8-letter words that end in an
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- milesian — a native of Miletus.
- militran — A discrete simulation system for military applications produced by the Sys Res Group at ONR in 1964.
- milk can — large metal container for milk
- milligan — Spike, real name Terence Alan Milligan. 1918–2002, Irish radio, stage, and film comedian and author, born in India. He appeared in The Goon Show (with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe; BBC Radio, 1952–60) and his films include Postman's Knock (1962), Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1972), The Three Musketeers (1974), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), and Yellowbeard (1982). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2000
- millikan — Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1923.
- minorcan — of or relating to Minorca.
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monaghan — a county in the NE Republic of Ireland. 498 sq. mi. (1290 sq. km). County seat: Monaghan.
- mondrian — Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- moneyman — an investor; angel; backer.
- montanan — Joseph, Jr ("Joe") born 1956, U.S. football player.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- moroccan — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- motorman — a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- myingyan — a city in central Burma.
- namangan — a city in E Uzbekistan, NW of Andizhan.
- namibian — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- nan shan — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. former name of Qilian Shan.
- natalian — a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- natufian — designating or of a Mesolithic culture of the Near East characterized by microliths, sickles, pestles, etc.: it offers the first evidence of reaping and grinding cereals
- naxcivan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- neogaean — a biogeographical division comprising the Neotropical region.
- neopagan — Alternative spelling of neo-pagan.
- neorican — a Puerto Rican living in New York or one who has lived in New York and returned to Puerto Rico.
- nicotian — the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco itself
- nigerian — a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- nmr scan — a medical examination performed with an MR scanner.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- nobleman — a man of noble birth or rank; noble; peer.
- nonavian — Not avian.
- nonhuman — not human.
- nonpagan — a person who is not a pagan
- nonurban — Not urban.
- norseman — Northman.
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- numidian — an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria.
- nuristan — a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- nutarian — a person whose food intake consists chiefly of nuts or nut-based products or dishes
- nymphean — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- oceanian — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.