8-letter words that end in on
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cabochon — a smooth domed gem, polished but unfaceted
- cacation — (archaic) excretion.
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cannelon — a dish consisting of a roll of puff pastry stuffed with minced meat or a sweet filling
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chausson — Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1855–99, French composer.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chunchon — a city in N South Korea.
- cibation — the act of feeding
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- cinnamon — Cinnamon is a sweet spice used for flavouring food.
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clock on — When workers clock on at a factory or office, they put a special card into a device to show what time they arrived.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coercion — Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.