11-letter words containing k, e, r, m
- keratectomy — excision of part of the cornea.
- keratoderma — a disease of the horny layer of the skin, especially of the soles or palms.
- keratometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of the cornea.
- kerb market — curb (def 5).
- kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
- kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- khmer rouge — a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force and political opposition movement, originally Communist and Communist-backed.
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kinesimeter — An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
- lemon drink — a drink made from lemon juice or that tastes of lemon
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- locker room — A locker room is a room in which there are a lot of lockers.
- locker-room — of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker-room humor.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumpsuckers — Plural form of lumpsucker.
- madder lake — a strong purple-red color.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- main market — the market for trading in the listed securities of companies on the London Stock Exchange
- makassarese — a member of a Muslim people of southwestern Sulawesi, near Ujung Pandang, closely related to the Buginese.
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- make up for — compensate
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
- marble cake — a cake given a streaked, marblelike appearance by the incomplete mixing of dark, especially chocolate, and light batters.
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- market boat — a boat that transfers fish from a fishing fleet to a market on shore.
- market data — Market data is information gathered about the demand for goods, such as the number of units sold, and the value of goods sold.
- market rent — (in Britain) the rent chargeable for accommodation, allowing for the scarcity of that kind of property and the willingness of tenants to pay
- market test — If a company carries out a market test, it asks a group of people to try a new product or service and give their opinions on it.
- market town — a town where a regularly scheduled market is held.
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- marking pen — marker (def 10).
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- mary leakey — Louis Seymour Bazett [baz-it] /ˈbæz ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1903–72, British archaeologist and anthropologist.
- mass market — general public
- mass-market — (of products) produced and distributed in large quantities and intended to appeal to the widest range of consumers.
- master disk — an original disk from which duplicates are made
- master-work — masterpiece.
- masterworks — Plural form of masterwork.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- meadowlarks — Plural form of meadowlark.
- meat market — a market where meat is sold
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)