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15-letter words containing m, e, n, k

  • lake mistassini — a lake in E Canada, in N Quebec: the largest lake in the province; drains through the Rupert River into James Bay. Area: 2175 sq km (840 sq miles). Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
  • leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
  • mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
  • magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
  • make a long arm — to reach out for something, as from a sitting position
  • make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
  • make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
  • make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
  • make mention of — allude to
  • make no mistake — believe me, let me assure you
  • make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • make one's mark — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • make one's move — to pass from one place or position to another.
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • marianske lazne — a spa in W Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic. 18,510.
  • market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
  • markup language — a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • merchant banker — A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank.
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
  • mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
  • monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
  • motion sickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from stimulation by motion of the semicircular canals of the ear during travel by car, plane, etc.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • nark at someone — to nag someone
  • network segment — (networking)   A part of an Ethernet or other network, on which all message traffic is common to all nodes, i.e. it is broadcast from one node on the segment and received by all others. This is normally because the segment is a single continuous conductor, though it may include repeaters(?). Since all nodes share the physical medium, collision detection or some other protocol is required to determine whether a message was transmitted without interference from other nodes. The receiving node inspects the destination address of a packet to tell if it was (one of) the intended recipient(s). Communication between nodes on different segments is via one or more routers.
  • new york minute — a very short time.
  • niche marketing — marketing aimed at a specialized group
  • nickel and dime — of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.
  • nickel-and-dime — of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.
  • on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • pancake make-up — make up in cake form applied to the face with a sponge in order to cover up imperfections and even out skin tone
  • passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
  • plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
  • put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
  • risk assessment — the evaluation of the possible risks in a product,situation, activity or course of action
  • risk management — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
  • rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
  • sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
  • shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
  • smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
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