6-letter words containing n, a
- geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- genial — of or relating to the chin.
- genova — Italian name of Genoa.
- genual — the knee.
- gerant — The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.
- german — of or relating to Germany, its inhabitants, or their language.
- gerona — a city in NE Spain: city walls and 14th-century cathedral; often besieged, in particular by the French (1809). Pop: 81 220 (2003 est)
- giants — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- gibran — Kahlil [kah-leel] /kɑˈlil/ (Show IPA), 1883–1931, Lebanese mystic, poet, dramatist, and artist; in the U.S. after 1910.
- gigman — One who operates a gig (a kind of carriage).
- gilman — Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- gingal — a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.
- gisant — a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- gitana — a female Gypsy
- gitano — a male Gypsy
- gladen — Sword grass.
- glance — to look quickly or briefly.
- glands — a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.
- glazen — glazed
- gleans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glean.
- glenda — a female given name.
- glinka — Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- glucan — (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose.
- gnamma — A rock hole, capable of holding water, formed by weathering.
- gnarls — Plural form of gnarl.
- gnarly — gnarled.
- gnatty — infested with gnats.
- gnawed — to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- gnawer — A rodent or other similar type of animal that gnaws.
- go and — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go nap — to undertake to win all five tricks at nap
- goanna — any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- gobang — a Japanese game played on a go board with players alternating and attempting to be first to place five counters in a row.
- gobian — a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- godman — (India, colloquial, deregatory) A type of charismatic guru.
- gollan — a yellow flower
- gonads — a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- gonave — Also called Gonâve Island. an island in the Gulf of Gonaïves, in W Haiti. 287 sq. mi. (743 sq. km).
- gondar — a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
- goonda — a rogue or hoodlum.
- gossan — a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- gowans — Plural form of gowan.
- gowany — (Scotland) Covered with daisies.
- graben — a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- gradin — one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- graine — the eggs of the silkworm
- grains — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- grainy — resembling grain; granular.
- granby — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- grand- — (in designations of kinship) one generation removed in ascent or descent