5-letter words containing n, o
- recon — reconnaissance.
- redon — Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- rejon — a spear used to kill a bull in bullfighting
- rewon — to win back or again.
- rhino — a rhinoceros.
- rhone — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- ripon — a city in N England, in North Yorkshire: cathedral (12th–16th centuries). Pop: 16 468 (2001)
- robin — a male or female given name: derived from Robert.
- rodin — (François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- ronan — a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ronco — any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- ronde — a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- rondo — a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- roneo — to duplicate (a document) from a stencil
- ronin — a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- ronne — a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- rosin — Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- roton — a quantum of vortex motion
- rouen — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
- round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- rouyn — a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.
- roven — to pass (a rope or the like) through a hole, ring, or the like.
- rovno — a city in NW Ukraine, NE of Lvov.
- rowan — the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- rowen — Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- salon — a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- sango — a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- santo — a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- saona — an island in the Caribbean Sea, S of the SE Dominican Republic coast. About 13 miles (21 km) long.
- saone — a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- saxon — a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- sayon — a sleeveless tunic worn by lower-class men during the Middle Ages
- scion — a descendant.
- scone — a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.
- scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- segno — a sign.
- senor — a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- seron — a bale or parcel wrapped in animal hide, usually containing exotic substances
- seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
- shona — Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- shone — a simple past tense and past participle of shine1 .
- shoon — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shorn — a past participle of shear.
- shown — a past participle of show.
- sidon — a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- simon — the original name of the apostle Peter. Compare Peter.
- sino- — Sino- is added to adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe relations between China and another country.
- sinon — a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- sloan — John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.