5-letter words containing a, r, n
- nadar — (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) 1820–1910, French journalist and pioneer of aerial photography.
- nader — Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir — Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- naira — a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nairn — a historic county in N Scotland.
- nairu — the nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the lowest level of unemployment an economy can handle without causing inflation.
- naker — A kettledrum.
- namer — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- namur — a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- narco — narc.
- narcs — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nards — an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares — The nostrils.
- narew — a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- naric — relating to the nares or nostrils
- naris — A nostril.
- narks — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- narky — (UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
- narre — nearer, closer
- narva — a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
- nauru — Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- navar — a system of air navigation in which a ground radar station relays signals to each aircraft indicating the relative positions of neighbouring aircraft
- nazir — (in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- near- — nearly; almost
- neare — Obsolete spelling of near.
- nears — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- neral — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- nerva — Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- newar — a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- nicar — Nicaragua
- nigra — (offensive, ethnic slur) A negro person.
- nitra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- norad — a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- nvram — Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
- orang — orangutan.
- orans — orant.
- orant — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- organ — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- 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
- prana — Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- prang — to collide with; bump into.
- prank — a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- prawn — any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- pyran — either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- quran — Koran.
- rabin — Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- racon — radar beacon.
- radin — Paul, 1883–1959, U.S. anthropologist, born in Poland.