5-letter words containing y, a, m
- 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.
- mccay — Winsor, 1871?–1934, U.S. artist, cartoonist, and animator.
- 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.
- minya — Al (æl ) ; al) city in central Egypt, on the Nile: pop. 179,000
- moany — Tending to grumble or complain, typically about trivial issues.
- moray — any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
- mylae — a port in NE Sicily: founded in the 8th century bc; scene of a battle (1860), in which Garibaldi defeated the Bourbon forces. Pop: 32 108 (2001)
- mylar — A polyester film; see PET film (biaxially oriented).
- mynah — any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- mynas — Plural form of myna.
- myoma — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- myrna — a female given name.
- mysap — a Web-integrated software application used by businesses to plan and control product distribution, human resources, budgets, etc
- mysia — an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- nyman — Michael. born 1944, British composer; works include the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1986) and scores for films, including The Piano (1992) and several films by Peter Greenaway