10-letter words containing k, m
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- homeworker — a person who works at home for pay, especially a pieceworker.
- horkheimer — Max. 1895–1973, German social theorist of the Frankfurt school. His books include Eclipse of Reason (1947) and Critical Theory (1968)
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- imagemaker — a person, as a publicist, who specializes in creating images for companies, political candidates, etc.
- imran khan — full name Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi. born 1952, Pakistani cricketer and politician: an all-rounder, he played in 88 test matches and captained Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup
- in my book — In my book means 'in my opinion' or 'according to my beliefs'.
- inkle loom — a simple narrow loom used for weaving long decorative tapes and bands.
- jackhammer — a portable drill operated by compressed air and used to drill rock, break up pavement, etc.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jam-packed — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- job market — the total number of vacant jobs open to those seeking employment.
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- jump spark — spark1 (def 2).
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- kahanamoku — Duke Paoa [pah-oh-ah] /pɑˈoʊ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kalimantan — Indonesian name of Borneo, especially referring to the southern, or Indonesian, part.
- kama sutra — a Hindu religious treatise written c. a.d. 400, that deals with pleasure, love, and sexuality
- kamchatkan — a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.
- kamehameha — ("the Great") 1737?–1819, king of the Hawaiian Islands 1810–19.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kantianism — the philosophy of Kant, who held that the content of knowledge comes a posteriori from sense perception, but that its form is determined by a priori categories of the mind: he also declared that God, freedom, and immortality, although they cannot be proved or disproved, are necessary postulates of a rational morality
- karamanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- karaya gum — the dried exudate of an Asian tree, Sterculia urens, used for finishing textiles and as a thickening agent in cosmetics and foodstuffs.
- kariba dam — dam on the Zambezi River, on the Zambian-Zimbabwean border: 420 ft (128 m) high: it has created a lake (Kariba Lake), 2,000 sq mi (5,180 sq km)
- karmically — In a karmic context.
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- keratotomy — incision of the cornea.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.
- kernmantel — denoting a type of mountaineering rope
- kerseymere — a heavily fulled woolen cloth constructed in twill weave and finished with a fine nap.
- kerygmatic — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- ketonaemia — an excess of ketone bodies in the blood
- kettledrum — 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.
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- khitmutgar — (in India) a waiter.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes