5-letter words containing n, a
- atony — lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle
- auden — W(ystan) H(ugh). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.
- aunts — Plural form of aunt.
- aunty — auntie.
- auton — (science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- auxin — any of various plant hormones, such as indoleacetic acid, that promote growth and control fruit and flower development. Synthetic auxins are widely used in agriculture and horticulture
- avant — (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.
- avens — any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers
- avian — of, relating to, or resembling a bird
- avion — any machine that flies, such as an aeroplane
- awarn — to warn or put on one's guard
- awing — an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.
- awned — a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- awner — a machine for removing awns from grain
- axing — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- axion — a hypothetical neutral elementary particle postulated to account for certain conservation laws in the strong interaction
- axman — a person who wields an ax.
- axmen — Irregular plural form of axman.
- axone — Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- axons — Plural form of axon.
- ayana — a female given name: from an African word meaning “beautiful flower.”.
- aydin — a town in SW Turkey: an ancient city of Lydia. Pop: 160 000 (2005 est)
- ayont — beyond
- azana — Manuel (maˈnwel). 1880–1940, Spanish statesman; president of the Spanish Republic (1936–39) until overthrown by Franco
- azans — Plural form of azan.
- azene — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- azine — any organic compound having a six-membered ring containing at least one nitrogen atom
- azlon — a textile fibre made from protein
- aznar — Jose Maria [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔ sɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), born 1953, premier of Spain 1996–2004.
- bacne — acne on one's back: Bacne can cause pain and scarring.
- bacon — Bacon is salted or smoked meat which comes from the back or sides of a pig.
- baden — a former state of West Germany, now part of Baden-Württemberg
- bairn — A bairn is a child.
- bajan — a native of Barbados
- balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- balun — a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
- banak — a tree of the genus Virola, of Central America: family Myristicaceae
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- banan — (rare, informal) Banana.
- banat — a fertile plain extending through Hungary, Romania, and Serbia
- banco — a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
- banda — Hastings Kamuzu (kæˈmuːzuː). 1906–97, Malawi statesman. As first prime minister of Nyasaland (from 1963), he led his country to independence (1964) as Malawi: president (1966–94)
- bandh — (in India) a general strike
- bando — A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
- bands — Plural form of band.
- bandy — If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
- baned — Simple past tense and past participle of bane.
- banes — a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
- banff — a town in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire. Pop: 3991 (2001)