6-letter words starting with m
- manitu — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- mankin — (rare) A little man; a manikin.
- mankle — a man's bare ankle, especially when displayed for the purpose of fashion
- manley — Michael (Norman).1924–97, Jamaican statesman; prime minister of Jamaica (1972–80; 1989–92)
- mannai — an ancient kingdom in Iran, in Kurdistan.
- mannan — any of a group of polysaccharides, found in the ivory nut, carob bean, and the like, that yield mannose upon hydrolysis.
- mannar — Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.
- manned — carrying or operated by one or more persons: a manned spacecraft.
- manner — mainour.
- mannes — Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- mannie — a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manoah — the father of Samson. Judges 13.
- manoao — a coniferous forest tree, Manoao colensoi, found in New Zealand's North Island
- manoir — A type of manor or country house.
- manors — Plural form of manor.
- manour — Obsolete spelling of manor.
- manque — having failed, missed, or fallen short, especially because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively): a poet manqué who never produced a single book of verse.
- manred — homage
- manses — the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manson — Sir Patrick. 1844–1922, British physician, who established that mosquitoes transmit certain parasites responsible for human diseases
- mansur — (ʿAbdullāh al-Mansūr) a.d. 712?–775, Arab caliph 754–775: founder of Baghdad 764.
- mantel — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantic — of or relating to divination.
- mantid — mantis.
- mantis — any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantle — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantra — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantua — a city in E Lombardy, in N Italy: birthplace of Vergil.
- manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- manuel — a male given name.
- manuf. — manufacture
- manuka — A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
- manure — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- manway — a passage in a mine wide enough for a single person.
- many a — constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
- manzil — (Islam) Any of the seven partitions of the Qur'an, which can be read in an entire day.
- maoism — the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- maoist — the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- maomao — either of two small New Zealand edible fish, the pink maomao caprodon langimanus and the blue maomao scorpis acquipinnus
- maping — former name of Liuzhou.
- maples — Plural form of maple.
- mappah — a body of Ashkenazic-oriented commentaries on the Shulhan Arukh, written by the Polish Talmudic scholar Moses Isserles (c1520–72) and incorporated by him into the code.
- mapped — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- mapper — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- maputo — Formerly Portuguese East Africa. a republic in SE Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 297,731 sq. mi. (771,123 sq. km). Capital: Maputo.
- maquis — the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- marabi — A lively music genre from South Africa.
- maraca — a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- marais — a swamp or bayou.
- marajo — an island in N Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon. 19,000 sq. mi. (49,000 sq. km).