5-letter words containing n, a
- nasca — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture of SW Peru, dating from c200 b.c., characterized by polychrome pottery and the employment of irrigation techniques in agriculture.
- nashe — John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- nashi — an Asian tree also cultivated in Australia and New Zealand, Pyrus pyrifolia, of the rose family, having apple-shaped, pear-colored, juicy fruit.
- nasho — compulsory military training; conscription
- nasik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- naso- — nose
- nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- natal — of or relating to a person's birth: celebrating one's natal day.
- natch — of course; naturally.
- nates — buttocks; rump.
- natta — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- natty — neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.
- naunt — (nonstandard, proscribed, dated) aunt, mine aunt.
- nauru — Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- naval — of or relating to warships: a naval battle; naval strength.
- navar — a system of air navigation in which a ground radar station relays signals to each aircraft indicating the relative positions of neighbouring aircraft
- navel — umbilicus (def 1).
- naves — Plural form of nave.
- navie — Archaic spelling of navy.
- navvy — an unskilled manual laborer.
- nawab — Also, nabob. a viceroy or deputy governor under the former Mogul empire in India.
- naxos — a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).
- nayed — Simple past tense and past participle of nay.
- nazca — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture of SW Peru, dating from c200 b.c., characterized by polychrome pottery and the employment of irrigation techniques in agriculture.
- nazir — (in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- nazis — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- ndola — a city in N Zambia.
- neaps — Plural form of neap.
- near- — nearly; almost
- neare — Obsolete spelling of near.
- nears — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- neath — beneath.
- neato — neat1 (def 5).
- neats — Plural form of neat.
- nedda — a female given name.
- neiva — a city in W Colombia.
- nelda — a female given name.
- neman — a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- nemea — a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- nepad — New Partnership for African Development: an economic development organization set up by the African union in 2001
- nepal — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- neral — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- nerva — Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nesta — National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- newar — a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- ngaio — An evergreen tree, Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
- ngaka — A traditional Sotho witch doctor.
- ngami — Lake, a shallow marshy lake in NW Botswana, N of the Kalahari desert. About 40 miles (64 km) long.
- ngati — (occurring as part of the name of a tribe) tribe or clan
- ngoma — (in East Africa) a dance; a night of dancing and music.