5-letter words containing n, o
- ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- octan — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- odeon — An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
- oding — an overdose of a drug, especially a fatal one.
- offen — Eye dialect of often.
- often — many times; frequently: He visits his parents as often as he can.
- ogden — Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- ogdon — John (Andrew Howard). 1937–89, British pianist and composer
- oggin — a word used by sailors for the sea
- ohana — An extended Hawaiian family unit.
- ohing — the exclamation “oh.”.
- ohlin — Bertil [bur-til;; Swedish bair-til] /ˈbɜr tɪl;; Swedish ˈbɛər tɪl/ (Show IPA), 1899–1979, Swedish economist: Nobel prize 1977.
- oinks — Plural form of oink.
- okina — The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (\u02bb) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.
- oking — all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control: Things are OK at the moment.
- oland — an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- olden — of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- olean — a city in SW New York.
- olein — Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 7 H 1 0 4 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- olent — having or giving out a smell
- olson — Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- olwen — a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- omani — of or relating to Oman or its people.
- omens — Plural form of omen.
- omni- — all or everywhere
- on at — nagging
- on to — so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
- onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
- oncer — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- oncet — (Southern US, South Midland US, uncommon) Once.
- onco- — denoting a tumour
- one's — possessive
- onega — Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- onely — Obsolete spelling of only.
- oners — Plural form of oner.
- onery — (US, particularly, Southern US) eye dialect ornery.
- onest — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- onion — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onium — (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families.
- onkus — unpleasant, unattractive, or unacceptable; bad.
- onlap — the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- onlay — an overlay, especially one in relief.
- onsen — A hot spring in Japan, often with accompanying bathing facilities.
- onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
- ontic — possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto- — existence or being
- onyon — Obsolete spelling of onion.
- opens — Plural form of open.
- opine — Hold and state as one's opinion.
- oping — Present participle of ope.