5-letter words containing m, r
- minar — a tower or turret in southern or eastern Asia
- miner — Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- miraj — Muhammad's miraculous ascension from Jerusalem, through the seven heavens, to the throne of God. The site from which he ascended is now the shrine of the Dome of the Rock.
- miras — Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mired — a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mire.
- mirex — A synthetic insecticide of the organochlorine type used chiefly against ants.
- mirid — An active plant bug of a large family that includes numerous plant pests.
- mirim — Lake, a lake on the E Uruguay-S Brazil border. About 108 miles (174 km) long.
- mirin — a Japanese cooking wine made from rice, sweeter than sake.
- mirky — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- mirth — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- mirza — a royal prince (placed after the name when used as a title).
- miser — a comedy (1668) by Molière.
- miter — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitra — the Vedic god of justice.
- mitre — to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
- mixer — a person or thing that mixes.
- mizar — a double star in the middle of the constellation Ursa Major.
- moder — (obsolete) To moderate.
- modgr — Modern Greek
- moers — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia W Germany, in the Ruhr district.
- mohur — any of various gold coins of India, introduced in the 16th century by various Mogul princes and later used by the British as the standard gold coin of India.
- moira — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- moire — (of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.
- 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.
- moner — (zoology) Any member of the Monera.
- mooer — One who moos.
- moore — Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- moors — Plural form of moor.
- moory — Resembling a moor; swampy; boggy.
- moper — to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
- 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.