6-letter words that end in an
- bemean — to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- bemoan — If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
- berean — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- beslan — a town in the North Ossetian Republic in Russia: scene of a massacre in 2004 when Chechen extremists held a school hostage, leading to a siege in which 344 people were killed. Pop: 35 550 (2002)
- bhajan — the singing of devotional songs and hymns
- bhavan — (in India) a large house or building
- bhutan — a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)
- bilian — a type of ironwood from Borneo
- birman — a breed of large long-haired cat having a light-coloured coat with dark face, tail, and legs, and white feet
- bogman — the body of a person found preserved in a peat bog
- borman — Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- bosman — Herman Charles. (1905–1951), South African short-story writer and journalist; his experiences in prison are recounted in the semi-autobiographical Cold Stone Jug (1949)
- bothan — a hut or booth, esp one used as an illegal drinking house
- bowman — an archer
- brogan — a heavy laced usually ankle-high work boot
- buchan — John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875–1940, Scottish statesman, historian, and writer of adventure stories, esp The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916); governor general of Canada (1935–40)
- buggan — an evil spirit
- bunyan — John. 1628–88, English preacher and writer, noted particularly for his allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
- burman — a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- busman — someone who works on buses, particularly as a driver or conductor
- butuan — city on the NE coast of Mindanao, the Philippines: pop. 228,000
- cabman — the driver of a cab
- caftan — A caftan is a long loose garment with long sleeves. Caftans are worn by men in Arab countries, and by women in America and Europe.
- caiman — any of a genus (Caiman) of Central and South American crocodilian reptiles similar to alligators
- callan — a lad; boy.
- canaan — an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the Promised Land of the Israelites
- cancan — a high-kicking dance performed by a female chorus, originating in the music halls of 19th-century Paris
- captan — a fungicide produced from mercaptan
- carian — a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- carman — a man who drives a car or cart; carter
- cayman — any tropical American crocodilian of the genus Caiman and related genera, similar to alligators but with a more heavily armoured belly: family Alligatoridae (alligators, etc)
- cernan — Eugene Andrew, born 1934, U.S. astronaut.
- chagan — a Mongolian imperial title
- chalan — to cause (an accused person) to appear before a magistrate
- chaoan — former name of Chaozhou.
- chazan — a person who leads synagogue services, esp as a profession; cantor
- chelan — Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- chinan — a city in and the capital of Shandong province, in E China.
- citran — (language) Caltech's answer to MIT's JOSS.
- coggan — (Frederick) Donald, 1909–2000, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1974–80.
- coltan — a metallic ore found esp in the E Congo, consisting of columbite and tantalite (a source of the element tantalum)
- conman — A confidence trickster.
- corban — a gift to God
- cotman — John Sell. 1782–1842, English landscape watercolourist and etcher
- cougan — a rowdy person, esp one who drinks large quantities of alcohol
- cowman — a man who owns cattle; rancher
- cretan — of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants
- cruzan — a native or inhabitant of St. Croix.
- cupman — a drinking companion
- curran — a currant