These are the meanings of the letters BANYA when you unscramble them.
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Aby (v. t. & i.)
Alt. of Abye
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Ana (adv.)
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
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Any (a. & pron.)
One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
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Any (a. & pron.)
Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?
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Any (adv.)
To any extent; in any degree; at all.
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Baa (v. i.)
To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.
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Baa (n.)
The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
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Ban (n.)
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
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Ban (n.)
A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
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Ban (n.)
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
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Ban (n.)
An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
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Ban (n.)
A curse or anathema.
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Ban (n.)
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
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Ban (v. t.)
To curse; to invoke evil upon.
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Ban (v. t.)
To forbid; to interdict.
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Ban (v. i.)
To curse; to swear.
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Ban (n.)
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
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Bay (a.)
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
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Bay (n.)
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
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Bay (n.)
A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
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Bay (n.)
A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
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Bay (n.)
A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
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Bay (n.)
A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
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Bay (n.)
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
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Bay (n.)
A berry, particularly of the laurel.
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Bay (n.)
The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
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Bay (n.)
A tract covered with bay trees.
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Bay (v. i.)
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
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Bay (v. t.)
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
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Bay (v. i.)
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
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Bay (v. i.)
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
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Bay (v. t.)
To bathe.
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Bay (n.)
A bank or dam to keep back water.
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Bay (v. t.)
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
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Nab (n.)
The summit of an eminence.
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Nab (n.)
The cock of a gunlock.
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Nab (n.)
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
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Nab (v. t.)
To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
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Nay (adv.)
No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.
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Nay (adv.)
Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
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Nay (n.)
Denial; refusal.
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Nay (n.)
a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
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Nay (v. t. & i.)
To refuse.