5-letter words containing m, a
- monas — monad.
- monza — a city in N Italy, NNE of Milan.
- moola — money.
- morae — the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- moran — An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
- moras — Plural form of mora.
- morat — a type of mead containing mulberry juice and honey
- moray — any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- morea — Peloponnesus.
- moria — a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- morna — A genre of Cape Verdean music.
- morra — A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.
- motza — motser.
- mowat — Farley (McGill) 1921–2014, Canadian writer.
- mowra — mahua.
- moxas — a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- mtdna — mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid
- mucal — Mucous, mucosal: of or pertaining to mucus or the production thereof.
- mudar — (plant) Either of two milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:.
- mudra — Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
- mugga — an Australian eucalyptus tree with dark bark and pink flowers, Eucalyptus sideroxylon
- mukha — Mocha.
- mulai — A title for the ruler of Morocco.
- mulga — an Australian shrub or small tree, Acacia aneura, forming dense growths in some areas and having foliage used as forage for livestock.
- mulla — Archaic form of mullah.
- munda — a small family of languages spoken in east-central India.
- munga — (obsolete) The bonnet monkey.
- munia — Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most instances) and Amandava (two species).
- mural — a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- murat — a river in E Turkey, flowing W to the Euphrates. 425 miles (685 km) long.
- murra — a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
- murva — one of two varieties of sansevieria (Sansevieria roxburghiana or Sansevieria zeylanica) cultivated in parts of Asia for the strong fibre found in their leaves
- musaf — the religious service celebrated by Jews in addition to and immediately after the morning service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- musar — rabbinic literature concerned with ethics, right conduct, etc
- musca — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon
- musha — (Ireland, archaic) an expression of surprise.
- musta — (colloquial) Must have.
- mutat — (Islam) A compensation gift given to a woman when divorced or repudiated by her husband.
- muzak — Alternative capitalization of Muzak.
- myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
- mylae — a port in NE Sicily: founded in the 8th century bc; scene of a battle (1860), in which Garibaldi defeated the Bourbon forces. Pop: 32 108 (2001)
- mylar — A polyester film; see PET film (biaxially oriented).
- mynah — any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- mynas — Plural form of myna.
- myoma — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- myrna — a female given name.
- mysap — a Web-integrated software application used by businesses to plan and control product distribution, human resources, budgets, etc
- mysia — an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- nahum — a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.