5-letter words containing an
- ganch — the spiked or hooked apparatus used to impale a criminal
- ganda — Luganda.
- ganef — a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- ganga — (dated) sandgrouse.
- gangs — Plural form of gang.
- ganja — marijuana, especially in the form of a potent preparation used chiefly for smoking.
- ganna — (South African English) A plant that used to be used in soap-making.
- gansu — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- geans — heart cherry.
- geant — A simulation, tracking and drawing package for HEP.
- geyan — somewhat
- ghana — a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
- giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- gland — a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.
- glans — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glean — to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- goban — a Japanese game played on a go board with players alternating and attempting to be first to place five counters in a row.
- gowan — any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.
- grana — (in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- grand — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grani — (in the Volsunga Saga) the horse of Sigurd.
- grans — Plural form of gran.
- grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- groan — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- guana — (US) A contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America.
- guano — a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- guans — Plural form of guan.
- gyani — (in India) a title placed before the name of a Punjabi scholar
- haman — a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to destroy the Jews of Persia. Esther 3–6.
- hanai — (Hawaii) adopted in the traditional Hawaiian way, made a complete part of the family.
- hanap — an ornately decorated medieval goblet or cup for drinking from
- hanau — a city in Hesse, central Germany.
- hance — (transitive, obsolete) To raise, to elevate.
- hanch — Alternative form of hance.
- hand- — Hand- combines with past participles to indicate that something has been made by someone using their hands or using tools rather than by machines.
- hande — Archaic spelling of hand.
- handi — A deep, narrow-mouthed vessel used in north Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cooking.
- hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handy — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- hangi — (New Zealand) A traditional M\u0101ori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.
- hangs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hang.
- hanif — (Islam) Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
- hanks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hanky — a handkerchief.
- hanna — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- hanno — Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- hanoi — Towers of Hanoi
- hansa — a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- hanse — Hansa.
- hants — Hampshire (def 1).