7-letter words containing AN
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter AN. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate AN within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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another | 10 | any of various alternatives; some other | put it off to another (or some other) day |
anymore | 12 | at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative | Alice doesn't live here anymore |
husband | 13 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
company | 16 | a social or business visitor | the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company |
anybody | 16 | Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. | - |
strange | 8 | not known before | used many strange words |
changed | 14 | changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism | - |
grandma | 11 | the mother of your father or mother | - |
grandpa | 11 | the father of your father or mother | - |
dancing | 11 | taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | - |
manager | 10 | (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | - |
meaning | 10 | rich in significance or implication | a meaning look |
hanging | 12 | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window | the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
ancient | 9 | a very old person | - |
command | 14 | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | - |
planned | 10 | with planning and intention | - |
managed | 11 | - | - |
channel | 12 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | - |
advance | 13 | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | - |
arrange | 8 | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | - |
wanting | 11 | nonexistent | - |
balance | 11 | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat | - |
anytime | 12 | - | - |
panting | 10 | any fabric used to make trousers | - |
fantasy | 13 | imagination unrestricted by reality | a schoolgirl fantasy |
frankly | 17 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn |
warrant | 10 | stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of | The dealer warrants all the cars he sells |
servant | 10 | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | - |
distant | 8 | far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship | a distant cousin |
romance | 11 | talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | - |
landing | 9 | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | - |
granted | 9 | acknowledged as a supposition | - |
abandon | 10 | a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | - |
panties | 9 | - | - |
manners | 9 | social deportment | he has the manners of a pig |
blanket | 13 | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | - |
instant | 7 | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | - |
anyways | 16 | used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | - |
lesbian | 9 | a female homosexual | - |
anxious | 14 | eagerly desirous | anxious to see the new show at the museum |
mankind | 14 | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women |
banging | 11 | (used informally) very large | - |
cleaner | 9 | a preparation used in cleaning something | - |
vanessa | 10 | painted beauty and red admiral | - |
planted | 10 | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | implanted convictions |
tiffany | 16 | United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933) | - |
mansion | 9 | a large and imposing house | - |
handled | 12 | having a usually specified type of handle | pearl-handled revolver |
elegant | 8 | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | - |
anxiety | 17 | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | - |
scandal | 10 | a disgraceful event | - |
finance | 12 | obtain or provide money for | Can we finance the addition to our home? |
holland | 11 | a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level | - |
organic | 10 | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter | - |
foreman | 12 | a person who exercises control over workers | if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman |
handful | 14 | a small number or amount | only a handful of responses were received |
quantum | 18 | a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory | - |
volcano | 12 | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt | - |
bangkok | 18 | the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture | - |
antique | 16 | give an antique appearance to | antique furniture |
janitor | 14 | someone employed to clean and maintain a building | - |
peanuts | 9 | an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount | her salary is peanuts compared to his |
bananas | 9 | - | - |
orleans | 7 | a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 | - |
bandits | 10 | - | - |
peasant | 9 | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | - |
phantom | 14 | something existing in perception only | - |
annoyed | 11 | aroused to impatience or anger | - |
fiancee | 12 | a woman who is engaged to be married | - |
banquet | 18 | provide a feast or banquet for | - |
vanilla | 10 | a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) | - |
banking | 14 | engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
caravan | 12 | a camper equipped with living quarters | - |
fireman | 12 | a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | - |
leaning | 8 | a natural inclination | - |
titanic | 9 | of great force or power | - |
bandage | 11 | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | - |
antenna | 7 | one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | - |
analyze | 19 | subject to psychoanalytic treatment | I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist |
panther | 12 | large American feline resembling a lion | - |
canteen | 9 | a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | - |
handbag | 14 | a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | - |
veteran | 10 | rendered competent through trial and experience | veteran steadiness |
doorman | 10 | someone who guards an entrance | - |
postman | 11 | a man who delivers the mail | - |
standby | 13 | an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | - |
pianist | 9 | a person who plays the piano | - |
pancake | 15 | a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | - |
valiant | 10 | having or showing valor | a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack |
anguish | 11 | cause emotional anguish or make miserable | - |
anatomy | 12 | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals | - |
pageant | 10 | an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes | - |
tyranny | 13 | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | - |
anarchy | 15 | a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | - |
sanders | 8 | - | - |
ranking | 12 | having a higher rank | - |
scanner | 9 | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer | - |
grandad | 10 | the father of your father or mother | - |
cleanse | 9 | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing | - |
analyst | 10 | a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | - |
martian | 9 | imaginary people who live on the planet Mars | - |
enhance | 12 | increase | This will enhance your enjoyment |
goodman | 11 | United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) | - |
radiant | 8 | radiating or as if radiating light | a radiant sunrise |
uranium | 9 | a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons | - |
mustang | 10 | small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish | - |
soprano | 9 | the pitch range of the highest female voice | - |
transit | 7 | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | - |
implant | 11 | put firmly in the mind | - |
manning | 10 | - | - |
chapman | 16 | United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845) | - |
granite | 8 | plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz | - |
lantern | 7 | light in a transparent protective case | - |
snowman | 12 | a figure of a person made of packed snow | - |
manhood | 13 | the quality of being human | he feared the speedy decline of all manhood |
methane | 12 | a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel | - |
anomaly | 12 | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | - |
frantic | 12 | excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | frantic with anger and frustration |
slander | 8 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | - |
freeman | 12 | a person who is not a serf or a slave | - |
nirvana | 10 | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness | - |
penance | 11 | remorse for your past conduct | - |
wannabe | 12 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | the audience was full of Madonna wannabes |
fanatic | 12 | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | - |
pandora | 10 | (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils | - |
planner | 9 | a person who makes plans | - |
tangled | 9 | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Oh, what a tangled web we weave |
mailman | 11 | a man who delivers the mail | - |
mandate | 10 | a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | - |
garland | 9 | an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | - |
pelican | 11 | large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish | - |
pendant | 10 | branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | - |
caveman | 14 | someone who lives in a cave | - |
inhuman | 12 | without compunction or human feeling | - |
handler | 11 | (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | - |
fancied | 13 | formed or conceived by the imagination | a fancied wrong |
branded | 11 | (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights | branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name |
milkman | 15 | someone who delivers milk | - |
gangsta | 9 | (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
dormant | 10 | inactive but capable of becoming active | her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened |
cleanup | 11 | the act of making something clean | - |
langley | 11 | United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) | - |
adamant | 10 | impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind |
granger | 9 | a person who operates a farm | - |
cyanide | 13 | any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | - |
tanning | 8 | beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | - |
anklets | 11 | a sock that reaches just above the ankle | - |
fanfare | 13 | (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare |
vacancy | 17 | an empty area or space | - |
vibrant | 12 | vigorous and animated | a vibrant group that challenged the system |
uncanny | 12 | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures |
unclean | 9 | having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws | unclean meat |
analyse | 10 | subject to psychoanalytic treatment | - |
piranha | 12 | someone who attacks in search of booty | - |
minivan | 12 | a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car | - |
satanic | 9 | extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | satanic cruelty |
spanner | 9 | a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt | - |
gallant | 8 | lively and spirited | - |
biryani | 12 | an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | - |
analogy | 11 | the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate | - |
deviant | 11 | markedly different from an accepted norm | deviant ideas |
banning | 10 | an official prohibition or edict against something | - |
mundane | 10 | belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly | not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind |
tetanus | 7 | an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | - |
angered | 9 | marked by extreme anger | - |
hanuman | 12 | langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | - |
hangman | 13 | an executioner who hangs the condemned person | - |
anthrax | 17 | a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people | - |
ranting | 8 | a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | - |
rampant | 11 | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | a lion rampant |
veranda | 11 | a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) | - |
tantrum | 9 | a display of bad temper | she threw a tantrum |
propane | 11 | colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel | - |
manhunt | 12 | an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) | - |
enchant | 12 | hold spellbound | - |
angrier | 8 | - | - |
midland | 11 | of or coming from the middle of a region or country | - |
ruffian | 13 | a cruel and brutal fellow | - |
android | 9 | an automaton that resembles a human being | - |
manatee | 9 | sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | - |
workman | 16 | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | - |
handgun | 12 | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | - |
ottoman | 9 | the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I | - |
wingman | 13 | the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation | - |
infancy | 15 | the early stage of growth or development | - |
cranial | 9 | of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain | cranial pressure |
sandbox | 17 | a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | - |
angrily | 11 | with anger | he angrily denied the accusation |
blatant | 9 | without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | blatant disregard of the law |
spartan | 9 | unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment | - |
angelic | 10 | marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | angelic beneficence |
gangway | 15 | a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | - |
boatman | 11 | someone who drives or rides in a boat | - |
canvass | 12 | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | - |
humanly | 15 | in the manner of human beings | humanly possible |
manhole | 12 | a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure | - |
ranging | 9 | wandering freely | at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her |
mangled | 11 | having edges that are jagged from injury | - |
cranium | 11 | the part of the skull that encloses the brain | - |
chicano | 14 | a person of Mexican descent | - |
hangout | 11 | a frequently visited place | - |
sandman | 10 | an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy | - |
tantric | 9 | of or relating to Tantrism | - |
vantage | 11 | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | the experience gave him the advantage over me |
woodman | 13 | makes things out of wood | - |
oregano | 8 | aromatic Eurasian perennial | - |
utopian | 9 | an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer | - |
defiant | 11 | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | brought up to be aggressive and defiant |
hydrant | 14 | a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | - |
oceanic | 11 | relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean | oceanic islands like Bermuda |
profane | 12 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | - |
expanse | 16 | the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | - |
vagrant | 11 | a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | - |
bonanza | 18 | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | - |
granola | 8 | cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
migrant | 10 | habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | appalled by the social conditions of migrant life |
flannel | 10 | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body | - |
prancer | 11 | a mettlesome or fiery horse | - |
cleanly | 12 | smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | she played the piano accompaniment cleanly |
disband | 11 | stop functioning or cohering as a unit | - |
sandlot | 8 | a vacant lot used by city boys to play games | - |
remnant | 9 | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | - |
ethanol | 10 | the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline | - |
spandex | 17 | an elastic synthetic fabric | - |
spaniel | 9 | any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears | - |
anemone | 9 | any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | - |
nuances | 9 | - | - |
crewman | 14 | any member of a ship's crew | - |
changer | 13 | a person who changes something | an inveterate changer of the menu |
sangria | 8 | sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | - |
soybean | 12 | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | - |
angular | 8 | having angles or an angular shape | - |
grannie | 8 | the mother of your father or mother | - |
rancher | 12 | a person who owns or operates a ranch | - |
slanted | 8 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
wrangle | 11 | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively | The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street |
cantina | 9 | - | - |
canning | 10 | - | - |
almanac | 11 | an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year | - |
handout | 11 | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | - |
permian | 11 | from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles | - |
sanctum | 11 | a sacred place of pilgrimage | - |
animate | 9 | give lifelike qualities to | animated cartoons |
hosanna | 10 | a cry of praise or adoration (to God) | - |
fanning | 11 | - | - |
afghani | 14 | of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people | - |
sandbag | 11 | hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | - |
womanly | 15 | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion |
bandana | 10 | large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | - |
planter | 9 | the owner or manager of a plantation | - |
reliant | 7 | relying on another for support | - |
variant | 10 | an event that departs from expectations | - |
armband | 12 | a band worn around the upper arm | - |
chianti | 12 | dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany | - |
newsman | 12 | a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | - |
shebang | 13 | an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' | - |
artisan | 7 | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | - |
grandly | 12 | in a grand manner | the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards |
phalanx | 19 | a body of troops in close array | - |
elysian | 10 | being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | an elysian meal |
showman | 15 | a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | - |
tangent | 8 | ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | - |
truancy | 12 | failure to attend (especially school) | - |
bellman | 11 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
candler | 10 | - | - |
campana | 13 | the shape of a bell | - |
anthill | 10 | a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | - |
anagram | 10 | read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | - |
meanies | 9 | - | - |
ovarian | 10 | of or involving the ovaries | ovarian cancer |
buoyant | 12 | tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas | buoyant balloons |
outrank | 11 | take precedence or surpass others in rank | - |
panicky | 18 | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | became panicky as the snow deepened |
