5-letter words containing n
- asana — any of various postures in yoga
- asben — Aïr.
- ascon — a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asean — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- asian — Asian means belonging to or relating to Asia. British people use this term especially to refer to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Americans use this term especially to refer to China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, or Vietnam.
- asine — an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asn.1 — Abstract Syntax Notation 1
- aspen — An aspen is a tall tree with leaves that move a lot in the wind.
- assen — a city in the N Netherlands, capital of Drenthe province. Pop: 62 000 (2003 est)
- aston — Francis William. 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist, who developed the first mass spectrograph, using it to investigate the isotopic structures of elements: Nobel prize for chemistry 1922
- astun — to amaze, bewilder or stupefy
- aswan — an ancient town in SE Egypt, on the Nile, just below the First Cataract. Pop: 249 000 (2005 est)
- async — (computing) Asynchronous.
- athan — Alternative spelling of azan.
- atman — the personal soul or self; the thinking principle as manifested in consciousness
- atmen — the principle of life.
- atnas — Ahtna.
- atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
- 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.