6-letter words containing m, a, k
- mark i — (computer) (Or "Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator", "ASCC") A first generation computer that was designed by Howard Aiken of Harvard University, taking inspiration from Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. The Mark I, as the Harvard University staff called it, was built by IBM between 1939 to 1944. It was delivered to Harvard University and became operational in March 1944. The Mark I is considered to be the first full-sized digital computer. It was built from clutches, relays, rotating shafts and switches. It read its instructions from one paper tape and data from another. It could store 72 numbers, each of 23 decimal digits. It weighed about 4500 Kg, had 800 Km of wiring, was used only for numeric calculations, and took three seconds to carry out one multiplication. The IBM archives call it the, "...industry's largest electromechanical calculator." One of the Mark I's first programers was John von Neumann. The Mark I was retired in 1959, and disassembled. Parts are archived at Harvard in the Science Center. It was followed by the Mark II.
- markan — of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- marked — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- markee — Archaic form of marquee.
- marker — a person or thing that marks.
- markes — Plural form of marke.
- market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- markka — a cupronickel or bronze coin and monetary unit of Finland until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 pennia; finmark. Abbreviation: F.Mk., M.
- markov — See Andrei Markov, Markov chain, Markov model, Markov process.
- markup — Commerce. the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price. the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price. an increase in price, as of a commodity. the amount by which a price is increased.
- masked — using or wearing a mask or masks: a masked burglar; masked actors.
- masker — a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- maskil — an advocate or supporter of the Haskalah.
- matoke — (in Uganda) the flesh of bananas, boiled and mashed as a food
- maukin — (Scotland) Alternative form of malkin.
- mawkin — malkin.
- mckean — Tom. born 1963, Scottish athlete: European 800 metres gold medallist (1990)
- medaka — a small Japanese fish, Oryzias latipes, common in rice fields, often kept in aquariums.
- melaka — Malacca (defs 1, 2).
- mikado — (sometimes initial capital letter) a title of the emperor of Japan.
- mikvah — a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.
- miskal — a unit of weight used esp in Iran, usually equal to about 4.6 grams
- mohawk — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
- mokapu — a town on E Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- moksha — freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience.
- moskva — Russian name of Moscow.
- muktar — Alt form mukhtar.
- muskat — Obsolete form of musk cat.
- muzaky — (of music) having a light, bland sound
- oakham — a market town in E central England, the administrative centre of Rutland. Pop: 9620 (2001)
- ockham — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- olekma — a river in E Siberian Russia, flowing N to the Lena River. 820 miles (1319 km) long.
- oomiak — an open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
- ramark — a radar beacon developed by the U.S. Coast Guard as a marine navigational aid.
- remake — to make again or anew.
- remark — to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
- rumaki — a dish of chicken liver and sliced water chestnuts wrapped in bacon
- samekh — the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- skyman — an aviator or paratrooper.
- smacks — heroin.
- sukuma — a member of an agricultural people of northwestern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, who constitute the country's largest population group.
- unmake — to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy.
- unmask — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- upmake — to make up for (something lacking)
- wakame — a brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida, of coastal Japan, Korea, etc., growing in coarse, stringy clumps and usually dried for use in Asian soups, salads, and side dishes.
- yakima — a city in S Washington.
- yarmuk — a river in NW Jordan, flowing W into the Jordan River. 50 miles (80 km) long.