6-letter words containing l, a, n
- molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- molnar — Ferenc [fe-rents] /ˈfɛ rɛnts/ (Show IPA), 1878–1952, Hungarian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.
- monals — Plural form of monal.
- monial — a mullion.
- monola — a form of canola, modified through selective breeding, which yields a cooking oil low in saturated fat
- multan — a city in E central Pakistan.
- nablus — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- naffly — in a naff or inferior manner
- nagual — a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.
- nailed — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nailer — a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- namely — that is to say; explicitly; specifically; to wit: an item of legislation, namely, the housing bill.
- napalm — a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- naplps — North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by videotex systems.
- napoli — Italian name of Naples.
- narial — of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- narwal — Archaic form of narwhal.
- nasals — Plural form of nasal.
- natals — (obsolete) One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.
- navels — Plural form of navel.
- nearly — all but; almost: nearly dead with cold.
- neatly — in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- neilah — the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- neliac — Navy Electronics Laboratory International ALGOL Compiler. An Algol variant designed for numeric and logical computations and based on IAL. 1958-1959. Version: BC NELIAC.
- nepali — Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- nergal — (in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- nerval — neural.
- netlag — (networking) A condition that occurs when the delays in the IRC network, a MUD connection, a telnet connection, or any other networked interactive system, become severe enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact, causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up to a minute. (Note that this term has nothing to do with mainstream "jet lag").
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nilgai — a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- no-cal — not containing any calories: a no-cal sweetener.
- nomial — (mathematics, algebra) A name or term.
- nopals — Plural form of nopal.
- normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- nossal — Sir Gustav (Victor Joseph). born 1931, Australian biologist, born in Austria; knighted (1977) for his work on immunology
- nounal — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nuchal — Of or relating to the nape of the neck.
- nullah — an intermittent watercourse.
- nuxalk — a member of a Salishan Native Canadian people of British Columbia
- nyalas — Plural form of nyala.
- oilcan — a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- oilman — a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oldman — (nonstandard) An old man.
- olinda — a city in NE Brazil, N suburb of Recife, on the Atlantic coast: beach resort.
- onfall — A falling on or upon; an attack, onset, or assault.
- onload — to fill (a vehicle or container) with cargo
- pagnol — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1974, French playwright.
- paling — a stake or picket, as of a fence.