5-letter words containing m, o
- moqui — Moki.
- 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.
- mored — Simple past tense and past participle of more.
- morel — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1903–75, French orchestra conductor.
- mores — Mossi (def 2).
- moria — a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- moric — Derived or extracted from (a member of) the Morus genus (the mulberries).
- morid — (zoology) Any member of the Moridae family of fish.
- morin — (organic compound) A yellow flavonoid, extracted from fustic, once used to dye wool.
- morna — A genre of Cape Verdean music.
- morns — Plural form of morn.
- moron — a city in E Argentina, SW of Buenos Aires.
- moror — a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- moros — Aldo [al-doh;; Italian ahl-daw] /ˈæl doʊ;; Italian ˈɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–78, Italian lawyer, author, and statesman: prime minister 1963–68, 1974–76.
- morph — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- 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.
- morro — a rounded hill or promontory
- morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- mosby — John Singleton [sing-guh l-tuh n] /ˈsɪŋ gəl tən/ (Show IPA), 1833–1916, Confederate cavalry colonel.
- mosel — a river in W Europe, rising in NE France and flowing northwest, forming part of the border between Luxembourg and Germany, then northeast to the Rhine: many vineyards along its lower course. Length: 547 km (340 miles)
- moser — Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- mosey — to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- moshi — a city in N Tanzania.
- mossi — an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- mosso — rapid; fast.
- mossy — overgrown with or abounding in moss: a mossy stone.
- moste — Obsolete spelling of most.
- mosts — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
- mosul — a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- moted — Filled with motes, or fine floating dust.
- motel — a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- motes — Plural form of mote.
- motet — a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- motey — full of moits.
- moths — Plural form of moth.
- mothy — containing moths.
- motif — a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- moton — besague.
- motor — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motte — a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- motto — a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- motty — (Scotland) Full of, or consisting of, motes.
- motza — motser.