5-letter words containing m, o
- nomic — (dated) customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
- nomo- — indicating law or custom
- nomoi — a subdivision or department of Greek government
- nomos — a law, convention, or custom governing human conduct
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- norms — a standard, model, or pattern.
- notam — A written notification issued to pilots before a flight, advising them of circumstances relating to the state of flying.
- nottm — Nottingham
- notum — a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- novum — A new feature.
- 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.
- odeum — a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
- odism — the teaching of, study of, or belief in the concept of od
- odium — intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- ofcom — Office of Communications: a government body regulating the telecommunications industries; a super-regulator merging the Radio Authority, Independent Television Commission, and Oftel
- ofgem — Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: a government body formed in 1999 by the merger of the separate regulatory bodies for gas and electricity; its functions are to promote competition and protect consumers' interests
- ogham — an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- ohmic — the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- ojime — a Japanese bead which is used to secure cords in place
- oleum — Pharmacology. oil.
- olmec — of or designating a Mesoamerican civilization, c1000–400 b.c., along the southern Gulf coast of Mexico, characterized by extensive agriculture, a dating system, long-distance trade networks, pyramids and ceremonial centers, and very fine jade work.
- 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.
- omber — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- ombre — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- ombud — (informal) ombudsman.
- omega — the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- omens — Plural form of omen.
- omers — Plural form of omer.
- omics — Any of several biochemical or genetic studies that aim to identify the totality of a certain type of compound, gene etc in a specific organism.
- omits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of omit.
- omiya — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NW of Tokyo.
- omlah — the body of staff in a courthouse in India
- omni- — all or everywhere
- omrah — a Muslim noble of the court
- omuta — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- onium — (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families.
- oomph — energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
- opium — the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- ormer — an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- ormuz — Strait of. Hormuz, Strait of.
- oromo — a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- osman — 1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- osmic — of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.