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Words starting with MAI

There are 101 words starting with MAI in the standard word-game list. The most common are main, mail, maid, maintain, mainly, maintenance.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
mainmost important element6
mailthe bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service6
maida female domestic7
maintaincause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity10
mainlyfor the most part11
maintenanceactivity involved in maintaining something in good working order15
maidenserving to set in motion9
mainlandthe main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula11
mailboxa private box for delivery of mail18
maintainedkept in good condition13
maintainingThe act of doing maintenance.14
mainstreamthe prevailing current of thought14
mailmana man who delivers the mail11
mainframea large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room16
mailedwearing protective mail9
mailingmail sent by a sender at one time10
maimedhaving a part of the body crippled or disabled11
mailsThe mail delivery system.7
mainsThe domestic electrical power supply.7
mailera person who mails something8
maiminjure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation8
maizetall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the…16
mainlineinject into the vein10
mainsailthe lowermost sail on the mainmast10
maidenhairany of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched…16
maidenheada fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin17
maidenhoodthe childhood of a girl17
maidenlinessbehavior befitting a young maiden15
maidenlybefitting or characteristic of a maiden14
maidhoodthe childhood of a girl15
maidishResembling or characteristic of a maid; effeminate.13
maidservanta female domestic17
maieuticOf or related to the Socratic method.12
maigrelarge European marine food fish9
mailabilityThe characteristic of being mailable; the ability to be mailed.18
mailableThat can be (physically and/or legally) sent by mail.12
mailbagpouch used in the shipment of mail12
maileA flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.7
maillessWithout mail (armour).10
maillota woman's one-piece bathing suit9
maimera person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples10
maimingThe act by which somebody is maimed.12
mainlanderSomeone who lives on the mainland.13
mainmastthe chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts12
mainsheet(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind14
mainspringthe most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the…15
mainstaya prominent supporter13
mainstreamed(of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes17
maintainabilityThe ease with which something can be maintained.22
maintainablecapable of being maintained16
maintainersomeone who upholds or maintains12
maintopA platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of…11
maiolicahighly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide12
mairMore6
maisonettea self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the…12
maistMost7

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