brigand | 11 | an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | - |
angling | 9 | fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | - |
loaning | 8 | disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | - |
puritan | 9 | a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | - |
coolant | 9 | a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another | he added more coolant to the car's radiator |
dustpan | 10 | the quantity that a dustpan will hold | - |
banshee | 12 | (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | - |
baseman | 11 | - | - |
cannery | 12 | a factory where food is canned | - |
chanted | 13 | sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone | a chanted psalm |
granary | 11 | a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed | - |
shipman | 14 | - | - |
birdman | 12 | - | - |
gleaner | 8 | someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully | - |
headman | 13 | the head of a tribe or clan | - |
mandala | 10 | any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation | - |
candied | 11 | encrusted with sugar or syrup | candied grapefruit peel |
angelus | 8 | the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | - |
antigen | 8 | any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) | - |
anchovy | 18 | small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide | - |
ransack | 13 | search thoroughly | - |
offhand | 17 | casually thoughtless or inconsiderate | an offhand manner |
sextant | 14 | a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant | - |
beanbag | 12 | a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games | - |
annuity | 10 | income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments | his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity |
norland | 8 | - | - |
pennant | 9 | a long flag; often tapering | - |
pullman | 11 | luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel | - |
titania | 7 | a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability | - |
blankly | 16 | in a blank and uncomprehending manner | she stared at him blankly |
canasta | 9 | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | - |
handset | 11 | telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle | - |
fancier | 12 | a person having a strong liking for something | - |
kinsman | 13 | a male relative | - |
espanol | 9 | - | - |
sandbar | 10 | a bar of sand | - |
shaitan | 10 | (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray | - |
sultana | 7 | dried seedless grape | - |
batsman | 11 | (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | - |
aniseed | 8 | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | - |
planing | 10 | - | - |
savanna | 10 | a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions | - |
sealant | 7 | a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | - |
antacid | 10 | an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | - |
anaemia | 9 | a deficiency of red blood cells | - |
hackman | 18 | - | - |
panache | 14 | distinctive and stylish elegance | - |
damiana | 10 | - | - |
emanate | 9 | give out (breath or an odor) | - |
saurian | 7 | of or relating to lizards | - |
stander | 8 | an organism (person or animal) that stands | a crowd of sitters and standers |
antiwar | 10 | - | - |
frogman | 13 | someone who works underwater | - |
languid | 9 | lacking spirit or liveliness | a languid mood |
mohican | 14 | a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic | - |
currant | 9 | any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants | - |
anodyne | 11 | a medicine used to relieve pain | - |
grecian | 10 | of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language | - |
handoff | 17 | (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate | - |
lineman | 9 | a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | - |
lowland | 11 | low level country | - |
overran | 10 | - | - |
piquant | 18 | engagingly stimulating or provocative | a piquant wit |
cyprian | 14 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | - |
tangier | 8 | a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar | - |
timpani | 11 | a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | - |
tenancy | 12 | an act of being a tenant or occupant | - |
bushman | 14 | nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa | - |
candida | 11 | any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida | - |
fanzine | 19 | - | - |
meander | 10 | an aimless amble on a winding course | - |
stygian | 11 | dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades | - |
tankard | 12 | large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
tannery | 10 | workplace where skins and hides are tanned | - |
wetland | 11 | a low area where the land is saturated with water | - |
footman | 12 | a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores | - |
lancers | 9 | a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples | - |
panning | 10 | - | - |
panacea | 11 | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | - |
entrant | 7 | any new participant in some activity | - |
sandpit | 10 | a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | - |
standee | 8 | a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity) | he had his picture taken with a standee of the president |
unmanly | 12 | not possessing qualities befitting a man | - |
weaning | 11 | the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | - |
candela | 10 | the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | - |
handsaw | 14 | a saw used with one hand for cutting wood | - |
lockman | 15 | a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | - |
rancour | 9 | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | - |
sideman | 10 | - | - |
sporran | 9 | a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders | - |
pianola | 9 | a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys | - |
askance | 13 | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | her eyes with their misted askance look |
banding | 11 | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps |
botanic | 11 | of or relating to plants or botany | botanical garden |
bookman | 15 | a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | - |
capstan | 11 | a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails | - |
infante | 10 | - | - |
ironman | 9 | a strong man of exceptional physical endurance | - |
fangled | 12 | - | - |
languor | 8 | a feeling of lack of interest or energy | - |
