5-letter words containing ns
- loans — Plural form of loan.
- loins — Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loons — Plural form of loon.
- lowns — loon2 .
- lyons — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- mains — a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
- manse — the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mansi — a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along western tributaries of the Ob River in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
- means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
- mensa — an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.
- mense — propriety; discretion.
- mensh — to mention
- miens — Plural form of mien.
- minsk — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- moans — Plural form of moan.
- moons — Plural form of moon.
- morns — Plural form of morn.
- muons — Plural form of muon.
- neons — Plural form of neon (the fish, neon tetras).
- noons — At noontimes.
- nouns — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nsaid — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, as ibuprofen.
- nsfip — (operating system) NEXTSTEP For Intel Processor.
- nspcc — National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- nswtf — New South Wales Teachers Federation (Australia)
- omens — Plural form of omen.
- onsen — A hot spring in Japan, often with accompanying bathing facilities.
- onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
- opens — Plural form of open.
- orans — orant.
- ouens — Plural form of ou.
- ovens — Plural form of oven.
- owens — Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- pains — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pansy — a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- peans — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pinsk — a city in SW Byelorussia (Belarus), E of Brest.
- plans — Programming Language for Allocation and Network Scheduling. A PL/I preprocessor, used for developing scheduling algorithms. "A User's Guide to the Programming Language for Allocation and Network Scheduling", H.R. Ramsey et al, TR SAI-77-068-DEN, Science Applications Inc (Jun 1977).
- porns — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- quins — Plural form of quin.
- rains — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rinse — to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
- ruins — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- sansa — an African musical instrument
- sansk — Sanskrit
- sensa — plural of sensum.
- sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- sensi — a teacher or instructor, esp of karate or judo
- skins — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.