5-letter words containing a, n, i
- naris — A nostril.
- nashi — an Asian tree also cultivated in Australia and New Zealand, Pyrus pyrifolia, of the rose family, having apple-shaped, pear-colored, juicy fruit.
- nasik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- navie — Archaic spelling of navy.
- nazir — (in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- nazis — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- neiva — a city in W Colombia.
- ngaio — An evergreen tree, Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
- ngami — Lake, a shallow marshy lake in NW Botswana, N of the Kalahari desert. About 40 miles (64 km) long.
- ngati — (occurring as part of the name of a tribe) tribe or clan
- nhisa — National Health Interview Survey Association
- nicad — nickel-cadmium battery.
- nicam — near-instantaneous companding system: a technique for coding audio signals into digital form
- nicar — Nicaragua
- nidal — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nigga — a term used to refer to or address a black person.
- nigra — (offensive, ethnic slur) A negro person.
- nikah — a marriage contract
- nikau — Rhopalostylis sapida, a palm tree of New Zealand.
- nilas — Newly frozen sea ice in the form of smooth thin sheet less than 10 centimeters (4 inches) thick.
- nilla — Short form of vanilla.
- ninja — a person who is expert or highly skilled in a specified field or activity (often used attributively): marketing ninjas; ninja gamers.
- niqab — A veil worn by some Muslim women in public, covering all of the face apart from the eyes.
- nisan — the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nitra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- nitta — A tropical tree of the genus Parkia, having edible pods and seeds, especially Parkia filicoidea or Parkia biglobosa.
- nival — of or growing in snow: nival flora.
- nizam — the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
- nogai — a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- novia — a fiancée or bride.
- nsaid — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, as ibuprofen.
- nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
- nydia — a female given name.
- oaniu — Onitsha Ado National Improvement Union
- okina — The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (\u02bb) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.
- omani — of or relating to Oman or its people.
- paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- panic — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
- panim — a heathen or pagan
- patin — a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pavin — pavane.
- piano — a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- piman — any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- pinna — Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pinta — one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.
- pinza — Ezio [et-see-oh,, ey-zee-oh;; Italian e-tsyaw] /ˈɛt siˌoʊ,, ˈeɪ ziˌoʊ;; Italian ˈɛ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1957, Italian basso, in the U.S.
- piran — Saint. died c.480 ad, monk probably from Ireland who settled in Cornwall, giving his name to Perranporth. His flag, a white cross on a black background, is Cornwall's standard. Feast day: March 5