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

  • 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.
  • pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
  • parking ramp — apron (def 6).
  • parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • premarketing — before the development of a market
  • pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
  • pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
  • rhythm stick — a small wooden stick used, especially by a child, as a simple percussive instrument in learning the rudiments of musical rhythm.
  • risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
  • risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • rock climber — sb who scales mountains
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
  • share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
  • sink or swim — fail or succeed
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • tank farming — hydroponics.
  • taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • tiger market — any of the four most important markets on the Pacific rim after Japan: Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
  • turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
  • underkingdom — the domain of an underking
  • waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
  • watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
  • white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
  • witch's mark — devil's mark.
  • workingwoman — a woman who is regularly employed.
  • workingwomen — a woman who is regularly employed.
  • workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
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