5-letter words containing a, n
- danby — 1st Earl of, title of Thomas Osborne. 1631–1712, English politician; Lord Treasurer (1673–78): regarded as the founder of the Tory party
- dance — If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- dancy — (of music) appropriate for dancing
- danda — A punctuation character (\u0964) used in the Devan\u0101gar\u012b script to mark the end of a sentence.
- dandy — A dandy is a man who thinks a great deal about his appearance and always dresses in smart clothes.
- dangs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dang.
- dania — a town in S Florida.
- danio — any brightly coloured tropical freshwater cyprinid fish of the genus Danio and related genera: popular aquarium fishes
- danna — (obsolete slang) Shit: human feces.
- danny — the hand (used esp when addressing children)
- dante — full name Dante Alighieri (Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice
- danza — A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dance.
- danzi — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1763–1826, German composer.
- darns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of darn.
- daunt — If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
- daven — to pray
- dawns — Plural form of dawn.
- dayan — a senior rabbi, esp one who sits in a religious court
- daynt — a thing or condition that is extravagant or best
- deane — Sir William Patrick. born 1931, Australian lawyer. He became a High Court judge in 1982 and governor-general of Australia (1996–2001)
- deans — Plural form of dean.
- dearn — alone or unseen
- decan — any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- denar — the standard monetary unit of Macedonia, divided into 100 deni
- denay — a denial
- desna — a river in the W Russian Federation flowing S to join the Dnieper River near Kiev in Ukraine. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- devan — (transitive) To unload (goods) from a container.
- dewan — (formerly in India) the chief minister or finance minister of a state ruled by an Indian prince
- diana — the virginal Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon
- diane — a feminine name: dim. Di; var. Dianne
- didna — (Scotland) did not.
- dinah — Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- dinan — a town in NW France, in Brittany, on the estuary of the River Rance: medieval buildings, including town walls and castle: tourism, hosiery, cider: Pop: 10 953 (2008)
- dinar — any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dinka — a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- dinna — (Scotland, Geordie) do not.
- disna — Eye dialect of doesn't.
- divan — a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed.
- divna — do not
- diwan — (in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- dogan — (chiefly, Canada, offensive, sometimes, capitalized) A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish origin.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition (November 2010).
- donah — a woman
- donar — the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donat — A rank in some knightly orders.
- donau — German name of Danube.
- donax — (botany) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing rods, etc.
- donga — (in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- donna — a female given name.
- doona — (Australia) A padded blanket.
- doran — an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.