9-letter words containing na
- avifaunas — Plural form of avifauna.
- awl snail — any tiny, usually white land snail of the family Subulinidae, some introduced species being pests of hothouse flowers.
- ayia napa — a coastal resort in SE Cyprus. Pop: 9500 (2004 est)
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- bacchanal — a follower of Bacchus
- badinages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage.
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- banalized — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- bandannas — Plural form of bandanna.
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- beernaert — Auguste Marie François [French oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /French oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1829–1912, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
- beguinage — a convent for members of the Beguine sisterhood
- benignant — kind; gracious, as a king to his subjects
- bhaunagar — a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India.
- bhavnagar — a port in W India, in S Gujarat. Pop: 510 958 (2001)
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- binominal — of or denoting the binomial nomenclature
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- bullsnake — an American burrowing snake
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- by nature — essentially or innately
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- camanachd — the game of shinty
- canaanite — a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest
- canadiens — Alternative spelling of Canadiens.
- canal ray — a stream of positive ions produced in a discharge tube by allowing them to pass through holes in the cathode
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
- canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
- canalized — Simple past tense and past participle of canalize.
- canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft