5-letter words containing m, y
- mabye — Misspelling of maybe.
- madly — insanely or wildly: The old witch cackled madly.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- malay — of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands.
- malky — (Scotland, slang) To physically assault.
- malmy — resembling malm or loam
- malty — of, like, or containing malt.
- mamey — a tall, tropical American tree, Mammea americana, having thick, glossy leaves and fragrant white flowers.
- mammy — Informal. mother1 .
- mandy — (UK, slang, uncountable) the drug MDMA.
- mangy — having, caused by, or like the mange.
- manky — (British, Scotland, Ireland, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
- manly — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- manny — a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manye — Obsolete spelling of many.
- marcy — Mount, a mountain in NE New York: highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains, 5344 feet (1629 meters).
- mardy — grumpy or moody; sulky: She's behaving like a typical mardy teenager, refusing to tell us what's wrong.
- marly — Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- marry — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- marvy — marvelous; delightful.
- marya — a female given name, form of Mary.
- mashy — mashie.
- massy — massive.
- masty — (of a person) burly or big
- matey — comrade; chum; buddy.
- matty — a male or female given name.
- mauby — (in the E Caribbean) a bittersweet drink made from the bark of a rhamnaceous tree
- maury — Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- mawky — (Northern England, Appalachia) maggoty, full of maggots.
- mayan — of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or their languages.
- mayas — the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- maybe — perhaps; possibly: Maybe I'll go too.
- mayed — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- 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.
- 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.
- mayst — 2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- mazey — Obsolete form of mazy.
- mboya — Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- mbyte — megabyte
- mccay — Winsor, 1871?–1934, U.S. artist, cartoonist, and animator.
- mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
- mckay — Claude, 1890–1948, U.S. author, born in Jamaica: leader in the Harlem Renaissance.
- mealy — having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly: mealy potatoes; a mealy stone.
- meany — a small-minded, petty, or malicious person: The children said their teacher was a real meany.
- meaty — of or like meat.
- mebby — (slang) maybe.
- medly — Obsolete form of medley.
- meiny — Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- melty — Having a high tendency to melt.