5-Letter Words with N: page 4

All 1,964 five-letter words with N: page 4 of 5

N

• nonce7n. A nonce word.
• nones5n. The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th...
• nonet5n. A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
• nonna5n. A grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry.
• nonno5n. A grandfather, especially one with Italian ancestry.
• nonny8interj. A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads...
• nooch10n. Nutritional yeast.
• noods6n. Noodles.
• nooit5adv. Never; no way.
• nooky12adj. Like a nook; small and secluded or cosy.
• noona5n. An affectionate term of address for an older sister or somewhat older...
• noons5adv. At noontimes.
• noose5n. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in...
• nopal7n. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia...
• noria5n. A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
• norma7n. A norm.
• north8n. The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing...
• nosed6adj. Having some specific type of nose.
• noser5n. An indulgence in nosiness or other curiosity.
• nosie5n. A nose.
• notch10n. A V-shaped cut.
• noted6adj. Well known because of one's reputation; famous, celebrated.
• noter5n. A small rod, usually made of wood, pressed against the melody course of...
• notif8n. Notification (from an electronic device).
• notum7n. The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches.
• nouse5n. A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
• novel8adj. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin...
• novum10n. A new feature, a novelty.
• noway11adv. In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
• noyan8n. A prince in feudal Mongolia.
• nubby12adj. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
• nubia7n. A light, knitted headscarf worn by women.
• nudge7n. A gentle push.
• nudie6n. Entertainment involving naked people, especially women.
• nuevo8adj. New or novel, usually in reference to Latin American culture.
• nullo5n. A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any...
• numen7n. A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
• nummy12adj. Delicious.
• nupur7n. An anklet.
• nurse5n. Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
• nutso5adj. Crazy, insane.
• nutsy8adj. Crazy.
• nutty8adj. Containing nuts.
• nyala8n. A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii)...
• nyasa8n. The touching of various parts of one's body while chanting specific...
• nyayo11n. A person's precedent or example.
• nygma11n. A spot on the wings of certain endopterygotes, having a peculiar dense...
• nylon8n. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer...
• nymph15n. Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind...
• nyssa8n. A tree of the genus Nyssa.

O

• oaken9adj. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses...
• oaten5adj. Of, pertaining to, or made of oats.
• obong8n. The traditional ruler and cultural custodian of the Efik people of...
• ocean7n. One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
• octan7adj. Occurring every eight days.
• odden7v. To make or become odd (all senses).
• odeon6n. An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and...
• often8adv. Frequently; many times on different occasions.
• ohana8n. An extended Hawaiian family unit.
• oiran5n. A high-status courtesan in Japan.
• okina9n. The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate the glottal...
• olden6adj. From or relating to a previous era.
• olein5n. Any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat.
• omena7n. In Kenya, small fish dried and milled into flour.
• onaga6n. Longtail snapper (Etelis coruscans), a species of ray-finned fish.
• onion5n. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as...
• onium7n. Any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any...
• onlay8v. To lay or place something on a surface.
• onsen5n. A (Japanese) hot spring.
• onset5n. The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first...
• ontic7adj. Ontological.
• oontz14n. The game of craps.
• opine7v. To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider...
• oplan7n. Operational plan.
• opsin7n. Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina.
• organ6n. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform...
• ounce7n. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or...
• outen5adj. Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.
• ovine8adj. Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable)...
• owing9adj. Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
• owned9adj. Having an owner who is part of a specified group.
• owner8n. One who owns something.
• ozone14n. An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule...

