9-letter words containing a, i, m, k
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kaiserism — autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.
- kalamkari — A type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kamarhati — a city in West Bengal state, in NE India, a suburb of Kolkata.
- kamikazes — Plural form of kamikaze.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- kanamycin — An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.
- kauri gum — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
- ketonemia — the presence of ketone bodies in the blood.
- khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- king clam — geoduck.
- kingmaker — a person who has great power and influence in the choice of a ruler, candidate for public office, business leader, or the like.
- kinswoman — a female relative.
- kissagram — Alternative form of kissogram.
- kissogram — A novelty greeting or message delivered by a man or woman who accompanies it with a kiss, arranged as a humorous surprise for the recipient.
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leukaemia — (UK) alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- link farm — (file system, Unix) A directory tree that contains mostly symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the option to replace a link with a new version of the target file when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of just those files that differ from the master tree. E.g. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of "-I" (include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out of hand, becoming the file system equivalent of spaghetti code.
- m-banking — the practice of making financial transactions or managing bank accounts using mobile phone technology
- mackenzie — Sir Alexander, 1764–1820, Scottish explorer in Canada.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- main deck — the uppermost weatherproof deck, running the full length of a ship.
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- make bail — If someone who has been arrested makes bail, or if another person makes bail for them, the arrested person is released on bail.
- make like — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- make sail — to sail upon, over, or through: to sail the seven seas.
- make time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make-nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- makefiles — Plural form of makefile.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makizushi — Rolled sushi.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- mannikins — Plural form of mannikin.
- maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
- mapmaking — Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.