Words ending with can
3 letter words ending with can
- can — You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
- aerosol can — a container for substances stored as aerosols, such as paint, polish, or insecticide
- as best one can — If someone does something as best they can, they do it as well as they can, although it is very difficult.
- ash can — a large metal barrel, can, or similar receptacle for ashes, garbage, or refuse.
- beer can — an aluminium can for beer
4 letter words ending with can
- scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
- brain scan — an examination of the brain, using radiological scanning techniques, used in medical diagnosis and scientific research
- cat scan — CT scan
- ct scan — a scan done by a computerized tomography scanner
5 letter words ending with can
- decan — any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- lacan — Jacques, 1901–81, French philosopher and psychoanalyst.
- lucan — (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- oscan — one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- pecan — a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
6 letter words ending with can
- ashcan — a large can for ashes and trash
- barcan — an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- cancan — a high-kicking dance performed by a female chorus, originating in the music halls of 19th-century Paris
- deccan — a plateau in S India, between the Eastern Ghats, the Western Ghats, and the Narmada River
- duncan — died 1040, king of Scotland 1030–40: murdered by Macbeth.
7 letter words ending with can
- african — African means belonging or relating to the continent of Africa, or to its countries or people.
- can-can — The can-can is a dance in which women kick their legs in the air to fast music.
- cooncan — a card game for two players, similar to rummy
- emiscan — a computerized radiological technique for examining the soft tissues of the body, esp the brain, to detect the presence of tumours, abscesses, etc
- indican — a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
8 letter words ending with can
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- anglican — Anglican means belonging or relating to the Church of England, or to the churches related to it.
- barbacan — barbican.
- barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
- barracan — any of various thick, strong fabrics
9 letter words ending with can
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- armorican — a native or inhabitant of Armorica
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- dominican — of or relating to the Dominican Republic.
10 letter words ending with can
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- franciscan — of or relating to St. Francis or the Franciscans.
- madagascan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 miles (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Capital: Antananarivo.
11 letter words ending with can
- pan-african — of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
- pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
- un-american — not American; not characteristic of or proper to the U.S.; foreign or opposed to the characters, values, standards, goals, etc., of the U.S.
- uto-aztecan — an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.
12 letter words ending with can
- all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
13 letter words ending with can
- afro-american — African-American
- anti-american — opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
- arab-american — a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Arab birth or descent.
- entomostracan — any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
14 letter words ending with can
- anglo-american — of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples
- antirepublican — opposed to the principles or practice of republicanism
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- inter-american — of or relating to some or all of the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- pre-copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
15 letter words ending with can
- anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- franco-american — an American of French or French-Canadian descent.
- latino-american — an American who is of Latin-American or Spanish origin
- latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.
16 letter words ending with can
- african-american — African-Americans are black people living in the United States who are descended from families that originally came from Africa.
- hispano-american — Spanish.
- mexican-american — Also, Mexican American. a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Mexican birth or descent; Chicano.
- spanish-american — noting or pertaining to the parts of America where Spanish is the prevailing language.
17 letter words ending with can
- glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
18 letter words ending with can
- catch-as-catch-can — a style of wrestling in which trips, holds below the waist, etc, are allowed
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