5-letter words containing a, n, e
- nerva — Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nesta — National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- newar — a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- noema — (philosophy) The perceived as perceived.
- novae — a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- nugae — a number of unimportant matters or japes
- oaken — made of oak: the old oaken bucket.
- oaten — of, relating to, or made of oats.
- ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- olean — a city in SW New York.
- onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
- onega — Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- paean — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- paeon — Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pagne — a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- paned — having panes (usually used in combination): a diamond-paned window.
- panel — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- panne — a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- papen — Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- paten — a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- payne — John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- peano — Giuseppe Peano
- peans — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pecan — a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- pekan — the fisher, Martes pennanti.
- penal — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- penda — died 655 ad, king of Mercia (?634–55)
- penna — a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- penza — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
- plane — plane tree.
- plena — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- quean — an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- quena — a recorderlike bamboo flute having a notched mouthpiece, used in Andean music.
- ramen — a bowl of clear soup containing noodles, vegetables, and often bits of meat.
- rance — a type of red marble, often with white or blue graining, that comes from Belgium
- ranee — the wife of a rajah.
- range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- ranke — Leopold von [ley-aw-pawlt fuh n] /ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt fən/ (Show IPA), 1795–1886, German historian.
- raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- redan — a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- regan — (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters. Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- reman — to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- renal — of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- renan — Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renay — a person who disowns an organization, country, or belief system
- renga — linked verse.
- reran — to run again.
- rnase — ribonuclease.
- sande — Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.