6-letter words containing s, a, n
- nantes — a department in NW France. 2695 sq. mi. (6980 sq. km). Capital: Nantes.
- naoise — the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- naplps — North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by videotex systems.
- nappes — Plural form of nappe.
- narcos — Plural form of narco.
- narras — a type of shrub (Ancanthosicyos horridus) native to southern parts of Africa
- nasals — Plural form of nasal.
- nasard — a type of organ stop
- nascar — National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- nasdaq — National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations: a system for quoting over-the-counter securities.
- naseby — a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
- nashik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- nashua — a city in S New Hampshire, on the Merrimack River.
- nasion — the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- naskhi — the cursive variety of Arabic script from which was derived the variety used in modern printed works.
- nassau — (used with a plural verb) a group of islands in the W Atlantic Ocean, SE of Florida.
- nasser — Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- nastic — of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nasute — a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- natals — (obsolete) One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.
- nausea — sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- nautes — (in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- navels — Plural form of navel.
- navies — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- navsat — navigational satellite.
- nawabs — Plural form of nawab.
- naysay — to say nay to; deny; reject; oppose.
- nazism — the principles or methods of the Nazis.
- nefast — nefarious, wicked
- nicads — Plural form of nicad.
- nicias — died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- niggas — Plural form of nigga.
- ninjas — Plural form of ninja.
- nissan — the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nomads — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nongas — A substance that is not a gas.
- nopals — Plural form of nopal.
- norias — Plural form of noria.
- nosean — a mineral with formula Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4), found in igneous rock as isometric crystals
- nossal — Sir Gustav (Victor Joseph). born 1931, Australian biologist, born in Austria; knighted (1977) for his work on immunology
- nostra — Plural form of nostrum.
- nyalas — Plural form of nyala.
- oceans — Plural form of ocean.
- octans — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- onpass — (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
- orangs — Plural form of orang.
- orants — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- organs — 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.
- ossean — (zoology) A fish with a bony skeleton.