5-letter words starting with m
- menad — maenad.
- menam — a former name of Chao Phraya.
- menat — an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- mende — a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- mends — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- menel — manille.
- menem — Carlos Saul, born 1930, Argentine political leader: president 1989–99.
- menes — flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- meno- — menstruation
- menon — Vengalil Krishnan Krishna (ˈvɛŋɡəlɪl ˈkriːʃnən ˈkriːʃnə). 1897–1974, Indian diplomat and politician, who was a close associate of Nehru and played a key role in the Indian nationalist movement
- mensa — an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.
- mense — propriety; discretion.
- mensh — to mention
- menta — Plural form of mentum.
- mento — A style of Jamaican folk music based on a traditional dance rhythm in duple time.
- menus — a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare: Ask the waiter for a menu.
- meows — Plural form of meow.
- merca — a city in S Somalia.
- merce — (obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
- merch — merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base: The band sold t-shirts and other merch while on tour.
- merci — (French, colloquial) thank you.
- merck — Obsolete spelling of mark (15th-17th c.).
- mercs — Plural form of merc.
- mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- merde — excrement.
- mered — purified or refined
- meres — Plural form of mere.
- merge — to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- meril — a counter used in the game of merils
- merin — Mirim.
- merit — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merle — a male or female given name.
- merlo — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- mero- — part or partial
- meroe — a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros — (in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- merry — full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
- merse — low level ground by a river or shore, often alluvial and fertile
- meryl — a female given name, form of Merle.
- mesas — Plural form of mesa.
- mesel — (obsolete) Having leprosy; leprous. (14th-17th c.).
- meshy — formed with meshes; meshed.
- mesic — of or relating to a meson; mesonic.
- mesne — intermediate or intervening.
- meso- — middle or intermediate
- meson — Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- mesor — Lb biology A mean value based on the distribution of values across the cycles of the circadian rhythm, computed using a cosine function.
- messi — Lionel (Andrés). (ljoˈnel anˈdres) born 1987, Argentinian footballer; a prolific goalscorer for both Barcelona (from 2004) and Argentina (from 2005)
- messy — characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
- mesto — sad