5-letter words containing a, m, e
- maybe — perhaps; possibly: Maybe I'll go too.
- mayed — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- mayer — Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- mazed — Simple past tense and past participle of maze.
- mazer — a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.
- mazes — Plural form of maze.
- mazey — Obsolete form of mazy.
- mcrae — Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- meach — To skulk; to cower.
- meade — George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- meads — George Herbert, 1863–1931, U.S. philosopher and author.
- meals — a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
- mealy — having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly: mealy potatoes; a mealy stone.
- meane — (archaic, music) The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.
- means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
- meant — simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- meany — a small-minded, petty, or malicious person: The children said their teacher was a real meany.
- mears — a boundary or boundary marker.
- mease — (UK, dialect, dated) five hundred.
- meath — a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- meats — Plural form of meat.
- meaty — of or like meat.
- mecca — a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca.
- mecha — (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
- medal — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- medan — a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- medar — Alternative form of mether.
- medea — Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- media — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- mega- — prefix
- megan — a female given name.
- mehta — Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- mekka — Mecca (def 1).
- melba — (Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- menad — maenad.
- menam — a former name of Chao Phraya.
- menat — an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- mensa — an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.
- menta — Plural form of mentum.
- merca — a city in S Somalia.
- mesas — Plural form of mesa.
- meta- — indicating change, alteration, or alternation
- metae — (in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- metal — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metra — (medicine) The uterus.
- metta — (in Theravada Buddhism) meditation focused on the development of unconditional love for all beings.
- mewar — Udaipur (def 2).
- minae — an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- morae — the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morea — Peloponnesus.