5-letter words containing n, a
- 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.
- najaf — a city in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿites; shrine contains tomb of Ali (a.d. c600–661), founder of the Shiʿite sect.
- najas — Plural form of naja.
- naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- naker — A kettledrum.
- nakfa — a monetary unit of Eritrea, equal to 100 cents.
- naled — a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nalgo — National and Local Government Officers' Association
- nalls — Plural form of nall.
- named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- namen — Namur
- namer — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- names — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nammu — a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
- nampa — a city in W Idaho.
- namur — a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- namus — (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- nanai — Nanay.
- nanak — ("Guru") 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
- nanas — Plural form of nana.
- nanay — a member of a Tungusic people, traditionally hunters and fishermen, who inhabit the lower Amur Valley in southeastern Siberia and northeastern Manchuria.
- nance — Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nancy — a department in NE France. 2038 sq. mi. (5280 sq. km). Capital: Nancy.
- nandi — a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- nandu — Any of three species of South American ratites of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia.
- nanna — the Sumerian god of the moon: the counterpart of the Akkadian god Sin.
- nanny — a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- nano- — /nan'oh/ 1.
A prefix meaning 10^-9 or one billionth. Used loosely to mean "small", e.g. nanotechnology, or (rarely), following "nanosecond", to mean a short time, e.g. "I'll be with you in a nano". - naomi — the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- naped — Simple past tense and past participle of nape.
- napes — the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- napoo — (UK, army, slang) Finished; gone; non-existent.
- nappa — a very soft glove leather made from the skin of a sheep, kid, or goat.
- nappe — Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- nappy — liquor, especially ale.
- napss — Numerical Analysis Problem Solving System. Purdue ca. 1965.
- narco — narc.
- narcs — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nards — an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares — The nostrils.
- narew — a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- naric — relating to the nares or nostrils
- naris — A nostril.
- narks — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- narky — (UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
- narre — nearer, closer
- narva — a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
- nasal — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- nasby — Petroleum V. pen name of David Ross Locke.