5-letter words containing ma
- mafia — a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- mafic — of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals. Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- mafoo — In China, someone who looks after horses in a stable; a groom. (from 19th c.).
- magda — a female given name, German form of Magdalene.
- magic — the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
- magma — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magna — a town in N Utah.
- magog — a people descended from Japheth. Gen. 10:2; Ezek. 38, 39. Compare Gog and Magog.
- magot — Barbary ape.
- magus — (sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mahal — a palace or mansion. See also Taj Mahal.
- mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- mahdi — the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- mahoe — hau tree.
- mahon — a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- mahua — any of several trees of the genus Madhuca, of the sapodilla family, native to India, the Malay Peninsula, and southeastern Asia, especially M. latifolia, the flowers of which are used, fresh or dried, for food or are fermented to prepare an intoxicating drink.
- maida — A finely milled, refined and bleached wheat flour, used in making many Indian foods.
- maide — Obsolete spelling of maid.
- maids — Plural form of maid.
- maidu — a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- maiko — an apprentice geisha
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maill — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mail.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- maims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maim.
- maine — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains — a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
- mainz — a state in W Germany: formerly part of Rhine Province. 7655 sq. mi. (19,825 sq. km). Capital: Mainz.
- maira — Maera.
- maire — a tall native New Zealand tree, olea cunninghami, with dark brown wood
- maise — a measure of herring
- maist — (Geordie) most.
- maize — (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1 (def 1).
- majid — (zoology) Any member of the Majidae.
- major — Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
- makah — a member of an American Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.
- makai — toward or by the sea; seaward: He agreed to purchase the land makai of Diamond Head Road.
- makar — a poet or writer.
- maked — (nonstandard, colloquial) Simple past tense and past participle of make.
- makee — Eye dialect of makes.
- maker — a person or thing that makes.
- makes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make.
- makin — (Wearside) present participle of mak.
- makis — Plural form of maki.
- makos — Plural form of mako.
- makua — a member of a people living in northern Mozambique and adjacent regions of Tanzania and Malawi.
- malai — In Indian cooking, cream.
- malan — Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- malar — Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km).