may: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of may
- dismay«Word Popularity Bar4/5
dismay
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
discouragement; disheartenment.
- noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger
alarm; consternation.
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- gamay1/5
gamay
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- camay1/5
- amay1/5
amay
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Suffixes of may
- mayor«Word Popularity Bar5/5
mayor
- noun the head of a city government
city manager.
- noun the head of a city government
- maybe5/5
maybe
- adverb by chance
perchance; perhaps; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb by chance
- mayer4/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- maya4/5
maya
(Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
- mayo4/5
mayo
- noun egg yolks and oil and vinegar
mayonnaise.
- noun egg yolks and oil and vinegar
- maynard4/5
maynard
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- mays3/5
may
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- mayflower3/5
mayflower
- noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
trailing arbutus; Epigaea repens.
- noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
- noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
- mayors3/5
mayor
- noun the head of a city government
city manager.
- noun the head of a city government
- mayhem3/5
mayhem
- noun the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
- noun violent and needless disturbance
havoc.
- noun the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
- mayoral3/5
mayoral
- adjective of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor
- mayoral elections
- adjective of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor
- mayan3/5
mayan
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
Maya.
- Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar
- noun a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
Maya; Mayan language.
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- mayonnaise3/5
mayonnaise
- noun egg yolks and oil and vinegar
mayo.
- noun egg yolks and oil and vinegar
- mayas2/5
maya
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
Mayan.
- Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar
- noun a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
Mayan; Mayan language.
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- mayoralty2/5
mayoralty
- noun the position of mayor
- noun the position of mayor
- mayans2/5
mayan
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
Maya.
- Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar
- noun a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
Maya; Mayan language.
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- mayday2/5
mayday
- noun an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)
- noun an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)
- mayenne2/5
mayenne
- noun a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region
- noun a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region
- maypole2/5
maypole
- noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
- noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
- mayfly2/5
mayfly
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
shadfly; dayfly.
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
- mayflies2/5
mayfly
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
shadfly; dayfly.
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
- mayhap2/5
mayhap
- adverb by chance
perchance; perhaps; maybe; possibly; peradventure.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb by chance
- mayest2/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- mayfair2/5
mayfair
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- mayes2/5
mayes
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- mayst2/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- mayberry2/5
- maytag2/5
maytag
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- mayn't2/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- mayence2/5
- mayflowers1/5
mayflower
- noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
- noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
trailing arbutus; Epigaea repens.
- noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
- mayapple1/5
mayapple
- noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
Podophyllum peltatum; May apple; wild mandrake.
- noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
- mayoress1/5
mayoress
- noun the wife of a mayor
- noun a woman mayor
- noun the wife of a mayor
- maypop1/5
maypop
- noun of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
Passiflora incarnata.
- noun of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
- mayweed1/5
mayweed
- noun widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
stinking mayweed; stinking chamomile; Anthemis cotula; dog fennel.
- noun widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
- mayoralties1/5
mayoralty
- noun the position of mayor
- noun the position of mayor
- maypoles1/5
maypole
- noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
- noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
- mayos1/5
- mayotte1/5
- maybes1/5
maybe
- adverb by chance
perchance; perhaps; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb by chance
- maydis1/5
maydis
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- mayra1/5
mayra
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- maying1/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- mayon1/5
mayon
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- maycock1/5
- maytime1/5
- mayhaps1/5
mayhap
- adverb by chance
perchance; perhaps; maybe; possibly; peradventure.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb by chance
- mayster1/5
mast
- noun a vertical spar for supporting sails
- noun nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
- noun a vertical spar for supporting sails
- mayanists1/5
- mayorship1/5
mayorship
The office of a mayor.
- mayanist1/5
mayanist
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Derived words of may
- ramayana«Word Popularity Bar3/5
ramayana
The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
- dismayed3/5
dismayed
- adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
appalled; aghast; shocked.
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- dismaying2/5
dismaying
- adjective satellite causing consternation
appalling.
- appalling conditions
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite causing consternation
- undismayed2/5
undismayed
- adjective satellite unshaken in purpose
unshaken; undaunted.
- wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made
- adjective satellite unshaken in purpose
- umayyad2/5
umayyad
- noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
Ommiad; Omayyad.
- noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
- ramayanas1/5
ramayana
- noun one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne
- noun one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne
- dismays1/5
dismay
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
discouragement; disheartenment.
- noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger
alarm; consternation.
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- omayyad1/5
omayyad
- noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
Umayyad; Ommiad.
- noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
- omayyads1/5
omayyad
- noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
Umayyad; Ommiad.
- noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
- putumayo1/5
- pilcomayo1/5
pilcomayo
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- namaycush1/5
namaycush
(Zool.) A large North American lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called alsoMackinaw trout ,lake trout ,lake salmon ,salmon trout ,togue , andtuladi .
- dismayingly1/5
dismaying
- adjective satellite causing consternation
appalling.
- appalling conditions
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite causing consternation
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `may`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `may`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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