10-letter words containing k, m
- market day — the day on which a regular market is held
- market-led — of or relating to an approach to business in which the customer's requirements are identified by market research before a product or service is released
- marketable — readily salable.
- marketably — readily salable.
- marketeers — Plural form of marketeer.
- marketings — Plural form of marketing.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- markswoman — a woman skilled in shooting at a mark; a woman who shoots well.
- markswomen — Plural form of markswoman.
- marsh hawk — northern harrier.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- maskinonge — muskellunge.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- master key — a key that will open a number of different locks, the proper keys of which are not interchangeable.
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- maxi-skirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- mcclintock — Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel prize 1983.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- meat hooks — the hands or fists
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- mediaspeak — The jargon used by the media.
- mein kampf — the autobiography (1925–27) of Adolf Hitler, setting forth his political philosophy and his plan for German conquest.
- menelik ii — 1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia 1889–1913.
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- merrymaker — a person who gaily or enthusiastically takes part in some festive or merry celebration; reveler.
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- metrestick — a measuring stick one metre long
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- miccosukee — a member of an American Indian people, formerly part of the Creek Confederacy and surviving chiefly as one of the two branches of the Muskogean family represented among the Florida Seminoles.
- michurinsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.
- mickiewicz — Adam [ah-dahm] /ˈɑ dɑm/ (Show IPA), 1798–1855, Polish poet.
- microcrack — a microscopic crack in a material
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- microskirt — An extremely short skirt, ending just underneath the buttocks.
- mid-wicket — the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip