8-letter words containing na
- annamite — of or relating to Vietnam or its inhabitants.
- annattos — Plural form of annatto.
- antenati — the people born before a certain date or event
- antenave — a porch or narthex before the nave of a church.
- antennae — a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
- antennal — Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antenna.
- antennas — a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
- antisana — a volcano in N central Ecuador, in the Andes. Height: 5756 m (18 885 ft)
- anunnaki — various unnamed Sumerian deities who constituted the divine assembly presided over by An and Enlil and of whom seven were judges in the afterworld.
- appanage — land or other provision granted by a king for the support of a member of the royal family, esp a younger son
- appenage — Alternative form of appanage.
- aquanaut — a person who lives and works underwater
- araucana — any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.
- arginase — an enzyme which hydrolyses arginine into ornithine and urea
- argonaut — one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece
- arizonan — of Arizona
- armagnac — Armagnac is a type of brandy made in south-west France.
- arsenals — Plural form of arsenal.
- arsenate — a salt or ester of arsenic acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O43–
- ashkenaz — a son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth. Gen 10:1–3; I Chron. 1:6.
- assignat — the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés
- assonant — resemblance of sounds.
- assonate — to display assonance or match in sound
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- astyanax — the young son of Hector and Andromache, who was hurled from the walls of Troy by the Greeks
- athanasy — an absence of death or the condition of everlasting life
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atonally — In an atonal manner; without tone.
- aurignac — a village in S France: many prehistoric artifacts found in area.
- autumnal — Autumnal means having features that are characteristic of autumn.
- avicenna — Arabic name ibn-Sina. 980–1037, Arab philosopher and physician whose philosophical writings, which combined Aristotelianism with neo-Platonist ideas, greatly influenced scholasticism, and whose medical work Qanun was the greatest single influence on medieval medicine
- avifauna — all the birds in a particular region
- badalona — a port in NE Spain: an industrial suburb of Barcelona. Pop: 214 440 (2003 est)
- badinage — Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone.
- balbuena — Bernardo de [ber-nahr-doh duh;; Spanish ber-nahr-th aw th e] /bərˈnɑr doʊ də;; Spanish bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1568–1627, Mexican poet and priest, born in Spain.
- banalise — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- banality — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- banalize — to make banal
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bandanas — Plural form of bandana.
- bandanna — A bandanna is a brightly-coloured piece of cloth which is worn around a person's neck or head.
- bannable — able to be banned
- barnabas — original name Joseph. a Cypriot Levite who supported Saint Paul in his apostolic work (Acts 4:36, 37). Feast day: June 11
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barnardo — Dr Thomas John. 1845–1905, British philanthropist, who founded homes for destitute children
- baronage — barons collectively
- basename — (file system) The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- berezina — a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal. Length: 563 km (350 miles)