9-letter words containing a, s, k, e
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- leetspeak — a coded spelling system and language used in very informal communications on the Internet, featuring letters combined with numbers or special characters in place of letters that they may resemble, and including inventive misspellings, jargon, and slang.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- mackensen — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1945, German field marshal.
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- make eyes — to ogle amorously
- make news — to do something that is apt to be reported as news
- make sail — to sail upon, over, or through: to sail the seven seas.
- make sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- makefiles — Plural form of makefile.
- makeovers — Plural form of makeover.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- mamelukes — Plural form of mameluke.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marrakesh — a city in W Morocco.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- masakhane — a political slogan of solidarity
- matsutake — A kind of mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- mismarked — Simple past tense and past participle of mismark.
- mispacked — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- mosaicked — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- mucksweat — profuse sweat or a state of profuse sweating
- mud snake — an iridescent black and red snake, Farancia abacura, of southeastern and south-central U.S., having a sharp, stiff tail tip used in manipulating prey into position for swallowing.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- nakedness — The state or fact of being naked.
- namesakes — Plural form of namesake.
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- neckbands — Plural form of neckband.
- necklaces — Plural form of necklace.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.