6-letter words containing n, a
- craven — Someone who is craven is very cowardly.
- crayon — A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
- creant — creating or creative; formative
- cretan — of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants
- criant — garish; loud
- crinal — of or relating to the hair
- cruzan — a native or inhabitant of St. Croix.
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cuanza — a river in central Angola, flowing NW and W to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- cubane — a rare octahedral hydrocarbon formed by eight CH groups, each of which is situated at the corner of a cube. Formula: C8H8
- cucina — style of cooking; cuisine
- cuenca — a city in SW Ecuador: university (1868). Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- cumana — a city in NE Venezuela: founded in 1523; the oldest European settlement in South America. Pop: 271 000 (2005 est)
- cunard — Sir Samuel (1787–1865). Canadian shipping magnate, founder of the Cunard line
- cunaxa — the site near the lower Euphrates where Artaxerxes II defeated Cyrus the Younger in 401 bc
- cuneal — wedge-shaped; cuneiform
- cupman — a drinking companion
- curran — a currant
- cyanic — of or containing cyanogen
- cyanin — Alternative form of cyanine.
- cyano- — blue or dark blue
- dacnos — A prototype network operating system for multi-vendor environments, from IBM European Networking Centre Heidelberg and University of Karlsruhe.
- dacron — a synthetic polyester fiber or a washable, wrinkle-resistant fabric made from it
- daemon — a demigod
- dagnab — (euphemistic) damn (as an expletive).
- dahlin — (archaic, chemistry) inulin.
- dahoon — a perennial shrub of the holly family characterized by its white or yellow flowers and red berries
- daikon — a Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) having a long, white root that is eaten raw or cooked
- daimen — occasional; odd
- daimon — daemon
- dainty — If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
- dairen — former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- dalian — a city in NE China, at the end of the Liaodong Peninsula: with the adjoining city of Lüshun comprises the port complex of Lüda. Pop: 2 709 000 (2005 est)
- dallan — (in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- dallin — Cyrus Earle, 1861–1944, U.S. sculptor.
- dalton — John. 1766–1844, English chemist and physicist, who formulated the modern form of the atomic theory and the law of partial pressures for gases. He also gave the first accurate description of colour blindness, from which he suffered
- damien — Joseph (ʒozɛf), known as Father Damien. 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii
- damned — Damned is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry or frustrated.
- damner — a person who damns
- damnit — (especially, southern US) misspelling of dammit.
- damnum — (legal) harm; detriment.
- dampen — To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- damson — A damson is a small, sour, purple plum.
- danaan — a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- danang — a seaport in central Vietnam.
- danaus — a king of Argos who told his fifty daughters, the Danaides, to kill their bridegrooms on their wedding night
- danava — one of the Vedic demons.
- danced — Simple past tense and past participle of dance.
- dancer — A dancer is a person who earns money by dancing, or a person who is dancing.
- dances — Plural form of dance.