5-letter words containing a, n, t
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- qanat — (in the Middle East) a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.
- quant — Mary, born 1934, English fashion designer and entrepreneur.
- ratan — Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- riant — laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- saint — any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- santa — Santa Claus.
- santo — a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- satan — Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool
- satin — a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scant — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- slant — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- snath — the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- stain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stane — stone.
- stang — simple past tense of sting.
- stank — a simple past tense of stink.
- stans — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
- stean — an earthenware vessel made of clay or stone, originally made for holding liquid
- t'ang — a dynasty in China, a.d. 618–907, marked by territorial expansion, the invention of printing, and the high development of poetry.
- t-man — a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- t-rna — transfer RNA
- ta'en — taken.
- tabun — an organic compound used in chemical warfare as a lethal nerve gas. Formula: C2H5OP(O)(CN)N(CH3)2
- tacan — an electronic ultrahigh-frequency navigation system for aircraft which gives a continuous indication of bearing and distance from a transmitting station
- tacna — city in S Peru: pop. 174,000
- taine — Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- taino — a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taint — the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
- taken — past participle of take.
- takin — a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- talon — a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- taman — a peninsula in SW Russia, E of the Crimea, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. About 20 miles (30 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- tamin — a thin woollen fabric
- tandy — (company) A US company, the parent company of Radio Shack, makers of the TRS-80 and other early personal computers.
- taney — Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- tanga — a seaport in NE Tanzania.
- tange — Kenzo. 1913–2005, Japanese architect. His buildings include the Kurashiki city hall (1960) and St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo (1962–64)
- tangi — a Māori funeral ceremony
- tango — a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- tangy — having a tang.
- tanis — an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanka — a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.
- tanky — a member of the British Communist Party
- tanna — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- tansy — any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tanta — a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tante — aunt
- tanti — worthwhile