6-letter words that end in n
- pot on — to transfer (a plant) to a larger flowerpot
- poteen — the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potgun — a pot-shaped gun or mortar, a gun with a large bore
- potion — a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers: a love potion; a sleeping potion.
- poznan — a city in W Poland, on the Warta River.
- preman — a precursor of the human being
- previn — André (ˈɒndreɪ). born 1929, US orchestral conductor, born in Germany; living in Britain; awarded an honorary knighthood (1996)
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- progun — in favour of the public owning firearms
- prolan — a constituent of human pregnancy urine
- proton — a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- psyton — (humour) /si:'ton/ (From TMRC) The elementary particle carrying the sinister force. The probability of a process losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are more likely to fail when lots of people are watching. This term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see also quantum bogodynamics.
- pterin — any of a group of substances which occur naturally as insect pigments
- pteron — (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptisan — a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- puffin — any of several alcidine sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as F. arctica (Atlantic puffin) of the North Atlantic.
- pultan — (in India) an infantry regiment
- punkin — pumpkin.
- purlin — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- put in — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
- python — a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.
- qanoon — Alternative form of kanoon.
- qazvin — a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.
- quamin — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- quezon — Maˈnuel Luˈis (mɑnˈwɛl luˈis ) ; mänwelˈ lo̅oēsˈ) 1878-1944; Philippine statesman: 1st president of the Philippines (1935-44)
- qumran — Khirbet Qumran.
- qur'an — Koran.
- rabban — master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).
- rabbin — rabbi1 .
- raborn — William F. 1905–90, U.S. admiral and government official: CIA director 1965–66.
- racoon — raccoon.
- radian — the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- rag on — to scold.
- raglan — a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- ragman — a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- rahman — Prince Abdul [ahb-dool] /ˈɑb dul/ (Show IPA), 1903–90, Malayan political leader: prime minister of Malaya 1957–63; premier of Malaysia 1963–70.
- raisin — a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ramson — a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- randan — a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- rankin — Jeannette, 1880–1973, U.S. women's-rights leader and pacifist: first woman elected to Congress; served 1917–19, 1941–43.
- rappen — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- ration — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ratoon — a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- rattan — Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ratten — to sabotage or steal (tools), or harass in order to disrupt workers
- ratton — a rat.
- re-run — If you say that something is a re-run of a particular event or experience, you mean that what happens now is very similar to what happened in the past.