5-letter words containing an
- canty — lively; brisk; in good spirits
- 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)
- ccanz — Council of Churches in Aotearoa/New Zealand
- celan — Paul, real name Paul Antschel. 1920–70, Romanian Jewish poet, writing in German, whose work reflects the experience of Nazi persecution
- ch'an — Zen (def 1).
- chana — (in Indian cookery) a chickpea
- chanc — Chancellor
- chang — largest river and chief commercial highway of China, flowing from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai: 3,964 mi (6,379 km)
- chank — a large sea conch found off the shores of India and Sri Lanka, used as a horn or to make ornaments
- chant — A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
- chany — Lake, a salt lake in SW Siberia, in the W Russian Federation in Asia. About 1300 sq. mi. (3365 sq. km).
- chian — of or relating to Chios
- ciano — Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903–44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936–43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
- clane — Eye dialect of clean.
- clang — When a large metal object clangs, it makes a loud noise.
- clank — When large metal objects clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard.
- clans — Plural form of clan.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- cohan — George M(ichael)1878-1942; U.S. actor, playwright, theatrical producer, & writer of popular songs
- conan — a male given name.
- copan — a village in W Honduras: site of a ruined Mayan city
- cotan — cotangent
- cowan — a person who makes dry-stone walls
- crane — A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
- crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- crans — Plural form of cran.
- cuban — Cuban means belonging or relating to Cuba, or to its people or culture.
- cutan — (biochemistry) A hydrocarbon polymer, of uncertain structure but thought to be similar to kerogen, found in some plants.
- cyan- — cyano-
- cyano — containing the cyano group.
- dagan — an earth god of the Babylonians and Assyrians
- dalan — (in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- daman — a rare name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax
- danae — the mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visits her in the form of a shower of gold
- danby — 1st Earl of, title of Thomas Osborne. 1631–1712, English politician; Lord Treasurer (1673–78): regarded as the founder of the Tory party
- dance — If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- dancy — (of music) appropriate for dancing
- danda — A punctuation character (\u0964) used in the Devan\u0101gar\u012b script to mark the end of a sentence.
- dandy — A dandy is a man who thinks a great deal about his appearance and always dresses in smart clothes.
- dangs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dang.
- dania — a town in S Florida.
- danio — any brightly coloured tropical freshwater cyprinid fish of the genus Danio and related genera: popular aquarium fishes
- danna — (obsolete slang) Shit: human feces.
- danny — the hand (used esp when addressing children)
- dante — full name Dante Alighieri (Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice
- danza — A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dance.
- danzi — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1763–1826, German composer.
- dayan — a senior rabbi, esp one who sits in a religious court
- deane — Sir William Patrick. born 1931, Australian lawyer. He became a High Court judge in 1982 and governor-general of Australia (1996–2001)
- deans — Plural form of dean.