4-letter words that end in an
- moan — a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- naan — a leavened, often tear-shaped flatbread of India, baked in a tandoor.
- oban — a small port and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute on the Firth of Lorne. Pop: 8120 (2001)
- odan — Old Danish
- oman — Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- opan — Oregon Public Affairs Network
- oran — a seaport in NW Algeria.
- pean — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pian — yaws.
- plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- roan — (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
- ryan — a male given name.
- scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- sean — a male given name, form of John.
- shan — a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- sian — Older Spelling. Xian.
- span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- stan — a male given name, form of Stanley.
- swan — Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor.
- than — in relation to; by comparison with (usually followed by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.
- tian — an earthenware cooking dish
- ttan — Teacher Training Agency
- tuan — (in Malay-speaking countries) sir; lord: a form of address used as a mark of respect
- ulan — one of a group of lancers in a light-cavalry unit, first appearing in Europe in the Polish army.
- uran — monitor (def 13).
- vlan — Virtual Local Area Network
- wean — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- wlan — wireless local area network
- wran — a member of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
- xian — a province in N central China. 75,598 sq. mi. (195,799 sq. km). Capital: Xian.
- yean — (of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- yuan — the Mongol dynasty in China, 1260–1368, founded by Kublai Khan.
- zean — (medicine, archaic) A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.
- zoan — Biblical name of Tanis.