5-letter words containing m
- amer. — America(n)
- amero — A proposed unified currency of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
- amess — Alternative form of amyss.
- amgun — a river in SE Siberian Russia, flowing NE to the Amur River. 490 miles (788 km) long.
- amice — a rectangular piece of white linen worn by priests around the neck and shoulders under the alb or, formerly, on the head
- amici — An impartial adviser, often voluntary, to a court of law in a particular case.
- amida — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- amide — any organic compound containing the functional group -CONH2
- amido — of an amide or amides
- amiee — Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
- amies — a female friend.
- amiga — a female friend.
- amigo — a friend; comrade
- amiid — (zoology) Any member of the Amiidae.
- amina — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “honest and faithful.”.
- amine — an organic base formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia by organic groups
- amino — of, consisting of, or containing the group of atoms -NH2
- amirs — Plural form of amir.
- amish — The Amish are members of a Protestant sect whose rural way of life is simple and strict.
- amiss — If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
- amity — Amity is peaceful, friendly relations between people or countries.
- amlah — (India, historical) A court official in India.
- amman — the capital of Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: ancient capital of the Ammonites, rebuilt by Ptolemy in the 3rd century bc. Pop: 1 292 000 (2005 est)
- ammon — the ancestor of the Ammonites
- amn't — am not
- amnia — Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amnio — Informal. amniocentesis.
- amock — (very rare) alternative spelling of amok.
- amoks — (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- amole — the root, bulb or other part of several mainly western North American plants, such as the agave and yucca, used as a substitute for soap
- among — Someone or something that is situated or moving among a group of things or people is surrounded by them.
- amora — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort — utterly dejected, depressed, lifeless or listless
- amory — a male or female given name.
- amour — An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
- amove — to dismiss from an office or station
- amped — amplifier (def 2).
- amper — ampersand
- ample — If there is an ample amount of something, there is enough of it and usually some extra.
- amply — more than sufficiently; fully; generously
- ampul — a sealed glass or plastic container for one dose of a sterile medicine to be injected parenterally
- amram — the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- amrit — a sanctified solution of sugar and water used in the Amrit Ceremony
- amuck — amok
- amuse — If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- amyl- — amylo-
- amyss — A hood or cape.
- angma — agma.
- anim. — animato
- anima — the feminine principle as present in the male unconscious