5-letter words starting with m
- masks — Plural form of mask.
- mason — Bobbie Ann, born 1940, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- massa — a city in W Italy, near the Ligurian Sea: important marble industry.
- masse — a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- massy — massive.
- mast- — masto-
- masta — (US, historical, colloquial) eye dialect of master, representing African American Vernacular English.
- masts — Plural form of mast.
- masty — (of a person) burly or big
- masur — Kurt, born 1927, German orchestral conductor.
- matai — A Samoan chief.
- match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mated — a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mater — British Informal. mother1 .
- mates — Plural form of mate.
- matey — comrade; chum; buddy.
- maths — an order of Hindu monks.
- matie — a student at the University of Stellenbosch, esp one representing the University in a sport
- matin — (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matje — Alt form maatje.
- matra — (music) A term in Indian music referring to the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
- matsu — Wade-Giles. an island off the SE coast of China, in the East China Sea: controlled by Taiwan. 17 sq. mi. (44 sq. km).
- matta — (sumo) a false start of a bout due to mutual misunderstanding.
- matte — having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
- matty — a male or female given name.
- matza — Alternative spelling of matzo.
- matzo — unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten by Jews during Passover.
- mauby — (in the E Caribbean) a bittersweet drink made from the bark of a rhamnaceous tree
- maude — Matilda (def 1).
- mauka — toward the mountains; inland.
- mauls — Plural form of maul.
- maund — a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- maura — a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- mauri — (NZ) life force, according to Maori beliefs.
- maury — Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- mauve — a pale bluish purple.
- maven — an expert or connoisseur.
- mavin — an expert or connoisseur.
- mavis — a female given name.
- mavun — Obsolete. a man’s vest.
- mawed — Having a maw (of a specified kind).
- mawks — Plural form of mawk.
- mawky — (Northern England, Appalachia) maggoty, full of maggots.
- maxed — Reach or cause to reach the limit of capacity or ability.
- maxer — maximum.
- maxes — a male given name, form of Maximilian.
- maxi- — maximum, very large, very long
- maxim — Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
- maxis — Plural form of maxi.
- mayan — of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or their languages.