7-letter words containing on
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- contund — to pummel or bruise (a person)
- contuse — to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
- convect — to circulate (hot air) by convection
- convene — If someone convenes a meeting or conference, they arrange for it to take place. You can also say that people convene or that a meeting convenes.
- convent — A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live.
- convert — If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
- conveys — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
- convive — to feast together
- convoke — to call (a meeting, assembly, etc) together; summon
- convoys — to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.
- cookson — Dame Catherine. 1906-98, British novelist, known for her popular novels set in northeast England
- coonass — (chiefly in Louisiana and southeast Texas) a Cajun.
- cooncan — a card game for two players, similar to rummy
- coondog — a dog that has been trained to hunt raccoons, or, specifically, a coonhound
- coontie — an evergreen plant, Zamia floridana of S Florida, related to the cycads and having large dark green leathery leaves: family Zamiaceae
- corazon — the heart.
- cordons — Plural form of cordon.
- coronal — a circlet for the head; crown
- coronel — the iron head of a tilting spear, used as a lance in jousting
- coroner — A coroner is an official who is responsible for investigating the deaths of people who have died in a sudden, violent, or unusual way.
- coronet — A coronet is a small crown.
- coronis — a symbol placed over a contracted syllable
- cortona — a town in central Italy, in Tuscany: Roman and Etruscan remains, 15th-century cathedral. Pop: 22 048 (2001)
- corydon — (in pastoral literature) a shepherd or rustic
- cotonou — the chief port and official capital of Benin, on the Bight of Benin. Pop: 891 000 (2005 est)
- cottons — Plural form of cotton.
- cottony — of or like cotton; downy; fluffy
- coupons — Plural form of coupon.
- crampon — Crampons are metal plates with spikes underneath which mountain climbers fasten to the bottom of their boots, especially when there is snow or ice, in order to make climbing easier.
- cratons — Plural form of craton.
- crayons — Plural form of crayon.
- cremona — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)
- creston — a ridge on a hill that curves downwards at the ends
- cretons — a spread of shredded pork cooked with onions in pork fat
- crimson — Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
- cronies — Plural form of crony.
- cronish — a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crontab — (computing, Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically.
- crooned — to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice: to croon to a baby.
- crooner — A crooner is a male singer who sings sentimental songs, especially the love songs of the 1930s and 1940s.
- crotone — a town in S Italy, on the coast of Calabria: founded in about 700 bc by the Achaeans; chemical works and zinc-smelting. Pop: 60 010 (2001)
- crotons — Plural form of croton.
- croupon — a type of high quality leather obtained from the rear section of the hide
- crouton — Croutons are small pieces of toasted or fried bread that are added to soup just before you eat it.
- croydon — a borough in S Greater London (since 1965): formerly important for its airport (1915–59). Pop: 336 700 (2003 est). Area: 87 sq km (33 sq miles)
- cryonic — relating to or involving cryonics
- crypton — a hypothetical particle important in string theory and explanations of dark matter
- cthonic — Alternative spelling of chthonic.