5-letter words containing n, o
- opsin — any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- or no — You use or no between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that whether something is true or not makes no difference to a situation.
- orang — orangutan.
- orans — orant.
- orant — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orcin — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- organ — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- orion — a Boeotian giant famed as a great hunter, who figures in several tales
- orlon — a crease-resistant acrylic fibre or fabric used for clothing, furnishings, etc
- ornis — an avifauna.
- orono — a town in S Maine.
- orpen — Sir William Newenham Montague [noo-uh-nuh m,, nyoo-] /ˈnu ə nəm,, ˈnyu-/ (Show IPA), 1878–1931, Irish painter.
- orpin — a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- orrin — a male given name.
- orson — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- orton — Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- oscan — one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- oshun — a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Oshogbo. Pop: 3 423 535 (2006). Area: 9251 sq km (3570 sq miles)
- osman — 1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- othin — Odin.
- ouens — Plural form of ou.
- ounce — snow leopard.
- oundy — wavy or curly
- outen — to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ovens — Plural form of oven.
- ovine — pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- owens — Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- owing — owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
- owned — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- owner — a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- owsen — ox.
- ozone — a form of oxygen, O 3 , with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced when an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen. It is found in the atmosphere in minute quantities, especially after a thunderstorm, is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is thus biologically corrosive. In the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. It is used for bleaching, sterilizing water, etc.
- paeon — Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- panko — Japanese-style breadcrumbs in large, coarse flakes: panko-crusted fish fillets.
- panon — A family of pattern-directed string processing languages based on generalised Markov algorithms. PANON-1 is based on simple generalised Markov algorithms and PANON-2 on conditional functional generalised Markov algorithms.
- panto — pantomime (def 2).
- paton — Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- peano — Giuseppe Peano
- pedon — a three-dimensional sample of a soil just large enough to show the characteristics of all its horizons.
- pelon — (in Latin America) hairless
- pengo — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- peony — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- peron — Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- phano — fanon.
- pheon — a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- phon- — phono-
- phone — a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”.
- phono — phonograph.
- phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- piano — a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.