
- cabezon — a large food fish, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of North American Pacific coastal waters, having greenish flesh: family Cottidae (bullheads and sea scorpions)
- caconym — an erroneous name, esp in taxonomic classification
- caddoan — a family of Native American languages, including Pawnee, formerly spoken in a wide area of the Midwest, and probably distantly related to Siouan
- caedmon — fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- caetano — Marcello (marˈselu). 1906–80, prime minister of Portugal from 1968 until he was replaced by an army coup in 1974
- caisson — a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water
- calando — (to be performed) with gradually decreasing tone and speed
- caldron — a large kettle or boiler
- caledon — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- calhoun — John Caldwell1782-1850; U.S. statesman: vice president (1825-32)
- call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- calydon — ancient city in S Aetolia, central Greece
- calzone — a dish of Italian origin consisting of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs, ham, etc
- camaron — a freshwater crustacean resembling the crayfish
- cambion — Lb mythology The offspring of an incubus and a human.
- cameron — David (William Donald). born 1966, British politician; leader of the Conservative party 2005–16; prime minister 2010–16
- camoens — Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)
- campion — any of various caryophyllaceous plants of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having red, pink, or white flowers
- campong — a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.
- can tho — a town in S Vietnam, on the River Mekong. Pop: 368 000 (2005 est)
- can-tho — a town in S Vietnam, on the Mekong River.
- cancion — song.
- candiot — of or relating to Candia (Iráklion) or Crete; Cretan
- candock — a yellow water lily
- candour — Candour is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
- cannock — a town in W central England, in S Staffordshire: Cannock Chase (a public area of heathland, once a royal preserve) is just to the east. Pop: 65 022 (2001)
- cannoli — a Sicilian pudding of pasta shells filled with sweetened ricotta
- cannons — Plural form of cannon.
- canoing — Misspelling of canoeing.
- canolas — Plural form of canola.
- canonic — canonical
- canonry — the office, benefice, or status of a canon
- canopic — pertaining to Canopus.
- canopus — the brightest star in the constellation Carina and the second brightest star in the sky. Visual magnitude: -0.7; spectral type: F0II; distance: 313 light years
- canossa — a ruined castle in N Italy, in Emilia near Reggio nell'Emilia: scene of the penance done by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV before Pope Gregory VII
- cantico — to dance as part of an act of worship
- cantion — a song
- cantons — Plural form of canton.
- cantors — Plural form of cantor.
- canyons — Plural form of canyon.
- canzona — a type of 16th- or 17th-century contrapuntal music, usually for keyboard, lute, or instrumental ensemble