12-letter words that end in n
- cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- cap and gown — a cap with a flat top ( mortarboard) and a long robe, worn at some academic ceremonies, as commencement, and often used to symbolize the academic life
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- cape matapan — a cape in S Greece, at the S central tip of the Peloponnese: the southern point of the mainland of Greece
- cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- cape verdean — of or relating to Cape Verde or its inhabitants
- capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- capricornean — born under or characteristic of Capricorn
- capricornian — a person born under the sign of Capricorn, usually between December 22nd and January 19th.
- cardinal sin — If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
- career woman — A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- catilinarian — pertaining to or resembling Catiline.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- ch'ang ch'un — (Ch'ang Ch'un) 1148–1227, Chinese Taoist philosopher and author.
- chakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
- chip and pin — Chip and PIN is a method of paying for goods you have bought by using both a bank card and a PIN number.
- chlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
- chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- chloropicrin — a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl3NO2
- choir-screen — a partition or a screen in a church that acts as a divide between the choir and the aisles
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- chrome green — any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
- churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- churchwarden — In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- circumcision — surgical removal of the foreskin of males
- circumfusion — to pour around; diffuse.