6-letter words containing n, a
- dancey — of, relating to, or resembling dance music
- dander — small particles or scales of hair or feathers
- dandle — to move (a young child, etc) up and down (on the knee or in the arms)
- danged — damn (used euphemistically).
- danger — Danger is the possibility that someone may be harmed or killed.
- dangit — Dang it; used to express irritation or disappointment.
- dangle — If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
- dangly — dangling; hanging down
- daniel — a youth who was taken into the household of Nebuchadnezzar, received guidance and apocalyptic visions from God, and was given divine protection when thrown into the lions' den
- danios — Plural form of danio.
- danish — Danish is the language spoken in Denmark.
- danite — of the Hebrew tribe of Dan
- danker — Comparative form of dank.
- dankly — In a dank manner.
- dannay — Frederic ("Ellery Queen") 1905–82, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Manfred Bennington Lee.
- danton — Georges Jacques (ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk). 1759–94, French revolutionary leader: a founder member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793) and minister of justice (1792–94). He was overthrown by Robespierre and guillotined
- danube — a river in central and SE Europe, rising in the Black Forest in Germany and flowing to the Black Sea. Length: 2859 km (1776 miles)
- danzig — a rare variety of domestic fancy pigeon originating in this area
- daphne — any shrub of the Eurasian thymelaeaceous genus Daphne, such as the mezereon and spurge laurel: ornamentals with shiny evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
- darien — the E part of the Isthmus of Panama, between the Gulf of Darien on the Caribbean coast and the Gulf of San Miguel on the Pacific coast; chiefly within the republic of Panama but extending also into Colombia: site of a disastrous attempt to establish a Scottish colony in 1698
- daring — People who are daring are willing to do or say things which are new or which might shock or anger other people.
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- darlan — Jean Louis Xavier François (ʒɑ̃ lwi ɡzavje frɑ̃swa). 1881–1942, French admiral and member of the Vichy government. He cooperated with the Allies after their invasion of North Africa; assassinated
- darned — (intensifier)
- darnel — any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, esp L. temulentum, that grow as weeds in grain fields in Europe and Asia
- darner — a person or thing that darns.
- darren — a male given name.
- darvon — propoxyphene hydrochloride
- darwin — a port in N Australia, capital of the Northern Territory: destroyed by a cyclone in 1974 but rebuilt on the same site. Pop: 129 062 (2011)
- dasein — (philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence.
- dassin — Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- dating — Dating agencies or services are for people who are trying to find a girlfriend or boyfriend.
- dation — (rare, legal) The act of giving, granting or conferring (e.g. an office) but not liberal as a donation or gift.
- datong — a city in N Shanxi province, in NE China.
- dauncy — donsie.
- dauner — an amble or walk
- daunts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daunt.
- daunus — father of Euippe, second wife of Diomedes.
- dawing — Present participle of daw.
- dawned — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- dawney — (of a person) dull or slow; listless
- dawson — a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop: 1251 (2001)
- dayton — an industrial city in SW Ohio: aviation research centre. Pop: 161 696 (2003 est)
- dazing — to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.: He was dazed by a blow on the head.
- de man — Paul, 1919–83, U.S. literary critic and theorist, born in Belgium.
- de-man — to reduce the workforce of (a plant, industry, etc)
- deacon — A deacon is a member of the clergy, for example in the Church of England, who is lower in rank than a priest.
- deaden — If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- deafen — If a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else at the same time.
- deakin — Alfred. 1856–1919, Australian statesman. He was a leader of the movement for Australian federation; prime minister of Australia (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10)