5-letter words containing a, d, n
- naped — Simple past tense and past participle of nape.
- nards — an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nayed — Simple past tense and past participle of nay.
- ndola — a city in N Zambia.
- nedda — a female given name.
- nelda — a female given name.
- nepad — New Partnership for African Development: an economic development organization set up by the African union in 2001
- nicad — nickel-cadmium battery.
- nidal — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nonad — A collection, or series of nine things.
- nonda — Parinari nonda, a shrub or small tree of northern Australia and New Guinea, with edible plum-like fruit.
- norad — a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- nsaid — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, as ibuprofen.
- nydia — a female given name.
- oland — an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- panda — Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.
- pandy — a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- paned — having panes (usually used in combination): a diamond-paned window.
- penda — died 655 ad, king of Mercia (?634–55)
- pydna — a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- radin — Paul, 1883–1959, U.S. anthropologist, born in Poland.
- radon — a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- rando — random (def 4): We were followed by some rando creep.
- randy — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- ranid — belonging or pertaining to the frog family Ranidae, characterized by smooth, moist skin and semiaquatic habits.
- redan — a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- sande — Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- sands — an extensive area of sand, esp at a seashore or in a desert
- sandy — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
- sedan — a city in NE France, on the Meuse River: defeat and capture of Napoleon III 1870.
- sedna — a red planet-like object, roughly half the size of the Earth's moon, orbiting the sun but considerably beyond Pluto; discovered in 2003
- shand — a counterfeit coin
- snead — Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- sudan — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- tandy — (company) A US company, the parent company of Radio Shack, makers of the TRS-80 and other early personal computers.
- ulnad — towards the ulna
- undam — to free from a dam
- vanda — any of several epiphytic orchids of the genus Vanda, of tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large white, lilac, blue, or greenish flowers.
- vaned — weather vane.
- venda — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- viand — an article of food.
- wanda — a female given name.
- wande — Obsolete form of wand.
- wands — Plural form of wand.
- waned — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- zande — Azande.
- zonda — a hot South American wind, esp in Argentina