cowhand | 16 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
deadman | 11 | - | - |
brahman | 14 | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | - |
anaemic | 11 | relating to anemia or suffering from anemia | - |
guarani | 8 | a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia | - |
handier | 11 | - | - |
henbane | 12 | poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine | - |
manitou | 9 | - | - |
replant | 9 | plant again or anew | They replanted the land |
courant | 9 | - | - |
sheitan | 10 | - | - |
tollman | 9 | someone employed to collect tolls | - |
verdant | 11 | characterized by abundance of verdure | - |
volante | 10 | - | - |
bandied | 11 | - | - |
cantata | 9 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | - |
candour | 10 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
canopic | 13 | - | - |
chancel | 14 | area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | - |
aniline | 7 | oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | - |
germane | 10 | relevant and appropriate | he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue |
ikebana | 13 | - | - |
liftman | 12 | a man employed to operate an elevator | in England they call an elevator man a liftman |
pompano | 13 | any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico | - |
protean | 9 | taking on different forms | eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same |
orangey | 11 | - | - |
crucian | 11 | - | - |
deadpan | 11 | deliberately impassive in manner | deadpan humor |
scandic | 12 | - | - |
transom | 9 | a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | - |
unhuman | 12 | divested of human qualities or attributes | - |
chanson | 12 | - | - |
fondant | 11 | candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste | - |
formant | 12 | - | - |
groaner | 8 | a person who groans | - |
hangdog | 13 | showing a sense of guilt | the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy |
handily | 14 | in a convenient manner | - |
hessian | 10 | (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | - |
lanyard | 11 | a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle | - |
manilla | 9 | a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp | - |
manlier | 9 | - | - |
manlike | 13 | possessing qualities befitting a man | - |
melanin | 9 | insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | - |
oarsman | 9 | someone who rows a boat | - |
junkman | 20 | - | - |
plantar | 9 | relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot | plantar warts can be very painful |
organon | 8 | a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge | - |
dustman | 10 | someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse | - |
spangle | 10 | adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing | - |
soutane | 7 | a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests | - |
suntans | 7 | - | - |
tankful | 14 | as much as a tank will hold | - |
taximan | 16 | someone who drives a taxi for a living | - |
vandyke | 18 | Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) | - |
branchy | 17 | having many branches | a branchy tree trunk |
canonic | 11 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
anosmia | 9 | absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) | - |
andante | 8 | a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) | - |
granule | 8 | a tiny grain | - |
flanker | 14 | a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver | - |
flagman | 13 | - | - |
lanolin | 7 | a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics | - |
mannish | 12 | characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman | true mannish arrogance |
mantrap | 11 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
melange | 10 | a motley assortment of things | - |
jazzman | 34 | a musician who plays or composes jazz music | - |
oxidant | 15 | a substance that oxidizes another substance | - |
passant | 9 | in walking position with right foreleg raised | - |
dangler | 9 | - | - |
empanel | 11 | enter into a list of prospective jurors | - |
spangly | 13 | covered with beads or jewels or sequins | - |
spanker | 13 | a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand | my father was the designated spanker in our family |
trannie | 7 | - | - |
arcanum | 11 | information known only to a special group | - |
banting | 10 | Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) | - |
biplane | 11 | old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other | - |
chanter | 12 | reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | - |
chantey | 15 | a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | - |
animist | 9 | of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism | - |
ganglia | 9 | - | - |
guanine | 8 | a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine | - |
grantor | 8 | a person who makes a grant in legal form | conveyed from grantor to grantee |
infanta | 10 | - | - |
fenland | 11 | low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | - |
lancing | 10 | - | - |
manless | 9 | - | - |
nankeen | 11 | a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | - |
panoply | 14 | a complete and impressive array | - |
plowman | 14 | a man who plows | - |
operant | 9 | having influence or producing an effect | an operant conscience |
onanist | 7 | a person who practices masturbation | - |
coranto | 9 | - | - |
danseur | 8 | a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina | - |
sardana | 8 | - | - |
sarangi | 8 | - | - |
sarafan | 10 | - | - |
sanghat | 11 | - | - |
sansars | 7 | - | - |
sanseis | 7 | - | - |
santals | 7 | - | - |
santera | 7 | - | - |
santero | 7 | - | - |
santimi | 9 | - | - |
santims | 9 | 100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia | - |
santimu | 9 | - | - |
sanpros | 9 | - | - |
sanpans | 9 | - | - |
sangoma | 10 | a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder | - |
sanicle | 9 | a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers | - |
sanious | 7 | of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | the sanious discharge from an ulcer |
sanjaks | 18 | - | - |
sannies | 7 | - | - |
sannops | 9 | - | - |
sannups | 9 | - | - |
santirs | 7 | - | - |
santols | 7 | - | - |
santons | 7 | - | - |
sappans | 11 | - | - |
santoor | 7 | - | - |
santour | 7 | - | - |
santurs | 7 | - | - |
sanyasi | 10 | a Hindu religious mendicant | - |
savants | 10 | - | - |
savante | 10 | - | - |
satangs | 8 | - | - |
sangers | 8 | - | - |
salband | 10 | - | - |