9-letter words containing e, k, m
- makeready — the final adjustment of the printing surfaces on a press by the use of leveling devices, overlays, underlays, etc.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- makeyevka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of the Sea of Azov.
- mallemuck — mollymawk.
- 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.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- mark 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.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- marketeer — a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
- 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
- matchmake — To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
- matsutake — A kind of mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake.
- mauna kea — a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,784 feet (4201 meters).
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mccloskey — John, 1810–85, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: first U.S. cardinal 1875.
- meat hook — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- 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.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- megaquake — an earthquake of exceptional destructive power, esp one with a magnitude of 8 or greater, which may generate a tsunami
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- merrimack — a town in S New Hampshire.
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- mess deck — the part of a ship for crew members to relax, sleep, and eat
- metalmark — any of the small, mostly tropical butterflies of the family Riodinidae, often having metallic-colored flecks on the wings.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- metestick — a measuring rod
- midweekly — midweek.
- midwicket — (cricket) a fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
- mike-mike — a millimeter.
- milk diet — a diet consisting largely of or solely of milk
- milkiness — The property of being milky.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- milkweeds — Plural form of milkweed.