5-letter words containing a, n, e
- aneto — Pico de (ˈpiˌkoʊ deɪ ) ; pēˈkō dāˌ) highest mountain in the Pyrenees, in Spain: 11,168 ft (3,404 m)
- angel — Angels are spiritual beings that some people believe are God's servants in heaven.
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- angie — a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angle — An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- anile — of or like a feeble old woman
- anime — Anime is a style of Japanese animated film that often contains scenes that are intended for adults.
- anise — Anise is a plant with seeds that have a strong smell and taste. It is often made into an alcoholic drink.
- anker — a unit of measurement of spirits or wine, used in various countries and formerly in England, where it was equivalent to gallons
- ankle — Your ankle is the joint where your foot joins your leg.
- annet — Alternative form of ennet (
- annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- annie — a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- anode — In electronics, an anode is the positive electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare cathode.
- anole — any small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards of the genus Anolis, such as A. carolinensis (green anole): family Iguanidae (iguanas). They are able to change the colour of their skin
- ansae — Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ante- — before in time or position; previous to; in front of
- anted — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antes — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antie — (South Africa) An older female authority figure.
- antre — a cavern or cave
- apnea — temporary stopping of breathing
- arden — John. (1930–2012) British dramatist and novelist. His plays include Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) and The Workhouse Donkey (1963); novels include Silence Among the Weapons (1982): he often worked in collaboration with his wife Margaretta D'Arcy
- arena — An arena is a place where sports, entertainments, and other public events take place. It has seats around it where people sit and watch.
- arene — an aromatic hydrocarbon
- arent — A kind of anthropogenic soil, with deep mixing due to ploughing, digging, etc.
- arlen — Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arpen — Alternative form of arpent (old unit of measure).
- asben — Aïr.
- asean — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- asine — an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aspen — An aspen is a tall tree with leaves that move a lot in the wind.
- assen — a city in the N Netherlands, capital of Drenthe province. Pop: 62 000 (2003 est)
- atmen — the principle of life.
- atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
- auden — W(ystan) H(ugh). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood
- avens — any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers
- awned — a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- awner — a machine for removing awns from grain
- axmen — Irregular plural form of axman.
- axone — Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- azene — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- azine — any organic compound having a six-membered ring containing at least one nitrogen atom
- bacne — acne on one's back: Bacne can cause pain and scarring.
- baden — a former state of West Germany, now part of Baden-Württemberg
- baned — Simple past tense and past participle of bane.
- banes — a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
- banke — Obsolete spelling of bank.
- baren — A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.