12-letter words that end in an
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- catilinarian — pertaining to or resembling Catiline.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill
- cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
- committeeman — a member of one or more committees
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- councilwoman — A councilwoman is a woman who is a member of a local council.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- crassulacean — as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- dialectician — an expert in dialectic; logician
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diprionidian — (of a graptolite) with a row of cellules or serrations on both sides
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- district man — a legman who covers a beat for a newspaper.
- doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- edgar adrian — Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- episcopalian — An adherent of episcopacy.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- equalitarian — Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- funeral plan — A funeral plan is a basic life insurance policy that provides money to pay for the policyholder's funeral expenses when they die.
- futilitarian — believing that human hopes are vain, and human strivings unjustified.
- gambling man — adult male who gambles
- gao xingjian — born 1940, French novelist and playwright, born in China: Nobel Prize 2000.
- gaya maretan — Gayomart.
- genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.