5-letter words containing n, a
- laban — the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- lacan — Jacques, 1901–81, French philosopher and psychoanalyst.
- laden — burdened; loaded down.
- ladin — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- ladon — a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- lagan — anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- lagen — Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
- laine — (Sussex) an area of arable land at the foot of a hill.
- laing — R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- lakin — Obsolete. ladykin.
- lamen — Alternative form of ramen.
- lamin — (protein) Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus.
- lanai — a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lance — a male given name.
- lanch — (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
- lancs — Lancashire
- lande — a type of moorland in SW France
- lando — died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lands — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landy — John Michael, born 1930, Australian track athlete and political leader: governor of Victoria 2001–06.
- laned — Divided into lanes, as with a road.
- laner — lone.
- lanes — Plural form of lane.
- lange — Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- lanny — a male given name, form of Lenny.
- lansa — langsat.
- lanus — a city in E Argentina, S of Buenos Aires.
- lanza — Mario (Alfredo Arnold Cocozza) 1921–59, U.S. tenor and film actor.
- lapin — a rabbit.
- larne — a district of NE Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 30 948 (2003 est). Area: 336 sq km (130 sq miles)
- laten — to (cause to) become late
- latin — an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- laton — Alternative form of latten.
- lauan — Philippine mahogany.
- laund — an open grassy space
- lawin — a bill or reckoning
- lawns — Plural form of lawn.
- lawny — a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.
- layin — the act of dropping the ball into the basket while airborne
- leane — Obsolete form of lean.
- leans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lean.
- leant — a past participle and simple past tense of lean1 .
- leany — (obsolete) lean.
- learn — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- leban — Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
- leman — Lake. Geneva, Lake of.
- lenca — a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lenya — Lotte [lot-ee;; German law-tuh] /ˈlɒt i;; German ˈlɔ tə/ (Show IPA), (Karoline Blamauer) 1900–81, Austrian actress and singer, in the U.S. after 1935 (wife of Kurt Weill).
- leona — a female given name.