5-letter words containing m, r
- matra — (music) A term in Indian music referring to the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
- maura — a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- mauri — (NZ) life force, according to Maori beliefs.
- maury — Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- maxer — maximum.
- mayer — Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- mayor — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mazer — a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.
- mbari — (Nigeria, West Africa) A ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe.
- mbira — a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- mcrae — Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- mears — a boundary or boundary marker.
- medar — Alternative form of mether.
- meier — Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- merca — a city in S Somalia.
- merce — (obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
- merch — merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base: The band sold t-shirts and other merch while on tour.
- merci — (French, colloquial) thank you.
- merck — Obsolete spelling of mark (15th-17th c.).
- mercs — Plural form of merc.
- mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- merde — excrement.
- mered — purified or refined
- meres — Plural form of mere.
- merge — to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- meril — a counter used in the game of merils
- merin — Mirim.
- merit — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merle — a male or female given name.
- merlo — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- mero- — part or partial
- meroe — a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros — (in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- merry — full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
- merse — low level ground by a river or shore, often alluvial and fertile
- meryl — a female given name, form of Merle.
- mesor — Lb biology A mean value based on the distribution of values across the cycles of the circadian rhythm, computed using a cosine function.
- meter — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- metr- — metro-2
- metra — (medicine) The uterus.
- metre — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- metro — the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- mewar — Udaipur (def 2).
- meyer — Adolf, 1866–1950, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Switzerland.
- mhorr — A large gazelle native to the Sahara desert, Nanger dama, formerly Gazella dama.
- micra — a plural of micron.
- micro — microprocessor
- miler — a participant in a one-mile race.
- mimer — Someone who mimes during a performance of a song.
- mimir — a giant who guarded the well of wisdom near the roots of Yggdrasil