5-letter words containing m, a
- naima — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- namen — Namur
- namer — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- names — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nammu — a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
- nampa — a city in W Idaho.
- namur — a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- namus — (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- naomi — the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- neman — a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- nemea — a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- ngami — Lake, a shallow marshy lake in NW Botswana, N of the Kalahari desert. About 40 miles (64 km) long.
- ngoma — (in East Africa) a dance; a night of dancing and music.
- nicam — near-instantaneous companding system: a technique for coding audio signals into digital form
- nizam — the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
- noema — (philosophy) The perceived as perceived.
- nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- noman — Not a person; Not a human.
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- notam — A written notification issued to pilots before a flight, advising them of circumstances relating to the state of flying.
- nvram — Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
- nyman — Michael. born 1944, British composer; works include the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1986) and scores for films, including The Piano (1992) and several films by Peter Greenaway
- oakum — loose fiber obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes, used for caulking the seams of ships.
- obama — Barack (Hussein), Jr [buh-rahk hoo-seyn] /bəˈrɑk huˈseɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, 44th president of the U.S. since 2009.
- occam — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- odema — Misspelling of oedema.
- ogham — an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- omagh — a market town in Northern Ireland. Pop: 19 910 (2001)
- omaha — a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- omake — A portion of video that complements an episode of anime.
- omani — of or relating to Oman or its people.
- omasa — Plural form of omasum.
- omega — the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- omiya — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NW of Tokyo.
- omlah — the body of staff in a courthouse in India
- omrah — a Muslim noble of the court
- omuta — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- osman — 1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- oxfam — Oxford Committee for Famine Relief
- oyama — Iwao [ee-wah-aw] /ˈi wɑˌɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1916, Japanese field marshal.
- ozmas — a festival resembling Christmas, celebrated at midwinter in the southern hemisphere
- padma — the lotus plant or flower, or an emblematic representation of it
- palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- palme — (Sven) Olof (Joachim) [sven oo-lawf yoo-ah-kim] /svɛn ˈu lɔf ˈyu ɑ kɪm/ (Show IPA), 1927–86, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1969–76, 1982–86; assassinated.
- palmy — glorious, prosperous, or flourishing: the palmy days of yesteryear.
- pampa — a city in N Texas.
- pamph — pamphlet
- pamuk — Orhan. born 1952, Turkish novelist and writer; author of The Black Book (1990), My Name is Red (1998), Snow (2002), and Istanbul: Memories of a City (2003). Nobel prize for literature 2006
- panim — a heathen or pagan