12-letter words containing k, i, e, r
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
- magic marker — felt-tip pen
- 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.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
- market price — the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.
- marking gage — any of various adjustable tools for marking a line parallel to a straight edge against which the tool is moved.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- middle greek — Medieval Greek.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milk-livered — timid; cowardly
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- more like it — closer to being what is wanted
- mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- normokalemia — The state of having a normal concentration of potassium in one's blood.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- on your bike — away you go
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life