6-letter words containing ns
- manses — the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manson — Sir Patrick. 1844–1922, British physician, who established that mosquitoes transmit certain parasites responsible for human diseases
- mansur — (ʿAbdullāh al-Mansūr) a.d. 712?–775, Arab caliph 754–775: founder of Baghdad 764.
- masons — Plural form of mason.
- matins — (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mavens — An expert or connoisseur.
- mavins — an expert or connoisseur.
- melons — the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- mensae — Irregular plural form of mensa.
- mensal — of, relating to, or used at the table.
- mensan — an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.
- mensch — a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
- menses — propriety; discretion.
- mesons — Plural form of meson.
- monsig — Monseigneur
- monstr — (language) A term graph rewriting language from Manchester University(?), designed to be easily implementable on distributed architectures and featuring limited synchronisation facilities.
- morons — Plural form of moron.
- mourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mourn.
- mucins — Plural form of mucin.
- munsee — a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- munsey — Frank Andrew, 1854–1925, U.S. publisher.
- munshi — a native interpreter or language instructor.
- mzansi — a low-cost national banking account
- nansen — Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- nernst — Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- nevins — Allan, 1890–1971, U.S. historian.
- nsfnet — National Science Foundation Network
- nylons — any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- oceans — Plural form of ocean.
- octans — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- odense — a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- onions — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onsets — Plural form of onset.
- onside — (of a player, especially in soccer or hockey) occupying a position on the field where playing the ball or puck is allowed; not offside.
- onsite — accomplished or located at the site of a particular activity or concern: on-site medical treatment for accident victims.
- onslow — George, 1784–1853, French composer.
- orense — a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- organs — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- pansil — Pancha Sila.
- pansys — a female given name.
- pensee — a reflection or thought.
- pensil — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- pensum — a piece of work or a task to be completed, esp a school exercise
- pilons — something extra; lagniappe.
- plains — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- queans — Plural form of quean.
- queens — a female sovereign or monarch.
- querns — Plural form of quern.
- quinsy — a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
- quoins — an external solid angle of a wall or the like.