5-letter words starting with m
- maidu — a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- maiko — an apprentice geisha
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maill — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mail.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- maims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maim.
- maine — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains — a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
- mainz — a state in W Germany: formerly part of Rhine Province. 7655 sq. mi. (19,825 sq. km). Capital: Mainz.
- maira — Maera.
- maire — a tall native New Zealand tree, olea cunninghami, with dark brown wood
- maise — a measure of herring
- maist — (Geordie) most.
- maize — (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1 (def 1).
- majid — (zoology) Any member of the Majidae.
- major — Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
- makah — a member of an American Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.
- makai — toward or by the sea; seaward: He agreed to purchase the land makai of Diamond Head Road.
- makar — a poet or writer.
- maked — (nonstandard, colloquial) Simple past tense and past participle of make.
- makee — Eye dialect of makes.
- maker — a person or thing that makes.
- makes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make.
- makin — (Wearside) present participle of mak.
- makis — Plural form of maki.
- makos — Plural form of mako.
- makua — a member of a people living in northern Mozambique and adjacent regions of Tanzania and Malawi.
- malai — In Indian cooking, cream.
- malan — Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- malar — Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km).
- malax — to soften
- malay — of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands.
- maleo — Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
- males — Plural form of male.
- malic — pertaining to or derived from apples.
- malik — Adam, 1917–84, Indonesian politician and diplomat.
- malis — Plural form of mali.
- malky — (Scotland, slang) To physically assault.
- malle — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1932–95, French film director.
- malls — Plural form of mall.
- mallu — (slang) a person from the Indian state of Kerala, especially one who speaks Malayalam.
- malmo — a seaport in S Sweden, on the Sound opposite Copenhagen, Denmark.
- malmy — resembling malm or loam
- malta — an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- malts — Plural form of malt.
- malty — of, like, or containing malt.
- malum — An evil or wrongdoing.
- malus — (business) The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
- malva — any mallow plant of the genus Malva