5 Letter Words Ending in M

thrum

Verb : To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

Noun : A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

Verb : To make a monotonous drumming noise.

gleam

Verb : (intransitive) To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.

Noun : (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.

Noun : (countable, figuratively) An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

charm

Noun : (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

Noun : An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

Noun : A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

bosom

Noun : (anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).

Noun : The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.

Noun : A breast, one of a woman's breasts

chasm

Noun : (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

Noun : (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

Noun : A locality and provincial park in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

axiom

Noun : (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).

Noun : (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

Noun : An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.

realm

Noun : (also figurative) A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.

Noun : (archaic or law and rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.

Noun : (fantasy, roleplaying games) An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise.

bloom

Noun : (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

Noun : A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Noun : (collective) Flowers.

forum

Noun : (Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

Noun : A place for discussion.

Noun : A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium.

buxom

Adjective : (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

Adjective : (dated) Full of health, vigour, and good temper.

Adjective : (obsolete) Physically flexible or unresisting.

maxim

Noun : A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

Noun : (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

Noun : (firearms) The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.

glaum

Verb : (Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.

Verb : (Northern England, Scotland) To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.

Verb : To look (at), to stare (at).

cream

Noun : The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

Noun : (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.

Noun : (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).

storm

Noun : Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

Noun : (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.

Noun : (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).

odium

Noun : Hatred; dislike.

Noun : The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.

carom

Noun : (countable, billiards, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).

Noun : (uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.

dream

Noun : (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

Verb : (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.

Noun : (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.

whelm

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.

Noun : (poetic, also figuratively) A surge of water.

qualm

Noun : A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Noun : A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

Noun : (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

abysm

Noun : (now chiefly literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.

Noun : (archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.

totem

Noun : Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.

Noun : The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.

Noun : (figuratively) A symbol or personification.

golem

Noun : (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.

Noun : (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.

swarm

Noun : A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

Noun : A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.

Verb : (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.

idiom

Noun : A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

Noun : An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.

Noun : (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.

claim

Verb : To demand ownership of.

Noun : A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.

Noun : A demand of ownership made for something.

alarm

Noun : Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Noun : A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.

Verb : (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.

gloom

Noun : A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

Noun : Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

Noun : Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

madam

Noun : A polite form of address for a woman or lady.

Noun : The mistress of a household.

Verb : (transitive) To address as "madam".

spasm

Noun : A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.

Noun : A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.

Noun : A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

venom

Noun : An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.

Noun : (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

scrim

Noun : (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.

Noun : (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.

Noun : A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.

proem

Noun : An introduction, preface or preamble.

datum

Noun : Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.

Noun : (cartography, surveying, engineering, manufacturing) A point, line, or surface with reference to which positions (such as elevations) are measured or indicated. (Examples include a permanent benchmark in leveling or mean sea level in a topographical survey).

Noun : (nautical) A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water, and often employed by coastal search and rescue.

harem

Noun : A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.

Noun : The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.

Noun : (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.

sloom

Noun : A gentle sleep; slumber.

Verb : (Scotland) To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.

Verb : To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)

velum

Noun : (anatomy) The soft palate.

Noun : (mycology) A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills.

Noun : A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.

smarm

Noun : Smarmy language or behavior.

Verb : (intransitive) To fawn, to be unctuous.

Verb : (transitive) To address in a fawning and unctuous manner.

miasm

Noun : An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.

Noun : (homeopathy) A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.

ad rem

Adjective : Pertinent; relevant.

Verb : Pertinently; to the purpose.

prism

Noun : (optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.

Noun : (geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.

Noun : An object having the shape of a geometrical prism (sense 1).

minim

Noun : A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

Noun : (music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

Noun : (zoology) The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.

groom

Noun : A man who is about to marry.

Noun : A person who looks after horses.

Verb : To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

deism

Noun : A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.

Noun : (philosophy) A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.

Noun : Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos.

album

Noun : A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.

Noun : A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.

Noun : A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.

rheum

Noun : (uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.

Noun : Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.

Noun : (informal) Rheumatologist.

psalm

Noun : (religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.

Noun : One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

Verb : To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

scrum

Noun : (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.

Noun : (software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

Noun : A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

fleam

Noun : A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.

Noun : (UK, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream

Noun : (UK, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it

cavum

Noun : (anatomy) A recess or hollow.

Noun : The nasal cavity.

Noun : The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.

chirm

Noun : (obsolete) A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.

Verb : (obsolete) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.

novum

Noun : A new feature, a novelty.

