5-letter words containing m, o, a
- manto — Obsolete form of manteau.
- maori — a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- margo — (anatomy) border, margin.
- mario — a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- maroc — French name of Morocco.
- maron — a camaron
- maror — a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- maros — Hungarian name of Mures.
- mason — Bobbie Ann, born 1940, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- matzo — unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten by Jews during Passover.
- mayon — an active volcano in the Philippines, on SE Luzon Island. 7926 feet (2415 meters).
- mayor — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mboya — Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- miaou — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- miaow — to make the sound of a cat.
- moans — Plural form of moan.
- moany — Tending to grumble or complain, typically about trivial issues.
- moats — Plural form of moat.
- mobad — A Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank, qualified to serve as celebrant priest at the Yasna ceremony and to train other priests.
- mocha — (initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- modal — of or relating to mode, manner, or form.
- modam — (spelling) Do you mean modem?
- mohwa — mahua.
- moira — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- molal — noting or pertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- molar — Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- momma — mama.
- monad — Biology. any simple, single-celled organism. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- monal — Any of three species of pheasant in the genus Lophophorus.
- 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.
- myoma — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- naomi — the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- ngoma — (in East Africa) a dance; a night of dancing and music.
- noema — (philosophy) The perceived as perceived.