6-letter words starting with m
- montes — Plural form of mons.
- montez — Lola (Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert) 1818?–61, British dancer, born in Ireland: gained notoriety as mistress of Franz Liszt, Alexandre Dumas père, and Louis I of Bavaria (1786–1868).
- months — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- montre — An organ stop, usually the open diapason, having its pipes
- moodle — To dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away.
- mooers — Plural form of mooer.
- mooing — Present participle of moo.
- moolah — money.
- mooloo — a person from the Waikato
- moomba — a festival held annually in Melbourne since 1954, named in the belief that moomba was an Aboriginal word meaning "Let's get together and have fun"
- mooned — ornamented with moons or crescents.
- mooner — the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- moonie — a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- moonly — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar.
- moored — to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
- moorer — (nautical, rare) The person who moors a vessel.
- mooses — (dated, rare) Plural form of moose.
- moosey — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose.
- mootah — (US, slang) Marijuana.
- mooted — open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
- mooter — open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
- mop up — a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mop-up — the act, process, or an instance of mopping up; completion of an operation or action.
- mopane — A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi.
- mopani — a leguminous tree, Colophospermum (or Copaifera) mopane, native to southern Africa, that is highly resistant to drought and produces very hard wood
- mopeds — Plural form of moped.
- mopery — mopish behavior.
- mopier — mopey.
- moping — to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
- mopish — given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- mopoke — (chiefly AU) A morepork. (from 19th c.).
- mopped — a wry face; grimace.
- mopper — One who mops.
- moppet — a young child.
- moraea — any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- moraga — a city in W California.
- morale — emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.
- morals — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- morass — a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- morava — German March. a river in central Europe, flowing S from NE Czech Republic, along part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Slovakia and Austria, into the Danube W of Bratislava. 240 miles (385 km) long.
- morays — any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- morbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- morbus — a disease
- morcha — (in India) a hostile demonstration against the government
- moreau — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- moreen — a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- morels — Plural form of morel.
- morena — (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) (from 19th c.).
- moreso — Nonstandard spelling of more so.
- morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.