5-letter words containing a, n
- brant — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- braun — Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910–45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945
- brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
- brian — Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)
- bryan — a masculine name
- bunya — a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones (bunya nuts) and thickish flattened needles
- buran — a blizzard, with the wind blowing from the north and reaching gale force
- busan — a port in SE South Korea, on the Korea Strait: the second largest city and chief port of the country; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 3 527 000 (2005 est)
- bwana — (in E Africa) a master, often used as a respectful form of address corresponding to sir
- c2man — (tool) An automatic documentation extraction tool by Graham Stoney. c2man extracts comments from C source code to generate functional interface documentation in the same format as sections 2 and 3 of the Unix Programmer's Manual. It looks for comments near the objects they document, rather than imposing a rigid syntax or requiring the programmer to use a typesetting language. Acceptable documentation can often be generated from existing code with no modifications. c2man supports both K&R and ISO/ANSI C coding styles. Output can be in nroff -man, Texinfo or LaTeX format. It automagically documents enum parameter and return values, it handles both C (/* */) and C++ (//) style comments, but not C++ grammar (yet). It requires yacc, byacc or bison for syntax analysis; lex or flex for lexical analysis and nroff, groff, texinfo or LaTeX to format the output. It runs under Unix, OS/2 and MS-DOS. Version 2.0 patchlevel 25 (1995-10-25). Patches posted to Usenet newsgroups news:comp.sources.bugs and news:comp.sources.reviewed.
- caban — (Philippines) A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine Islands.
- cabin — A cabin is a small room in a ship or boat.
- cahan — Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- caine — Sir Michael. real name Maurice Micklewhite. born 1933, British film actor. His films include The Ipcress File (1965), Get Carter (1971), Educating Rita (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and The Cider House Rules (1999)
- cairn — A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
- cajan — a member of a group of people living in parts of the South, especially Alabama, whose ancestry is a mixture of white, black, and possibly Indian.
- cajon — a Peruvian wooden box used as a drum and played with the hands
- cajun — Cajun means belonging or relating to a group of people who live mainly in Louisiana in the United States, and are descended from French people. Cajun is also used to refer to the language and culture of these people.
- caman — the wooden stick used to hit the ball
- can't — Can't is the usual spoken form of 'cannot'.
- canad — Canadian
- canal — A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
- canby — Henry Seidel [sahyd-l] /ˈsaɪd l/ (Show IPA), 1878–1961, U.S. author and critic.
- candy — Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate.
- canea — the chief port of Crete, on the NW coast. Pop: 55 838 (2001)
- caned — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caneh — a Hebrew unit of length, consisting of 6 cubits
- caner — a person who regularly indulges in excessive drinking or drug-taking
- canes — Plural form of cane.
- canid — any animal of the dog family
- canna — any of various tropical plants constituting the genus Canna, having broad leaves and red or yellow showy flowers for which they are cultivated: family Cannaceae
- canne — Obsolete spelling of can.
- canny — A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
- canoe — A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.
- canon — A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.
- canso — a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia
- canst — can1
- canto — a main division of a long poem
- cants — a salient angle.
- canty — lively; brisk; in good spirits
- cap'n — captain.
- capon — A capon is a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed and has been specially fattened up to be eaten.
- caren — a female given name.
- carin — a female given name.
- carne — Marcel (marsɛl). 1906–96, French film director. His films include Le Jour se lève (1939), Les Portes de la nuit (1946), and La Bible (1976)
- carny — to coax or cajole
- caron — an inverted circumflex
- caryn — a female given name.
- cavan — a county of N Republic of Ireland: hilly, with many small lakes and bogs. County town: Cavan. Pop: 56 546 (2002). Area: 1890 sq km (730 sq miles)
- cavin — (military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.