P

• paean7n. A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or...
• paeon7n. A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long...
• pagan8adj. Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world...
• pains7n. Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
• paint7n. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a...
• palen7v. To make or become pale.
• panax14n. Any plant of the genus Panax.
• pance9n. Pansy (flower).
• panda8n. A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular...
• pando8n. A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
• pandy11n. A fulling mill.
• paned8adj. Having panes.
• panel7n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a...
• panga8n. A large broad-bladed knife.
• panic9adj. Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
• panin7n. A hominid of the genus Pan.
• panko11n. Coarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
• panne7n. A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.
• panny10n. A house.
• pansy10n. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species...
• panth10n. An Indian religious tradition established by a guru.
• pants7n. An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards...
• panty10n. An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
• panya10n. A large earthenware jar.
• paran7n. A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two...
• paren7n. A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
• pasan7n. The gemsbok.
• paten7n. The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
• pavon10n. A small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a...
• pecan9n. A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern...
• pegan8n. A person who practices peganism, a variant of the vegan diet and paleo...
• peine7n. Pain or punishment.
• pekan11n. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
• penal7adj. Of or relating to punishment.
• penge8n. (typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early...
• penna7n. A contour feather.
• penne7n. A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
• penni7n. A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
• penny10n. In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of...
• peony10n. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
• pepin9n. A specialized compartment found in the bacterium Thiomargarita...
• perne7v. To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
• pfund11n. A pound (unit of weight), in German contexts.
• phane10n. Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
• phone10n. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time...
• phony13adj. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
• piano7n. A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven...
• picon9n. A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and...
• pilin7n. Any of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in...
• pilon7n. A conical loaf of sugar.
• pinch12v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• pinda8n. A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
• piner7n. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
• pingo8n. A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift...
• pinin7n. A protein associated with desmosome.
• pinks11n. Flowers in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes called carnations.
• pinky14adj. Pinkish.
• pinna7n. The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of...
• pinny10n. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over...
• pinot7n. Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
• pinta7n. A pint of milk.
• pinto7n. A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
• pinus7n. Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.
• piton7n. A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a...
• plain7adj. Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
• plane7adj. Of a surface: flat or level.
• plank11n. A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides...
• plano7adj. Of lenses: flat; having no curvature; not serving to correct the vision.
• plant7n. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of...
• plena7n. A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and...
• plene7adv. With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
• pling8n. The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
• plink11n. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
• plonk11interj. The sound made by something solid landing.
• plunk11n. A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed...
• pocan9n. The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
• point7n. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
• pondy11adj. Resembling a pond; pondlike.
• ponga8n. A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila...
• ponge8adj. In the shape of a circle, circular.
• pongo8n. A soldier.
• ponto7n. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to...
• ponzu16n. A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙...
• porin7n. Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as...
• potin7n. An alloy of copper, zinc, lead, and tin.
• pound8n. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
• prana7n. Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
• prang8n. An aeroplane crash.
• prank11n. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
• prawn10n. A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
• preen7n. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
• preon7n. A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of...
• prink11n. The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing...
• print7adj. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
• prion7n. A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible...
• prone7adj. Lying face-down.
• prong8n. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar...
• pronk11v. To jump with all four limbs at once.
• prune7n. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
• pruno7n. An improvised alcoholic drink typically produced in correctional...
• pruny10adj. (Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits...
• psion7n. The psi-meson, a sub-atomic particle.
• punch12n. A hit or strike with one's fist.
• punja14n. Cultivable dry land.
• punji14n. A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other...
• punky14adj. Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.
• punny10adj. Resembling a pun; involving the use of a pun.
• punta7n. A Garifuna style of festive music and dance.
• punto7n. A hit or point.
• pylon10n. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
• pyran10n. Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring...

Q

• qanat14n. An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from...
• qanun14n. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither...
• qilin14n. A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in...
• quant14n. Quantitative analysis or research.
• quean14n. A young woman, a girl; a daughter.
• queen14n. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
• quena14n. A traditional flute of the Andes.
• quern14n. A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular...
• quina14n. Quinine.
• quine14n. A program that produces its own source code as output.
• quink18n. A hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon.
• quint14n. An interval of one fifth.
• quoin14n. Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more...

R

• racon7n. A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a...
• raden6n. The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out...
• radon6n. The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It...
• rains5n. A rainy season; monsoon.
• rainy8adj. Pouring with rain; wet; showery.
• raion5n. An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
• rakan9n. A Japanese arhat.
• ramen7n. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese...
• rance7n. A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has...
• ranch10n. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
• rando6adj. Random; arbitrary.
• randy9adj. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
• range6n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
• rangy9adj. Slender and long of limb; lanky.
• ranny8n. A shrew (the animal).
• ranty8adj. Characterised by ranting.
• raven8n. Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus...
• ravin8n. Property obtained or seized by force or violence; booty, plunder...
• rayon8n. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
• recon7n. Reconnaissance.
• redan6n. A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
• redon6v. To don again, to put on again.
• regen6n. A regenerative radio receiver.
• reign6n. The exercise of sovereign power.
• reins5n. The lower part of the back.
• reman7v. To supply with new personnel.
• renal5adj. Pertaining to the kidneys.
• renay8v. To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
• renew8v. To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original...
• renga6n. A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together...
• renin5n. A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts...
• renny8n. A non-binary parent.
• repin7v. To pin again.
• rerun5n. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
• resin5n. A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or...
• retin5v. To coat with tin again.
• rhein8n. An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.
• rhine8n. A watercourse; a ditch for water.
• rhino8n. A rhinoceros.
• rhone8n. A horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.
• rhyne11n. A kind of Russian hemp.
• riant5adj. Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
• ricin7n. An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
• rindy9adj. Having a rind or skin.
• ringe6n. A whisk made of heather.
• rings6n. A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended...
• ringy9adj. Having a ringing or reverberating sound.
• rinse5v. To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
• ripen7v. Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
• ripon7n. A spur (goad for a horse etc.).
• risen5adj. Having risen.
• riven8adj. Torn apart.
• robin7n. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
• rohan8n. An East Indian timber tree.
• roman7adj. Upright, as opposed to italic.
• ronde6n. A kind of script in which the tails of the letters are curly, giving...
• rondo6n. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in...
• ronin5n. A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
• rosen5adj. Made of or consisting of roses.
• rosin5n. A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its...
• rotan5n. A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.
• roton5n. The quantum of rotation in a superfluid.
• round6adj. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one...
• rowan8n. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
• rowen8n. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it...
• ruana5n. An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia...
• ruban7n. A ribbon.
• ruden6v. To make rude; make raw, simplified, or more robust; toughen.
• rumen7n. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
• runed6adj. Inscribed with runes.
• runic7adj. Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
• runny8adj. Fluid; readily flowing.
• runty8adj. Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
• runza14n. A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or...
• rutin5n. A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and...

