5-letter words containing a, n, o
- nodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- noema — (philosophy) The perceived as perceived.
- nogai — a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- nogay — Nogai.
- nolan — Michael Patrick, Baron. 1928–2007, British judge; chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–97)
- nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- noman — Not a person; Not a human.
- nona- — nine
- nonad — A collection, or series of nine things.
- nonda — Parinari nonda, a shrub or small tree of northern Australia and New Guinea, with edible plum-like fruit.
- nonna — (dialectal) grandmother.
- nopal — any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- norad — a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- notal — Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.
- notam — A written notification issued to pilots before a flight, advising them of circumstances relating to the state of flying.
- novae — a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- novas — Plural form of nova.
- novia — a fiancée or bride.
- noway — in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise: He was noway responsible for the accident.
- noxal — (in law, esp Roman law) of or relating to damage done by a person (usually a slave) or animal belonging to or in the charge of another
- noyau — A liqueur made of brandy flavored with fruit kernels.
- oaken — made of oak: the old oaken bucket.
- oaniu — Onitsha Ado National Improvement Union
- oaten — of, relating to, or made of oats.
- obang — a Japanese gold coin, rectangular in shape, that is no longer in common usage and is only used as a ceremonial or special contribution
- ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- octan — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- ohana — An extended Hawaiian family unit.
- okina — The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (\u02bb) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.
- oland — an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- olean — a city in SW New York.
- omani — of or relating to Oman or its people.
- on at — nagging
- onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
- onega — Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- onlap — the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- onlay — an overlay, especially one in relief.
- orang — orangutan.
- orans — orant.
- orant — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- organ — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- oscan — one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- osman — 1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- paeon — Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- panko — Japanese-style breadcrumbs in large, coarse flakes: panko-crusted fish fillets.
- panon — A family of pattern-directed string processing languages based on generalised Markov algorithms. PANON-1 is based on simple generalised Markov algorithms and PANON-2 on conditional functional generalised Markov algorithms.
- panto — pantomime (def 2).
- paton — Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.