5-letter words containing s, a, n
- names — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- namus — (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- nanas — Plural form of nana.
- napes — the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- napss — Numerical Analysis Problem Solving System. Purdue ca. 1965.
- narcs — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nards — an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares — The nostrils.
- naris — A nostril.
- narks — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nasal — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- nasby — Petroleum V. pen name of David Ross Locke.
- nasca — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture of SW Peru, dating from c200 b.c., characterized by polychrome pottery and the employment of irrigation techniques in agriculture.
- nashe — John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- nashi — an Asian tree also cultivated in Australia and New Zealand, Pyrus pyrifolia, of the rose family, having apple-shaped, pear-colored, juicy fruit.
- nasho — compulsory military training; conscription
- nasik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- naso- — nose
- nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- nates — buttocks; rump.
- naves — Plural form of nave.
- naxos — a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).
- nazis — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- neaps — Plural form of neap.
- nears — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- neats — Plural form of neat.
- nesta — National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- nhisa — National Health Interview Survey Association
- nilas — Newly frozen sea ice in the form of smooth thin sheet less than 10 centimeters (4 inches) thick.
- nisan — the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- novas — Plural form of nova.
- nsaid — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, as ibuprofen.
- nyasa — former name of Malawi (def 2).
- nyssa — a tree, native to Asia and North America, that is a member of the genus Nyssa and family Cornaceae
- orans — orant.
- oscan — one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- osman — 1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- pains — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pangs — a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- pansy — a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- pants — pant leg.
- peans — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pisan — a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- plans — Programming Language for Allocation and Network Scheduling. A PL/I preprocessor, used for developing scheduling algorithms. "A User's Guide to the Programming Language for Allocation and Network Scheduling", H.R. Ramsey et al, TR SAI-77-068-DEN, Science Applications Inc (Jun 1977).
- pusan — a seaport in SE South Korea.
- rains — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ranks — the people who belong to a group or organization
- rason — a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rnase — ribonuclease.
- sabin — Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.