S

• sabin7n. A unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A...
• saint5n. A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has...
• salin5n. A salt reddish substance obtained from vegetable ashes during potash...
• salon5n. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
• saman7n. A fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law.
• sanda6n. A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar...
• sando6n. Sandwich.
• sands6n. Sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass...
• sandy9adj. Covered with sand.
• sanga6n. Sandwich.
• sango6n. A sandwich.
• sangu6n. An Indian steel spear.
• sanjo12n. A genre of traditional Korean instrumental music.
• sanna5n. A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.
• sanny8n. Hand sanitiser.
• santo5n. A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure...
• sanwa8n. Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”).
• sanza14n. Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern...
• sapan7n. Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia...
• saran5n. A plastic resin used to make packaging films.
• sarin5n. The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical...
• saron5n. A percussion idiophone with bronze bars, of Indonesian origin, used in...
• sasin5n. Indian antelope; blackbuck.
• satin5n. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a...
• sauna5n. A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
• saung6n. An arched harp used in Burmese traditional music.
• savin8n. The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a...
• sayon8n. A medieval peasant's sleeveless jacket.
• sazan14n. A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea...
• scant7adj. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
• scena7n. A scene in an opera.
• scene7n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
• scent7n. A distinctive smell.
• scion7n. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a...
• scone7n. A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
• scoon7v. To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.
• scorn7v. To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to...
• scran7n. Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
• sedan6n. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by...
• segno6n. The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
• seine5n. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at...
• semon7n. A unit of semiology or semantics.
• sendy9adj. Daring, intense, going all-out.
• senet5n. An Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game...
• senex12n. An older or old man, chiefly as a stock character.
• sengi6n. Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family...
• senna5n. Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the...
• sense5n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world...
• sensu5prep. In the sense of.
• sente5n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.
• senti5adj. Sentimental, emotional.
• serin5n. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow...
• seton5n. A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced...
• seven8n. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
• sewin8n. Sea trout, a subspecies of brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta).
• shand9n. Shame; scandal; disgrace.
• shang9n. A Chinese unit of land area equivalent to 15 mu or about one hectare.
• shank12n. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
• shant8n. A drink, usually a pint.
• sharn8n. The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
• sheen8n. Splendor; radiance; shininess.
• sheng9n. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or...
• shian8n. A magical fairy mound.
• shine8v. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• shiny11adj. Reflecting light.
• shorn8adj. Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
• shunk12v. To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade...
• shunt8v. To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a...
• simon7n. Sixpence coin.
• sinal5adj. Pertaining to the sinuses.
• since7adv. From a specified time in the past.
• sines5n. Pair of sixes of dice.
• sinew8n. A cord or tendon of the body.
• singe6v. To burn slightly.
• sinus5n. A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the...
• siong6adj. Very tough, challenging.
• siren5n. One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
• skank13n. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
• skarn9n. Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.
• skein9n. A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and...
• skene9n. An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the...
• skink13n. A shin of beef.
• skins9n. The drums.
• skint9adj. Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
• skunk13n. Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and...
• slain5n. Those who have been killed.
• slane5n. A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron...
• slang6n. Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
• slank9n. A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of...
• slant5n. A slope; an incline, inclination.
• sling6v. To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
• slink9v. To sneak about furtively.
• slunk9n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
• snack11n. A light meal.
• snafu8v. To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.
• snail5n. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic)...
• snake9n. Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin...
• snaky12adj. Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
• snape7v. To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
• snare5n. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
• snarf8v. To eat or consume greedily.
• snark9n. An attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
• snarl5v. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• snart5n. The phenomenon where one sneezes and farts at the same time.
• snead6v. To cut; lop; prune.
• sneak9n. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or...
• sneer5v. To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
• snell5adj. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
• snick11v. To cut or snip.
• snide6adj. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
• sniff11v. To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling...
• snipe7n. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago...
• snips7n. Shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs.
• snoek9n. An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South...
• snoke9v. To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
• snood6n. A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band...
• snook9n. A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order...
• snoop7v. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

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