5-letter words containing mo
- mosby — John Singleton [sing-guh l-tuh n] /ˈsɪŋ gəl tən/ (Show IPA), 1833–1916, Confederate cavalry colonel.
- mosel — a river in W Europe, rising in NE France and flowing northwest, forming part of the border between Luxembourg and Germany, then northeast to the Rhine: many vineyards along its lower course. Length: 547 km (340 miles)
- moser — Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- mosey — to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- moshi — a city in N Tanzania.
- mossi — an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- mosso — rapid; fast.
- mossy — overgrown with or abounding in moss: a mossy stone.
- moste — Obsolete spelling of most.
- mosts — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
- mosul — a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- moted — Filled with motes, or fine floating dust.
- motel — a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- motes — Plural form of mote.
- motet — a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- motey — full of moits.
- moths — Plural form of moth.
- mothy — containing moths.
- motif — a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- moton — besague.
- motor — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motte — a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- motto — a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- motty — (Scotland) Full of, or consisting of, motes.
- motza — motser.
- motze — (Mo Ti) flourished 5th century b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- mouch — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- moues — Plural form of moue.
- mould — loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- moule — a mussel, esp. an edible variety
- moult — (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- mound — a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.
- mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- mourn — Feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
- mouse — A small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.
- mouso — (jargon) /mow'soh/ (By analogy with "typo") An error in mouse usage resulting in an inappropriate selection or graphic garbage on the screen. Compare thinko.
- mousy — resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
- mouth — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- moved — to pass from one place or position to another.
- mover — a person or thing that moves.
- moves — to pass from one place or position to another.
- movie — motion picture.
- mowat — Farley (McGill) 1921–2014, Canadian writer.
- mowed — Simple past tense and past participle of mow.
- mower — lawn mower.
- mowra — mahua.
- moxas — a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- moxie — vigor; verve; pep.
- moyle — Alternative form of moil.