4-letter words containing an
- fran — Francis Asbury ("Fran") born 1940, U.S. football player.
- gand — French name of Ghent.
- gane — (obsolete) To yawn; to gape.
- gang — a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
- ganj — (slang) Ganja.
- gank — (transitive, slang) To swindle.
- gans — (Geordie) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan.
- gant — a yawn
- gean — heart cherry.
- goan — Eye dialect of going.
- gran — grandmother.
- guan — a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- gyan — Knowledge, especially spiritual or religious knowledge.
- hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
- hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hank — Angelo ("Hank") 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.
- hans — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- hant — {{eye dialect of|hadn't|hadn\u2019t}}.
- hean — (obsolete) Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
- hwan — a former monetary unit of South Korea.
- iana — Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- iban — Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ikan — (in Malaysia) fish used esp in names of cooked dishes
- iran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
- ivan — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- iwan — a vaulted portal opening onto a courtyard: used often in Iranian mosque architecture.
- jan. — January
- jane — a female given name: derived from John.
- jank — (computing, slang, rare) Problematic blocking of a software application's user interface due to slow operations.
- jann — the least powerful order of jinn
- jant — Obsolete form of jaunt.
- jean — born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
- joan — ("Fair Maid of Kent") 1328–85, wife of Edward, the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II.
- juan — a male given name, Spanish form of John.
- kan. — Kansas
- kana — a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.
- kand — (mining, UK, dialect, Cornwall) fluorspar.
- kane — cain.
- kang — (especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.
- kano — a city in N Nigeria.
- kans — an Indian grass of the genus Saccharum, used in some areas for fodder, thatching, etc., and being in other areas a troublesome weed.
- kant — Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- kanu — Kenya African National Union
- kean — Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- khan — an inn or caravansary.
- klan — Ku Klux Klan.
- koan — a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- kran — a former silver coin of Iran.
- lana — a female given name, form of Helen.
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.