8-letter words containing m, a, l, k
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- markable — Capable of being marked.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- markland — An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.
- maskable — capable of being masked
- masklike — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- mazelike — a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- mel kaye — (person) The hero of The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer. The preface to the manuals for the Royal McBee LGP-30 ACT 1 (Algebraic Compiler and Translator) compiler (dated 1959) contain the following attribution from Clay S. Boswell, Jr. (apparently ACT 1's designer): I wish to acknowledge my appreciation to the many people who offered suggestions and criticisms of the ACT 1 System. In particular, Mel Kaye of Royal McBee who did the bulk of the programming. (2008-08-04)
- milk bar — a simple restaurant, often with an open front, or a counter or booth where milk drinks, sandwiches, etc., are sold.
- milk can — large metal container for milk
- milk cap — any of a large genus (Lactarius) of basidiomycetous fungi that are brittle to touch and exude a milky liquid when crushed. Some are funnel-shaped and some parasol-shaped, and most, except for L. deliciosus, are inedible
- milkmaid — a woman who milks cows or is employed in a dairy; dairymaid.
- millcake — linseed cake.
- millikan — Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1923.
- moatlike — Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- mudlarks — Plural form of mudlark.
- oklahoma — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- palmlike — resembling a palm
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- raw milk — unpasteurized milk
- rillmark — a mark or channel left by the trickle of a rill or brook
- seamlike — like or resembling a seam
- selamlik — the portion of a Turkish palace or house reserved for men.
- smokable — suitable for being smoked.
- talktime — the amount of time for which a subscriber can use a mobile-phone network
- telemark — a turn in which a skier places one ski far forward of the other and gradually angles the tip of the forward ski inward in the direction to be turned.
- vlaminck — Maurice de [moh-rees duh] /moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1876–1958, French painter.
- volkmann — (Friedrich) Robert, 1815–83, German composer.
- yarmelke — Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
- yarmulka — Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
- yarmulke — a skullcap worn, especially during prayer and religious study, by Jewish males, especially those adhering to Orthodox or Conservative tradition.