4-letter words containing a, n
- hahn — Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- hain — to save, leave off, or forbear
- hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
- hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hank — Angelo ("Hank") 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.
- hans — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- hant — {{eye dialect of|hadn't|hadn\u2019t}}.
- haun — a hand
- hean — (obsolete) Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
- hwan — a former monetary unit of South Korea.
- iana — Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- iban — Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ikan — (in Malaysia) fish used esp in names of cooked dishes
- inca — a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inga — (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
- inla — Irish National Liberation Army; a Republican paramilitary organization in Ireland
- iona — an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- iran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
- isna — is not
- ivan — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- iwan — a vaulted portal opening onto a courtyard: used often in Iranian mosque architecture.
- jaen — a city in S Spain, NNW of Granada.
- jain — an adherent of Jainism.
- jan. — January
- jane — a female given name: derived from John.
- jank — (computing, slang, rare) Problematic blocking of a software application's user interface due to slow operations.
- jann — the least powerful order of jinn
- jant — Obsolete form of jaunt.
- japn — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- jawn — Obsolete form of yawn.
- jean — born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
- jena — a city in central Germany: Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians here in 1806.
- joan — ("Fair Maid of Kent") 1328–85, wife of Edward, the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II.
- juan — a male given name, Spanish form of John.
- kahn — Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.
- kain — sarong.
- kan. — Kansas
- kana — a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.
- kand — (mining, UK, dialect, Cornwall) fluorspar.
- kane — cain.
- kang — (especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.
- kano — a city in N Nigeria.
- kans — an Indian grass of the genus Saccharum, used in some areas for fodder, thatching, etc., and being in other areas a troublesome weed.
- kant — Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- kanu — Kenya African National Union
- kaon — a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- karn — (mining, dated) A pile of rocks.
- kean — Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- khan — an inn or caravansary.
- kina — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.