6-letter words containing an
- anyhoo — anyhow: Anyhoo, what do you think of my idea?
- anyhow — Anyhow means the same as anyway.
- anyone — You use anyone or anybody in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nobody is present or involved in an action.
- anyway — You use anyway or anyhow to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous point.
- anywho — anyhow: Anyhoo, what do you think of my idea?
- anzaas — Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- apeman — any of various extinct apelike primates thought to have been the forerunners, or closely related to the forerunners, of modern man
- araban — a pentosan, found chiefly in vegetable gums, that yields arabinose upon hydrolysis.
- aranda — an Aboriginal people of S central Australia
- arango — A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
- aranha — Oswaldo [aws-wahl-daw] /ɔsˈwɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, Brazilian politician.
- arcana — either of the two divisions (the minor arcana and the major arcana) of a pack of tarot cards
- arcane — Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
- arctan — arctangent: the function the value of which for a given argument is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2) the tangent of which is that argument: the inverse of the tangent function
- argand — a lamp with a hollow circular wick
- arghan — any of various plants of the genus Agave and of the family Agavaceae, which are native to tropical America and have tall flower stalks rising from a massive, often armed, rosette of thick fleshy leaves
- arhant — a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
- ariane — Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- armand — a male given name, French form of Herman.
- armani — Giorgio. born 1936, Italian fashion designer, noted for his restrained classical style
- arrant — Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
- asanas — Plural form of asana.
- asante — Ashanti.
- ascian — a person who lives in the area between the tropics
- ashcan — a large can for ashes and trash
- ashman — dustman
- askant — askance
- aslant — at a slant
- asosan — Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- assuan — Aswan
- astana — the capital of Kazakhstan, in the N of the country; replaced Almaty as capital in 1997; an important railway junction. Pop: 335 000 (2005 est)
- ataman — an elected leader of the Cossacks; hetman
- athans — Plural form of athan.
- augean — extremely dirty or corrupt
- 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!
- avians — Plural form of avian.
- axeman — a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees
- ayande — 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.
- badman — a hired gunman, outlaw, or criminal
- bagman — a travelling salesman
- balkan — of, denoting, or relating to the Balkan States or their inhabitants, the Balkan Peninsula, or the Balkan Mountains
- banaba — an island in the SW Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati. Phosphates were mined by Britain (1900–79). Area: about 5 sq km (2 sq miles). Pop: 301 (2005)
- banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
- banans — Plural form of banan.
- bandar — a male monkey
- banded — If something is banded, it has one or more bands on it, often of a different colour which contrasts with the main colour.