8-letter words containing e, k, m
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kingsmen — Plural form of kingsman.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- kneeroom — space to put one's knees
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- kremlins — Plural form of kremlin.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- krumkake — a very large, thin traditional Scandinavian cookie prepared by pouring batter into an appliance much like a waffle iron and then rolling the warm cookie around a cone form.
- lamblike — like a lamb; gentle; meek.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leukemia — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukemic — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukemid — any cutaneous lesion that occurs in leukemia.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- like mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- limekiln — a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.
- limerick — a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- mad keen — If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- magicked — Simple past tense and past participle of magic.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- maitakes — Plural form of maitake.
- make for — 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 hay — to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
- make off — 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 out — 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 way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- makeable — a rough stone
- makebate — a person who causes contention or discord.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- makefile — Alternative spelling of make file.
- makeless — having no mate or match.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- malarkey — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- mameluke — a member of a military class, originally composed of slaves, that seized control of the Egyptian sultanate in 1250, ruled until 1517, and remained powerful until massacred or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
- mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mapmaker — a person who makes maps; cartographer.
- markable — Capable of being marked.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- markered — Simple past tense and past participle of marker.