5-letter words containing i, a, n
- liana — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liane — Archaic form of liana.
- liang — a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- ligan — lagan.
- liman — a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- linac — linear accelerator.
- linda — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- linea — a seaport in S Spain, near Gibraltar.
- linga — Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- lipan — a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- liwan — iwan.
- maine — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains — a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
- mainz — a state in W Germany: formerly part of Rhine Province. 7655 sq. mi. (19,825 sq. km). Capital: Mainz.
- makin — (Wearside) present participle of mak.
- mandi — A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a large container and pour it over the body.
- mania — an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.
- manic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manid — (zoology) Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidae.
- manit — man-minute.
- mansi — a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along western tributaries of the Ob River in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
- marin — John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- matin — (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mavin — an expert or connoisseur.
- milan — an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- minae — an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- minah — any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- minar — a tower or turret in southern or eastern Asia
- minas — an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- minna — a female given name.
- minya — Al (æl ) ; al) city in central Egypt, on the Nile: pop. 179,000
- munia — Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most instances) and Amandava (two species).
- naafi — Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- nabis — a prophet.
- nadir — Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- naevi — Irregular plural form of naevus.
- naiad — (sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- naida — a female given name.
- naifs — Plural form of naif.
- nails — Fasten to a surface or to something else with a nail or nails.
- naily — Full of nails (the fastener).
- naima — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- 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.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- nanai — Nanay.
- nandi — a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- naomi — the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- naric — relating to the nares or nostrils