5-letter words containing i, e, n
- minke — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- mixen — a pile of dung
- mizen — a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. Compare crossjack, spanker (def 1a).
- monie — Archaic spelling of money.
- naevi — Irregular plural form of naevus.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- navie — Archaic spelling of navy.
- neibp — National Elevator Industry Benefit Plans
- neice — Misspelling of niece.
- neigh — to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
- neill — A(lexander) S(utherland). 1883–1973, Scottish educationalist and writer, who put his progressive educational theories into practice at Summerhill school (founded 1921)
- neist — Alternative form of next.
- neiva — a city in W Colombia.
- nelis — a variety of small, sweet winter pear with yellowish-green freckled skin which becomes golden as it ripens
- nenni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- nervi — Pier Luigi [pyer loo-ee-jee] /pyɛr luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1891–1979, Italian engineer and architect.
- nevil — a male given name, form of Neville.
- nevin — Ethelbert Woodbridge, 1862–1901, U.S. composer.
- nevis — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km). Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- newie — (informal) Something newly released, such as a song or film.
- niced — Simple past tense and past participle of nice.
- nicen — To become nicer.
- nicer — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nices — a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- niche — an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- nidge — to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- niece — a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nieve — Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- nifle — (obsolete) A trifle; something small and insignificant.
- nigel — a male given name, form of Neil.
- niger — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- niles — a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nimes — a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- niner — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nines — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- niobe — the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- nirex — Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
- nisei — a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- niter — potassium nitrate.
- nites — Plural form of nite.
- nitre — potassium nitrate.
- niven — David. 1909–83, British film actor and author. His films include The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Casino Royale (1967), and Paper Tiger (1975). He wrote the autobiographical The Moon's a Balloon (1972) and Bring on the Empty Horses (1975)
- nixed — nothing.
- nixer — (Irish, slang) A job or income which is taken in addition to one's normal employment, generally at evenings or weekends. Originally implied that payment was not declared for taxation, but now refers to any work that is not part of one's regular job.
- nixes — nothing.
- nixie — a female water spirit.
- noemi — Naomi (def 1).
- noice — (dialect, nonstandard) nice.
- noise — sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
- nudie — a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.