12-letter words containing k, m, e, s
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- make-up base — a primer of make-up applied to the face in order to prepare it for the main layer of make-up
- make-up case — a case in which cosmetics are kept
- maker's mark — the personal mark of a goldsmith or silversmith, struck on the completed pieces.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- market cross — a place in a town or village where a cross was set up and a regular market was held
- market rates — the current or accepted rates for a product or service
- market share — the specific percentage of total industry sales of a particular product achieved by a single company in a given period of time.
- marketbasket — a selected list of goods and services, usually food and household items regarded as typifying consumer spending over a given time, used to measure the cost of living
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- master baker — a baker who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- masterstroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milk thistle — flowering plant
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mistakenness — The state or condition of being mistaken.
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- moses basket — wicker bed for a baby
- mouse jockey — a person whose job mainly involves working with computers, esp for web and graphic design
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.
- multiskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- 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.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- nevinnomyssk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Stavropol.