8-letter words that end in an
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- brainpan — the skull
- brakeman — a crew member of a goods or passenger train. His duties include controlling auxiliary braking power and inspecting the train
- brideman — a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- brinkman — a person who practises brinkmanship
- bryozoan — any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)
- buchanan — George. 1506–82, Scottish historian, who was tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI; author of History of Scotland (1582)
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- buttyman — a male homosexual
- byre-man — a man who raises or tends cows.
- cadreman — an officer or enlisted person in a military cadre.
- caducean — relating to a caduceus
- cake pan — A cake pan is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- caloocan — a city in the Philippines, on SW Luzon.
- cambrian — of, denoting, or formed in the first 65 million years of the Palaeozoic era, during which marine invertebrates, esp trilobites, flourished
- canadian — Canadian means belonging or relating to Canada, or to its people or culture.
- candyman — a drug-dealer, esp one who targets young people
- canoeman — (chiefly, Canada, historical) A voyageur.
- capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
- cardigan — A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip.
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- cat scan — CT scan
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- cave man — a prehistoric human being of the Stone Age who lived in caves
- cerulean — a deep blue colour; azure
- cesarean — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cetacean — Cetaceans are animals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
- chainman — a person who does the chaining in a survey
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chaldean — a member of an ancient Semitic people who controlled S Babylonia from the late 8th to the late 7th century bc
- champian — A plain; a flat expanse of land; a champaign.
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- chellean — Abbevillian
- cheshvan — (in the Jewish calendar) the eighth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the second month of the civil year, usually falling within October and November
- chessman — any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess
- chibchan — a family of Indian languages found in Colombia and elsewhere in South America
- chinaman — a native or inhabitant of China
- chip pan — a deep pan for frying potato chips, etc
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- cilician — of or relating to Cilicia or its inhabitants
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- civilian — In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
- clansman — Clansmen are people who are members of the same clan.