6-letter words containing a, d
- madoff — Bernard (Lawrence), known as Bernie. born 1938, US financier; chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange (1990, 1991, 1993); convicted (2009) of running a $65bn (£40bn) Ponzi scheme
- madras — former name of Chennai.
- madrid — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- madtom — any of several tadpolelike, freshwater catfishes of the genus Noturus, of the central and eastern U.S., having a poisonous pectoral spine: some are threatened or endangered.
- madura — Dutch Madoera [mah-doo-rah] /mɑˈdu rɑ/ (Show IPA). an island in Indonesia, off the NE coast of Java. 2112 sq. mi. (5470 sq. km).
- maduro — strong and darkly colored.
- maelid — a mythical apple nymph
- maenad — bacchante.
- mafted — suffering under oppressive heat
- maggid — (especially in Poland and Russia) a wandering Jewish preacher whose sermons contained religious and moral instruction and words of comfort and hope.
- maidan — an open area or space in or near a town, often used as a marketplace or parade ground.
- maiden — a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- mailed — of or relating to mail.
- maimed — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- mained — chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
- malady — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malden — a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- maldon — a market town in SE England, in Essex; scene of a battle (991) between the East Saxons and the victorious Danes, celebrated in The Battle of Maldon, an Old English poem; notable for Maldon salt, used in cookery. Pop: 20 731 (2001)
- malfed — having malfunctioned
- malled — Simple past tense and past participle of mall.
- malted — germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- manada — a herd of horses.
- manado — Menado.
- mandan — a city in S North Dakota, near Bismarck.
- mandap — Alternative spelling of mandapa, a sacred tent used in Hindu wedding ceremonies.
- manday — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- manded — Simple past tense and past participle of mand.
- mandel — a male given name.
- mandem — (UK, Multicultural London English) men or boys; male friends.
- mander — Alternative form of maunder.
- mandil — A loose outer coat or jacket worn by men in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- mandir — (Hinduism) A Hindu temple.
- mandom — the dominion of mankind
- mandor — (historical) A chief worker or a supervisor, who oversees the work of other workers.
- manged — /mahnjd/ [probably from the French "manger" or Italian "mangiare", to eat; perhaps influenced by English "mange", "mangy"] Refers to anything that is mangled or damaged, usually beyond repair. "The disk was manged after the electrical storm." Compare mung.
- manned — carrying or operated by one or more persons: a manned spacecraft.
- manred — homage
- mantid — mantis.
- mapped — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- maraud — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- marduk — the chief of the Babylonian deities.
- marked — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- marled — fertilized with marl.
- marred — to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- marted — Simple past tense and past participle of mart.
- masada — a mountaintop fortress in E Israel on the SW shore of the Dead Sea: site of Zealots' last stand against the Romans during revolt of a.d. 66–73.
- mashed — a flirtation or infatuation.
- masjid — a mosque.
- masked — using or wearing a mask or masks: a masked burglar; masked actors.
- massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.