6-letter words containing a, n, d
- garand — John C(antius) [French kahn-tsyys] /French ˈkɑ̃ tsyüs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. inventor of M-1 semiautomatic rifle, born in Canada.
- garden — Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
- gardon — A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
- gdansk — a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig.
- gdynia — a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig.
- geland — A kind of andisol associated with very cold climates.
- gladen — Sword grass.
- glands — a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.
- glenda — a female given name.
- gnawed — to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- go and — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- godman — (India, colloquial, deregatory) A type of charismatic guru.
- gonads — a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- gondar — a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
- goonda — a rogue or hoodlum.
- gradin — one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- grand- — (in designations of kinship) one generation removed in ascent or descent
- granda — (informal) (Scots, Northern England) grandfather.
- grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- haddon — Alfred Cort [kawrt] /kɔrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1940, English ethnologist, anthropologist, and writer.
- hadean — Classical Mythology. the underworld inhabited by departed souls. the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
- hading — Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- hadn't — had not
- hadron — any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- hagdon — any of various oceanic birds of the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and America, especially the greater shearwater.
- hamden — a town in S Connecticut.
- handan — a city in SW Hebei province, China.
- handed — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- handel — George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
- hander — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handly — Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
- handsy — (informal) prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately.
- hanged — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanked — a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- harden — to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
- hardin — John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- hardon — an erection of the penis.
- hayden — Melissa (Mildred Herman) 1923–2006, Canadian ballerina in the U.S.
- haydon — Benjamin (Robert). 1786–1846, British historical painter and art critic, best known for his Autobiography and Journals (1853)
- hendra — a virus that affects humans and horses, causing a fatal, influenza-like illness
- hodman — hod carrier.
- houdan — one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.
- ibadan — a city in SW Nigeria.
- idaean — of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- in bad — not good in any manner or degree.
- indaba — a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- indart — to dart in
- indear — Alternative form of endear.
- indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.