5-letter words containing m, a, b
- jambi — a province on SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- jambo — an E African salutation
- jambs — Plural form of jamb.
- jambu — Alternative form of jambul.
- kamba — an agricultural people of central Kenya, renowned as traders and woodcarvers.
- lambs — Plural form of lamb.
- lamby — Resembling or characteristic of the meat of a lamb.
- limba — an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- mabel — a female given name.
- mabey — Misspelling of maybe.
- mable — a female given name.
- mabye — Misspelling of maybe.
- mamba — any of several long, slender, arboreal snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, of central and southern Africa, the bite of which is often fatal.
- mambo — a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps.
- maneb — a carbamate fungicide, C 4 H 6 MnN 2 S 4 , used for control of numerous crop diseases.
- mauby — (in the E Caribbean) a bittersweet drink made from the bark of a rhamnaceous tree
- maybe — perhaps; possibly: Maybe I'll go too.
- mbari — (Nigeria, West Africa) A ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe.
- mbira — a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- mboya — Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- mcdba — Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
- melba — (Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- mimba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- mobad — A Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank, qualified to serve as celebrant priest at the Yasna ceremony and to train other priests.
- obama — Barack (Hussein), Jr [buh-rahk hoo-seyn] /bəˈrɑk huˈseɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, 44th president of the U.S. since 2009.
- pemba — an island near the E coast of equatorial Africa: formerly part of Zanzibar protectorate; now a part of Tanzania. 164,321; 380 sq. mi. (984 sq. km).
- rambo — a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- rumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- samba — a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- sambo — a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- sumba — one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- tambo — Mr. Tambo.
- tomba — Alberto [al-ber-toh;; Italian ahl-ber-taw] /ælˈbɛr toʊ;; Italian ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("La Bomba") born 1966, Italian Alpine skier.
- umbra — shade; shadow.
- zambo — sambo.
- zomba — a city in and former capital of Malawi in the S part.
- zumba — Zumba is an exercise programme that uses Latin-American music and dance steps.