6-letter words containing n
- aketon — a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- akhund — (chiefly, historical) A spiritual leader in Persia and parts of Central Asia.
- aladin — 1. (language) A Language for Attributed Definitions. 2. (tool) An interactive mathematics system for the IBM 360.
- alagna — Roberto. born 1963, Italian opera singer, born in France; a lyric tenor
- alaman — Lucas [loo-kahs] /ˈlu kɑs/ (Show IPA), 1792–1853, Mexican historian and politician.
- alania — North Ossetia.
- alanna — (dialect, Ireland, as a term of address) child.
- alanyl — the acyl radical of alanine, found in certain proteins
- albano — Lake, a crater lake in C Italy, SE of Rome.
- albany — a city in E New York State, on the Hudson River: the state capital. Pop: 93 919 (2003 est)
- albino — An albino is a person or animal with very white skin, white hair, and pink eyes.
- albion — Britain or England
- alboin — died 573 ad, king of the Lombards (565–73); conqueror of N Italy
- alcman — 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet
- alcuin — 735–804 ad, English scholar and theologian; friend and adviser of Charlemagne
- alcyon — Alternative form of halcyon.
- aldern — made of alder wood
- aldine — relating to Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), Italian printer, or to his editions of the classics
- aldrin — a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
- aleman — Mateo (maˈteo). 1547–?1614, Spanish novelist, author of the picaresque novel Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)
- alevin — a young fish, esp a young salmon or trout
- alexin — complement (def 10).
- alfven — Hannes Olaf Gösta (ˈhannɛs ˈuːlaf ˈjøsta). 1908–95, Swedish physicist, noted for his research on magnetohydrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1970
- algins — any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- algren — Nelson. 1909–81, US novelist. His novels, mostly set in Chicago, include Never Come Morning (1942) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
- aliens — Plural form of alien.
- aligns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of align.
- alined — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- alines — (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alison — a feminine name
- alkane — any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n+2
- alkene — any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n
- alkine — any member of the alkyne series.
- alkyne — any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with a carbon–carbon triple bond
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- all on — the cry uttered by a whipper-in to signify that all the hounds are accounted for.
- all-in — Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- allene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R2C=C=CR2; especially the parent compound CH2=C=CH2 (propadiene).
- allons — let's go!
- almain — a German
- almond — Almonds are pale oval nuts. They are often used in cooking.
- alnage — the inspection and measurement of woollen cloth in ells
- alnico — an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets
- alonso — Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- alpeen — a cudgel
- alpena — a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
- alston — a male given name.
- altern — alternate
- altman — Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)