6-letter words containing a, i, m
- maslin — a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- massif — a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits.
- mastic — Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- mastix — mastic, being an aromatic resin obtained from the mastic tree
- matadi — a seaport in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the mouth of the Congo (Zaire) River.
- matico — a Peruvian shrub, Piper angustifolium, the leaves of which have medicinal properties
- maties — Plural form of maty.
- matily — in a matey manner
- mating — a partner in marriage; spouse.
- matins — (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matipo — any of several shrubs and small trees, native to New Zealand, of the genera Myrsine and Pittosporum
- matri- — mother or motherhood
- matric — (South Africa) The final year of high school. (from 20th c.).
- matrix — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- mattie — a young herring with undeveloped roe
- maudit — cursed; damned; wretched
- maukin — (Scotland) Alternative form of malkin.
- maulvi — (in India) an expert in Islamic law: used especially as a term of respectful address among Muslims.
- mavins — an expert or connoisseur.
- mawkin — malkin.
- mawlid — a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal, and characterized especially by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad.
- maxima — a plural of maximum.
- maxims — Plural form of maxim.
- maxine — a female given name.
- maxing — Present participle of max.
- maxixe — a ballroom dance originating in Brazil, in moderate duple measure with syncopated rhythms.
- maying — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- mazhbi — a Sikh who formerly belonged, or whose ancestors belonged, to the Hindu scavenger caste
- mazily — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- mazing — a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- mbasic — Microsoft BASIC.
- mbiras — Plural form of mbira.
- mcnair — Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- mealie — Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- meanie — Informal. meany.
- mediad — toward the middle line or plane.
- mediae — a plural of medium.
- medial — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- median — a Mede.
- medias — Plural form of media.
- medina — a city in W Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad was first accepted as the supreme Prophet from Allah and where his tomb is located.
- mehari — A type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport.
- meidan — Alternative spelling of maidan An urban open space.
- melian — a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: statue, Venus de Milo, found here 1820. 51 sq. mi. (132 sq. km).
- menial — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- mercia — an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- merida — a peninsula in SE Mexico and N Central America comprising parts of SE Mexico, N Guatemala, and Belize.
- merina — a member of a Malagasy-speaking people who primarily inhabit the interior plateau of Madagascar.
- mesail — a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesiad — relating to or situated at the middle or centre