5 Letter Words That Start With AM

amend

Verb : (transitive) To make better; improve.

Verb : (intransitive) To become better.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

among

ambit

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.

Noun : The area or sphere of control and influence of something.

amber

Noun : (obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Noun : A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

Noun : A yellow-orange colour.

ample

Adjective : Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

Adjective : Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

amage

amity

Noun : (formal, literary) Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.

Noun : Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.

Noun : A female given name

amiss

Adjective : (chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

Verb : (archaic) Wrongly; mistakenly

Verb : Astray.

amble

Noun : An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

Noun : An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

Verb : (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

amaze

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.

Verb : (obsolete) To stun or stupefy (someone).

amuse

Verb : (transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual) with pleasing emotions.

Verb : To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

amass

Verb : (transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.

Verb : (transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

Verb : (intransitive) To accumulate; to assemble.

amast

amour

Noun : Courtship; flirtation.

Noun : A love affair.

Noun : A lover.

amish

Noun : A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

Adjective : Relating to this sect.

amati

Noun : a violin made by a member of the Amati family.

amite

Noun : A river (the Amite River) in Mississippi and Louisiana, United States, which flows into Lake Maurepas.

Noun : The short name for Amite City, a city in Louisiana, United States.

amino

Adjective : (chemistry) Relating to an amine.

Noun : (chemistry) The amine functional group.

amuck

Verb : Alternative form of amok [Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.]

Noun : Alternative form of amok [One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.]

ament

Noun : (botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence.

Noun : A congenital idiot.

amain

Verb : (archaic, literary) With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.

Verb : (archaic) At full speed; also, in great haste.

Verb : (Britain, dialectal) Out of control.

amase

amine

Noun : (inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.

amore

Noun : the Italian word for "love".

Noun : the eleventh studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released on 31 January 2006, for the Valentine's Day season.

Noun : the debut studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released in 1983.

amigo

Noun : (informal) A friend.

Noun : (informal, chiefly California) Mexican.

Noun : (historical) A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish.

amice

Noun : A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.

ameba

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba [(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.]

amara

Noun : A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".

Noun : A port on the River Tigris in Iraq.

ameer

Noun : A male given name from Arabic.

Noun : Alternative form of emir [A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.]

ammon

Noun : (historical) An ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.

Noun : A community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada.

Noun : A city in Bonneville County, Idaho.

amort

Adjective : (archaic, literary) As if dead; depressed

amide

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides

Noun : (inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH⁻ or R₂N⁻)

amply

Verb : In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

amana

amman

Noun : The capital city of Amman governorate, Jordan.

Noun : A river in Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon.

Noun : Synonym of Mariamman (“rain goddess”)

amery

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An unincorporated area and community in northern Manitoba, Canada.

Noun : A rail siding and junction in Western Australia.

amnio

Noun : amniocentesis

ambry

Noun : (now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.

Noun : (obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.

Noun : (now rare) A pantry, or place to store food.

amora

Noun : Any of the Jewish scholars of about 200 to 500 CE who orally transmitted the teachings of the Mishna.

amped

Adjective : Activated, as with electric power.

Adjective : (colloquial) Excited, especially, to excess.

amole

Noun : Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap

Noun : Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap

Noun : Chlorogalum pomeridianum, soap plant, a California native plant used for soap

amici

Noun : (law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.

amate

Noun : Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.

Noun : An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.

Verb : (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.

amway

Noun : (short for "American Way") an American multi-level marketing company that sells health, beauty, and home care products.

amnia

Noun : (anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

amiga

Noun : (Latin American) A female friend.

ambon

Noun : An island in Moluccas, Indonesia.

Noun : A city, the provincial capital of Maluku, Indonesia.

Noun : Alternative form of ambo [A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.]

ameri

amyss

Noun : Alternative spelling of amice [A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.]

amari

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male or female given name of modern usage.

amboy

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : An unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Turner County, Georgia, named from Amboy, NJ.

amaya

Noun : A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

amido

Noun : (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -NH₂ when attached via a carboxyl group

amina

Noun : A female given name from Arabic, meaning “faithful, trustworthy”, masculine equivalent Amin

Noun : A female given name from Arabic, notably borne by:

Noun : the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

ampul

Noun : Alternative spelling of ampoule [A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.]

Noun : Alternative spelling of ampulla [(historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.]

amado

Noun : A surname.

amato

Noun : A surname from Italian.

amphi

ambre

amnic

Adjective : of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnio

amrit

Noun : Alternative form of amrita [(Hinduism) The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.]

ambos

Noun : A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

Noun : (Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

Noun : (informal) An ambulance driver.

amove

Verb : (obsolete) To set in motion; to stir up, excite.

Verb : To remove (a person or thing) from a position.

Verb : (law) To dismiss from an office or station.

amaro

Noun : A type of Italian herbal liqueur

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

amper

Noun : A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.

Noun : A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.

Noun : Abbreviation of ampersand. [The symbol "&".]

amica

amory

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

Noun : A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.

amira

Noun : A female given name from Arabic, female version of Amir.

Noun : (historical) A member of a wealthy class of Armenian grandees in Constantinople which was in charge of national Armenian matters in the Ottoman Empire before the Armenian National Constitution of 1860 was adopted.

ammit

Noun : (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the Devourer of the Dead.

amgen

Noun : Amgen Inc. (formerly Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.

amita

amant

amias

Noun : The bowfin, Amia calva.

ammos

Noun : (informal) Ammunition.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To load up on ammunition.

amsel

amusd

Noun : a doctor's degree in musical art

amano

Noun : A surname from Japanese.

amico

Noun : A surname.

amada

Noun : The Temple of Amada, the oldest Egyptian temple in Nubia, was first constructed by Pharaoh Thutmose III of the 18th dynasty and dedicated to Amun and Re-Horakhty.

aming

Noun : A surname.

ameen

Noun : A surname from Arabic.

Noun : (India, historical) Any of various native Indian officials employed by the civil courts, for example to investigate accounts connected with a suit, to prosecute local enquiries of any kind bearing on a suit, to sell or to deliver over possession of immovable property, or to carry out legal process as a bailiff.

amasa

Noun : Amasa or AmessaiBrenton's Septuagint Translation, 2 Samuel 19:13

amids

Noun : Archaic form of amide. [(organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides]

amess

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of amyss

amode

amens

Verb : At the end of religious prayers: so be it.

Verb : In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: certainly, verily.

Noun : An instance of saying ‘amen’.

ampas

Noun : (film) Acronym of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

ameta

amahs

Noun : (India) A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.

Noun : (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia) A female domestic helper; a maid.

amini

Noun : A surname.

amiri

Noun : A surname.

ambri

amida

Noun : An ancient city in Mesopotamia located within modern Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Noun : (Buddhism) Synonym of Amitābha, the most important buddha of the Pure Land sect.

ambi-

amies

Noun : A surname from Old French.

ameca

amapa

Noun : A South American tree, Parahancornia fasciculata.

amare

Noun : A male given name

amata

Noun : A female given name from Latin; always rare in English.

Noun : (Roman mythology) The wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia.

amaas

Noun : Synonym of alastrim (“milder variant of smallpox”)

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