5-letter words containing a, n
- fangs — Plural form of fang.
- fanne — (dated, fandom) A female science fiction fan.
- fanny — the buttocks.
- fanon — Frantz (Omar) [frants oh-mahr;; French frahnts aw-mar] /frænts ˈoʊ mɑr;; French frɑ̃ts ɔˈmar/ (Show IPA), 1925–61, West Indian psychiatrist and political theorist, born in Martinique; in Algeria after 1953.
- fanos — a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fanti — a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanum — a temple or sacred place
- fauna — the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- fauns — one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fawns — Plural form of fawn.
- fawny — of a color like fawn.
- fianc — short for fiancé or fiancée. Because this word exists predominantly in written form (esp. in text messages) it is not yet clear how it is pronounced.
- final — pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.
- finca — a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- finna — Alternative form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
- fiona — a female given name.
- fitna — Unrest or rebellion, especially against a rightful ruler.
- flane — to walk idly; saunter
- flank — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- flans — Plural form of flan.
- flawn — Obsolete form of flan.
- fonda — an inn or restaurant.
- frain — (rare, or, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) to ask, inquire; demand.
- franc — an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- frank — direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere: Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair.
- franz — a male given name, German form of Frank.
- frayn — Michael. born 1933, British playwright, novelist, and translator; his plays include The Two of Us (1970), Noises Off (1982), Copenhagen (1998), and Democracy (2004); novels include A Landing on the Sun (1991) and Spies (2002)
- frena — a fold of membrane that checks or restrains the motion of a part, as the fold on the underside of the tongue.
- funda — A basic or fundamental principle underlying something.
- furan — a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- fusan — Pusan.
- 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.