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12-letter words containing k, a, r, m

  • farm-to-fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
  • forex market — short for
  • formula milk — An artificial substitute for breast milk intended for feeding infants. It can come in powdered form to be mixed with water or in instant liquid form.
  • frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
  • frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
  • franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
  • garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
  • glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
  • greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
  • groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
  • hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
  • heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
  • hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
  • holidaymaker — vacationer.
  • hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
  • hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
  • infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • karmadharaya — a compound of two words in which the first is an adjective and the second a substantive, as blackbird, gentleman, or grandson.
  • karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
  • karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
  • kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
  • katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
  • katharometer — (science) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
  • katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
  • keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • kuala lumpur — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
  • kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • lake mälaren — a lake in S Sweden, extending 121 km (75 miles) west from Stockholm, where it joins with an inlet of the Baltic Sea (the Saltsjön). Area: 1140 sq km (440 sq miles)
  • lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
  • laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • like a charm — perfectly; successfully
  • like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
  • lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
  • madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
  • magic marker — felt-tip pen
  • magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
  • makarios iii — (Michael Christodoulos Mouskos) 1913–77, Cypriot statesman and Greek Orthodox prelate: archbishop and patriarch of Cyprus 1950–77; president 1960–77 (in exile 1974).
  • make certain — ensure
  • make friends — get to know people
  • make history — do sth of great significance
  • make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
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