8-letter words that end in n
- agraphon — saying of Jesus not in Gospels
- agrarian — Agrarian means relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
- agrinion — a city in W Greece.
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air sign — one of a group of three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
- airdrawn — having its outline traced in air
- airwoman — An airwoman is a woman who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in her country's air force.
- akhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- akkadian — a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in central Mesopotamia in the third millennium bc
- akkerman — former name of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
- albanian — Albanian means belonging or relating to Albania, its people, language, or culture.
- albertan — of or relating to Alberta or its inhabitants
- alcmaeon — a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
- alcorcon — city in central Spain, near Madrid: pop. 140,000
- alderman — In some parts of the United States and Canada, an alderman is a member of the governing body of a city.
- aldermen — Plural form of alderman.
- aleutian — of, denoting, or relating to the Aleutian Islands, the Aleuts, or their language
- algerian — Algerian means belonging or relating to Algeria, or its people or culture.
- algernon — a masculine name: dim. Algie, Algy
- algonkin — Algonquin
- aliakmon — a river in N Greece. 200 miles (322 km) long: longest river in Greece.
- alizarin — a brownish-yellow powder or orange-red crystalline solid used as a dye and in the manufacture of other dyes. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2
- alkannin — a dark red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, C 16 H 16 O 5 , obtained from the root of the alkanet: used chiefly for coloring fats, oils, and pharmaceuticals.
- alkapton — homogentisic acid.
- allergen — An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in someone.
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- alluvion — the wash of the sea or of a river
- alsatian — An Alsatian is a large, usually fierce dog that is often used to guard buildings or by the police to help them find criminals.
- also-ran — If you describe someone as an also-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.
- alunogen — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of aluminum, Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅18H 2 O, occurring as a white, fibrous crust on quarry or mine walls.
- amanitin — a poison secreted by mushrooms of the genus Amanita
- amatoxin — Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.
- ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- amelcorn — a variety of wheat used to produce starch
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- amidogen — a compound radical, NH2, derived from ammonia
- amikacin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic, C 22 H 45 N 5 O 13 , used in the treatment of infections, especially those caused by susceptible Gram-negative bacilli.
- amission — (obsolete) deprivation; loss.
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- amratian — of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- amythaon — the son of Cretheus and Tyro who supported Jason's claim to the throne of Iolcus.
- anacreon — ?572–?488 bc, Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anal fin — a median ventral unpaired fin, situated between the anus and the tail fin in fishes, that helps to maintain stable equilibrium
- analogon — analogue
- anatoxin — a bacterial toxin that has been weakened for use in inoculations
- anchusin — alkanet (sense 1) alkanet (sense 1c)
- andersen — Hans Christian. 1805–75, Danish author of fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen