5-letter words containing n, a
- siena — a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- signa — (used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- siman — SIMulation ANalysis
- sinai — Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sinal — of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- sinan — 1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- sivan — the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- skank — Slang. to dance rhythmically in a loose-limbed manner.
- skean — a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- skran — food
- slain — past participle of slay.
- slane — a spade for cutting turf
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- slank — simple past tense of slink.
- slant — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- sloan — John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- snack — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- snafu — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- snags — sausages
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snake — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- snaky — of or relating to snakes.
- snare — one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
- snarf — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snark — rude or sarcastic criticism.
- snarl — to become tangled; get into a tangle.
- snary — of or resembling a snare
- snash — insolence; impertinence.
- snath — the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- snead — Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- sneak — to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
- sneap — to scold or rebuke
- soane — Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- solan — a gannet.
- soman — an organophosphorus compound developed as a nerve gas in Germany during World War II
- sonal — pertaining to sound; sonic.
- sonar — a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonia — a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonya — a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- spahn — Warren, 1921–2003, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spane — a chip of wood
- spang — directly, exactly: The bullet landed spang on target.
- spank — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spawn — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spean — to wean.
- spina — a spine or spinelike projection.
- stain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stane — stone.