6-letter words containing a, b, n
- gobang — a Japanese game played on a go board with players alternating and attempting to be first to place five counters in a row.
- gobian — a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- graben — a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- granby — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- habana — Havana.
- harbin — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- ibadan — a city in SW Nigeria.
- ibanez — Vicente Blasco [bee-then-te blahs-kaw] /biˈθɛn tɛ ˈblɑs kɔ/ (Show IPA), Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente.
- in bad — not good in any manner or degree.
- inable — (obsolete, now nonstandard) Unable, not able.
- indaba — a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- kanban — a just-in-time method of inventory control, originally developed in Japanese automobile factories.
- kobang — an oblong Japanese gold coin, no longer in use
- korban — a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- labent — Sliding; gliding.
- labneh — a Mediterranean soft cheese produced by straining yogurt
- labuan — an island off the W coast of Sabah: part of Sabah state, E Malaysia: a free port. 35 sq. mi. (90.65 sq. km).
- libant — touching lightly
- libran — a person born under the sign of Libra
- libyan — of or relating to Libya or its inhabitants.
- lojban — (human language) /lozh'bahn/ A language for humans developed by former members of the Loglan project.
- manbag — A man's handbag or shoulder bag.
- mibuna — a Japanese leafy salad vegetable
- minbar — A short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque.
- nabbed — to arrest or capture.
- nabber — to arrest or capture.
- nablus — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- nabobs — Plural form of nabob.
- naboth — the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21.
- naguib — Mohammed, 1901–1984, Egyptian general and political leader: premier 1952–54; president 1953–54.
- namibe — a port in SW Angola: fishing industry. Pop: 132 900 (2004 est)
- nanobe — a microbe that measures between 50 and 100 nanometres across and is smaller than the smallest known bacterium
- naseby — a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
- nawabs — Plural form of nawab.
- nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.
- nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- nubain — an opiate drug, nalbuphine hydrochloride, used as a painkiller and, illegally, by bodybuilders and others to increase their pain threshold and as a recreational drug, being a cheap alternative to heroin
- nubian — a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
- numbat — banded anteater.
- nutbag — (informal) An odd, eccentric or insane person.
- nutbar — Crazy, eccentric.
- obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- onbeat — the first and third beats in a bar of four-four time
- plan b — a strategy or plan to be implemented if the original one proves impracticable or unsuccessful.
- punjab — a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan.
- rabban — master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).
- rabbin — rabbi1 .
- rabona — an unconventional method of kicking the ball in which a player plants one leg and brings the kicking foot round behind it
- raborn — William F. 1905–90, U.S. admiral and government official: CIA director 1965–66.
- riband — a decorative ribbon.