6-letter words containing e, n, a, t
- petain — Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- petnap — to steal (a pet) for ransom or resale
- planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plante — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- platen — a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- ranket — a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- ranted — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- ranter — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- ratine — a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratten — to sabotage or steal (tools), or harass in order to disrupt workers
- recant — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- renata — a female given name.
- rental — an amount received or paid as rent.
- retain — to keep possession of.
- retina — the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- salten — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- sanest — free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person.
- santee — a city in SW California.
- santer — Jacques. born 1937, Luxembourg politician: prime minister of Luxembourg (1984–95); president of the European Commission (1995–99)
- sateen — a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- secant — Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- seitan — a chewy, neutral-flavored, protein-rich food made of wheat gluten, used as a meat substitute in vegetarian dishes.
- sejant — (of an animal) represented in a sitting posture: a lion sejant.
- senate — an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- sextan — (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recurevery sixth day.
- snaste — a wick or snuff of a candle
- snathe — the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- stamen — the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- stance — the position or bearing of the body while standing: legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.
- staned — stone.
- sterna — sternum
- taejon — a city in W South Korea.
- taenia — Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- tagine — a large, heavy N African cooking pot with a conical lid
- talent — a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
- talien — Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- tamein — a Burmese skirt or sari worn by women
- tandem — one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem.
- tanged — a sharp ringing or twanging sound; clang.
- tanger — a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- tangie — a water spirit of Orkney, appearing as a figure draped in seaweed, or as a seahorse
- tangle — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- tanked — put or stored in a tank.
- tanker — a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- tanned — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- tanner — the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tannie — a title of respect used to refer to an elderly woman
- tanrec — tenrec.
- tauten — make taut
- tavern — a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.