5-letter words containing an
- antsy — If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient.
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- anvil — An anvil is a heavy iron block on which hot metals are beaten into shape.
- anyon — a particle that occurs in two-dimensional space having characteristics of both fermions and bosons
- anzac — (in World War I) a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- anzio — a port and resort on the W coast of Italy: site of Allied landings in World War II. Pop: 36 952 (2001)
- anzus — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with reference to the security alliance between them
- apian — of, relating to, or resembling bees
- arany — János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1817–82, Hungarian epic poet, ballad writer, and scholar
- argan — a thorny evergreen tree, Argania spinosa, native to SW Morocco, the plum-sized fruit of which contains a nut that yields an oil valued for cooking
- arian — of, relating to, or characterizing Arius or Arianism
- arran — an island off the SW coast of Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. Pop: 5045 (2001). Area: 427 sq km (165 sq miles)
- aryan — (in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type
- asana — any of various postures in yoga
- asean — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- asian — Asian means belonging to or relating to Asia. British people use this term especially to refer to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Americans use this term especially to refer to China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, or Vietnam.
- aswan — an ancient town in SE Egypt, on the Nile, just below the First Cataract. Pop: 249 000 (2005 est)
- athan — Alternative spelling of azan.
- atman — the personal soul or self; the thinking principle as manifested in consciousness
- avant — (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.
- avian — of, relating to, or resembling a bird
- axman — a person who wields an ax.
- ayana — a female given name: from an African word meaning “beautiful flower.”.
- azana — Manuel (maˈnwel). 1880–1940, Spanish statesman; president of the Spanish Republic (1936–39) until overthrown by Franco
- azans — Plural form of azan.
- bajan — a native of Barbados
- banak — a tree of the genus Virola, of Central America: family Myristicaceae
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- banan — (rare, informal) Banana.
- banat — a fertile plain extending through Hungary, Romania, and Serbia
- banco — a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
- banda — Hastings Kamuzu (kæˈmuːzuː). 1906–97, Malawi statesman. As first prime minister of Nyasaland (from 1963), he led his country to independence (1964) as Malawi: president (1966–94)
- bandh — (in India) a general strike
- bando — A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
- bands — Plural form of band.
- bandy — If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
- baned — Simple past tense and past participle of bane.
- banes — a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
- banff — a town in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire. Pop: 3991 (2001)
- bangs — Bangs are hair that is cut so that it hangs over your forehead.
- bangy — (India) A type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.
- bania — banyan (def 2).
- banjo — A banjo is a musical instrument that looks like a guitar with a circular body, a long neck, and four or more strings.
- banka — Bangka
- banke — Obsolete spelling of bank.
- banks — Iain (Menzies). 1954–2013, Scottish novelist and science fiction writer. His novels include The Wasp Factory (1984), The Crow Road (1992), and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007); science-fiction (under the name Iain M. Banks) includes Look to Windward (2000)
- banns — When a minister or priest reads or publishes the banns, he or she makes a public announcement in church that two people are going to be married.
- banon — a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- bants — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bantu — Bantu means belonging or relating to a group of peoples in central and southern Africa. This use could cause offence.