6-letter words containing n
- atonia — a deficiency of usual or expected tone in the muscles
- atonic — (of a syllable, word, etc) carrying no stress; unaccented
- attain — If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- attent — attentive; intent.
- attone — to appease or pacify
- attorn — to acknowledge a new owner of land as one's landlord
- attune — to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize
- atwain — into two parts
- atween — (archaic) between.
- auburn — Auburn hair is reddish brown.
- auding — the practice of listening to and processing spoken language in order to understand
- audion — an early type of triode.
- augean — extremely dirty or corrupt
- augend — a number to which another number, the addend, is added
- auntie — Someone's auntie is their aunt.
- auntly — of or like an aunt
- austen — Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
- austin — a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)
- autumn — Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees.
- auxins — Plural form of auxin.
- avalon — an island paradise in the western seas: in Arthurian legend it is where King Arthur was taken after he was mortally wounded
- avania — (historical) A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.
- avant- — of or belonging to the avant-garde of a specified field
- avanti — forward! let's go!
- avaunt — go away! depart!
- avedon — Richard, 1923–2004, U.S. photographer.
- avenge — If you avenge a wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it.
- avenir — the future or time to come
- avenue — Avenue is sometimes used in the names of streets. The written abbreviation Ave. is also used.
- averno — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- avians — Plural form of avian.
- avidin — a protein, found in egg-white, that combines with biotin to form a stable compound that cannot be absorbed, leading to a biotin deficiency in the consumer
- avlona — former name of Vlorë.
- awaken — To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
- aweing — Present participle of awe.
- awning — An awning is a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the rain or sun.
- awoken — Awoken is the past participle of awake.
- awrong — in a wrong way; wrongly
- axeman — a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees
- axenic — (of a biological culture or culture medium) free from other microorganisms; uncontaminated
- axions — Plural form of axion.
- axonal — Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- axonic — of or relating to the long, single projection of nerve cells conducting nerve impulses away from the cell's body
- ayande — a male given name: from a Yoruba word meaning “we gave praises and he came.”.
- ayinde — a male given name: from a Yoruba word meaning “we gave praises and he came.”.
- azande — a member of a people of the Congo-Sudan region of central Africa.
- azania — the indigenous name applied to South Africa by indigenous black nationalists or liberationists.
- azines — Plural form of azine.
- azione — a term used for certain genres of musical drama of the 17th–18th century, particularly the azione teatrale (a short musical play or opera) and the azione sacra (sacred drama)