5-letter words containing n, o
- 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.
- gazon — a piece of turf used to cover a parapet
- genco — Power 'gen'eration 'co'mpany.
- genio — (archaic) Somebody of a particular turn of mind.
- genoa — a seaport in NW Italy, S of Milan.
- genom — a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- genro — any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- gijon — a seaport in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- ginzo — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian origin or descent.
- giono — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- gipon — jupon.
- giron — a charge consisting of the lower half of a diagonally divided quarter, usually in the top left corner of the shield
- gluon — an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- gnoll — A usually evil and dog-like humanoid creature found in various forms in fantasy literature and video games.
- gnome — GNU Network Object Model Environment
- go in — go indoors
- go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goban — a Japanese game played on a go board with players alternating and attempting to be first to place five counters in a row.
- going — the act of leaving or departing; departure: a safe going and quick return.
- gonad — a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- gondi — a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- gonef — Alternative form of ganef.
- goner — a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gongs — Plural form of gong.
- gonia — Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.
- gonif — ganef.
- gonna — Going to.
- gonne — Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- gono- — sexual or reproductive
- gonof — Alternative form of ganef.
- gonys — the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
- gonzo — (of journalism, reportage, etc.) filled with bizarre or subjective ideas, commentary, or the like.
- goona — Lb Australian Aboriginal faeces, excrement, shit.
- goons — Plural form of goon.
- goony — Slang. stupid, foolish, or awkward: a goony smile on his face.
- goren — Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gound — (UK dialectal) Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
- gowan — any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.
- gownd — Archaic spelling of gowned.
- gowns — Plural form of gown.
- goyen — Jan van [yahn vahn] /yɑn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1596–1656, Dutch painter.
- groan — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groin — Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grone — Obsolete spelling of groan.
- gronk — /gronk/ Popularised by Johnny Hart's comic strip "B.C." but the word apparently predates that. 1. To clear the state of a wedged device and restart it. More severe than "to frob" (sense 2). 2. [TMRC] To cut, sever, smash, or similarly disable. 3. The sound made by many 3.5-inch diskette drives. In particular, the microfloppies on a Commodore Amiga go "grink, gronk".
- grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- guano — a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- guyon — Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Matte) 1648–1717, French writer.
- gyno- — relating to women; female
- gyron — a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.