5-letter words containing a, n, g
- bhang — a preparation of the leaves and flower tops of Indian hemp, which has psychoactive properties: much used in India
- bogan — (esp in the Maritime Provinces) a sluggish side stream
- chang — largest river and chief commercial highway of China, flowing from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai: 3,964 mi (6,379 km)
- clang — When a large metal object clangs, it makes a loud noise.
- conga — If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.
- dagan — an earth god of the Babylonians and Assyrians
- dagon — a god worshipped by the Philistines, represented as half man and half fish
- dangs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dang.
- dogan — (chiefly, Canada, offensive, sometimes, capitalized) A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish origin.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition (November 2010).
- donga — (in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- drang — a narrow lane or alleyway.
- eagan — a town in SE Minnesota.
- fagin — (in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- fango — clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- fangs — Plural form of fang.
- g-man — an agent for the FBI.
- gabon — Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- gabun — Gabon.
- gains — to make a gain or gains in.
- galen — Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gamin — a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- ganca — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- gance — Abel (abɛl). 1889–1981, French film director, whose works include J'accuse (1919, 1937) and Napoléon (1927), which introduced the split-screen technique
- ganch — the spiked or hooked apparatus used to impale a criminal
- ganda — Luganda.
- ganef — a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- ganga — (dated) sandgrouse.
- gangs — Plural form of gang.
- ganja — marijuana, especially in the form of a potent preparation used chiefly for smoking.
- ganna — (South African English) A plant that used to be used in soap-making.
- gansu — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- garni — garnished.
- gatun — a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- gavin — a male given name.
- gayne — (obsolete) To gain; to avail.
- gazon — a piece of turf used to cover a parapet
- geans — heart cherry.
- geant — A simulation, tracking and drawing package for HEP.
- genal — the cheek or side region of the head.
- genoa — a seaport in NW Italy, S of Milan.
- geyan — somewhat
- ghain — the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ghana — a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
- giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- ginas — Plural form of gina.
- ginza — the, a district in Tokyo, Japan, famous for its department stores, nightclubs, and bars.
- gland — a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.
- glans — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glean — to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.