5-letter words that end in an
- pavan — a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- pecan — a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- pekan — the fisher, Martes pennanti.
- piman — any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- piran — Saint. died c.480 ad, monk probably from Ireland who settled in Cornwall, giving his name to Perranporth. His flag, a white cross on a black background, is Cornwall's standard. Feast day: March 5
- pisan — a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- powan — a freshwater whitefish, Coregonus clupeoides, occurring in some Scottish lakes
- púcán — traditional Connemara open sailing boat
- punan — a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- pusan — a seaport in SE South Korea.
- pyran — either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- quean — an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- quran — Koran.
- raman — Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ratan — Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- redan — a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- regan — (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters. Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- reman — to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- renan — Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reran — to run again.
- roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- ronan — a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- rowan — the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- sagan — Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- saman — a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- saran — a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- satan — Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool
- scran — food; provisions
- sedan — a city in NE France, on the Meuse River: defeat and capture of Napoleon III 1870.
- sewan — wampum (def 1).
- siman — SIMulation ANalysis
- sinan — 1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- sivan — the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- skean — a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- skran — food
- sloan — John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- solan — a gannet.
- soman — an organophosphorus compound developed as a nerve gas in Germany during World War II
- spean — to wean.
- stean — an earthenware vessel made of clay or stone, originally made for holding liquid
- sudan — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- súgán — straw rope
- susan — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- t-man — a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tacan — an electronic ultrahigh-frequency navigation system for aircraft which gives a continuous indication of bearing and distance from a transmitting station
- taman — a peninsula in SW Russia, E of the Crimea, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. About 20 miles (30 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- texan — a state in the S United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code).
- tiran — Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- titan — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tolan — a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.