3-letter words containing n, a
- nai — nonaccidental injury
- nak — negative acknowledgement
- nam — a former name of Chao Phraya.
- nan — Not-a-Number
- nao — (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of now.
- nap — to sleep for a short time; doze.
- nas — a private organization, created by an act of Congress (1863), that furthers science and advises the U.S. government on scientific and technical issues. Abbreviation: N.A.S., NAS.
- nat — Network Address Translation
- nau — (networking) 1. Network Addressable Unit. 2. Network Access Unit.
- nav — (transport, military, internet) Navigation. Often used attributively, as in 'nav beacon'.
- naw — (Scotland) eye dialect of no.
- nay — and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities.
- nba — In the United States, the NBA is the organization responsible for professional basketball. NBA is an abbreviation for 'National Basketball Association.'
- nea — National Education Association.
- nfa — Finite State Machine
- nga — National Graphical Association
- noa — (NZ, among the Maori) Non-sacred; such that it must be kept separate from what is tapu.
- npa — Newspaper Publishers' Association
- nqa — National Qualifications Authority
- nra — National Rifle Association
- nsa — National Security Agency: a US federal defence bureau established in 1972 that specializes in cryptography
- nta — a white crystalline powder, N(CH2COOH)3, formerly used in detergents for its biodegradable qualities, but now considered a possible health hazard
- ona — a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- ran — simple past tense of run.
- rna — biology: ribonucleic acid
- san — Storage Area Network
- sna — Systems Network Architecture
- tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- uan — User Action Notation. A notation from VPI for representation of activity in a graphical user interface.
- una — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- van — Value Added Network
- wan — of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
- xna — X-Treme Network Architecture
- yan — (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one.