Noun : (narratology, science fiction) An innovation which is fictional, but, following the logic of cognitive estrangement (characteristic of science fiction), is afforded plausibility by the assumption that the fictional setting is scientifically consistent.

Noun : (obsolete, uncountable) A game of dice, properly called novem quinque, the two principal throws being nine and five.

enorm

Adjective : (obsolete) enormous

steam

Noun : The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).

Noun : The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.

Noun : Mist, fog.

scram

Verb : (intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.

Verb : (transitive) To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.

Verb : (intransitive) Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.

abeam

Verb : (nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.

Verb : (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.

Adjective : (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.

aurum

Noun : Gold (used in the names of various substances, see "Derived terms").

Noun : A sweet, orange-flavored Italian liqueur.

Noun : A sweet Italian liqueur, having a golden-yellow colour, manufactured from brandy, oranges and saffron.

steem

Verb : (obsolete) To value, to esteem.

Noun : (obsolete) Value.

Noun : (obsolete) A gleam of light; a flame.

aevum

Noun : (Scholastic philosophy) The temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be unchanging).

sperm

Noun : (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

Noun : (uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

Verb : (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

strum

Verb : (ambitransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

Noun : The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

Noun : The act of strumming.

bedim

Verb : (transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

gloam

Verb : (intransitive) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

Verb : (intransitive) To be sullen or morose.

Noun : (obsolete) Clipping of gloaming (“twilight”). [Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.]

malum

Noun : (formal) An evil or wrongdoing.

Noun : (India, nautical, historical) The mate serving on a ship with English officers and native crew.

phasm

Noun : (obsolete) An apparition; a phantom.

shtum

Adjective : Silent; speechless; dumb.

denim

Noun : A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

besom

Noun : A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.

Noun : Any cleansing or purifying agent.

Noun : (Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.

shawm

Noun : A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.

hokum

Noun : (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.

Noun : (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.

Noun : (countable, informal) A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.

seism

Noun : A shaking of the Earth's surface; an earthquake or tremor.

larum

Noun : Obsolete form of alarum. [(normally archaic) A danger signal or warning.]

Verb : Obsolete form of alarum. [(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.]

sloam

Noun : (mining) A layer of earth between coal seams.

scomm

Noun : (obsolete) A buffoon.

Noun : (obsolete) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.

choom

Noun : (New Zealand, Australia, dated, informal) An Englishman.

abrim

Adjective : Brimming, full to the brim.

Verb : Brimming, full to the brim.

likam

modem

Noun : (computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.

Verb : To transmit by modem.

cecum

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of caecum. [(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.]

bream

Noun : An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.

Noun : A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

Noun : (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.

vroom

Verb : (informal) To move with great speed; to zoom.

Noun : The sound of an engine revving up.

Noun : A surname from Dutch.

unarm

Verb : (transitive) To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from.

Verb : (intransitive) To remove one's armour.

locum

Noun : (British, Australia, informal) A period working as a locum tenens.

Noun : (historical) A share in a Genoese trading vessel.

Noun : (British, Australia, informal) Ellipsis of locum tenens. [A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.]

nizam

Noun : (historical) The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.

Noun : (obsolete) The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.

solum

Noun : Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes; the upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.

Noun : A surname.

sherm

Noun : (uncountable, slang) The drug phencyclidine (PCP).

Noun : (countable, slang) A cigarette soaked in PCP.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A degenerate; a person not worthy of respect.

traum

zoism

Noun : (dated) A former doctrine claiming that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.

Noun : (dated) A reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.

autum

Noun : Obsolete spelling of autumn. [Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.]

Noun : Alternative spelling of autem. [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church.]

Adjective : Alternative spelling of autem. [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Married.]

scism

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of schism. [A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.]

tharm

Noun : (now chiefly dialectal) An intestine; an entrail; gut.

xform

Verb : Abbreviation of transform. [(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.]

basim

Noun : Anis Basim Moujahid (born 4 July 1992), better known as Basim, is a Danish pop singer and songwriter.

Noun : a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Basimskoye Rural Settlement, Solikamsky District, Perm Krai, Russia.

fream

Noun : (US slang, 1950s–1960s) social outsider, misfit, loser, usually restricted to males

maram

Noun : Alternative form of murram. [(East Africa, India) Laterite.]

reism

Noun : (philosophy) A form of concretism stating that (i) every object is a body and (ii) no object is a state or relation, or property.

churm

Noun : Alternative form of chirm. [(obsolete) A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.]

begam

widom

broom

Noun : (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

Noun : (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.

ileum

Noun : (anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

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