11-letter words containing m, i, k, e
- kaffir lime — an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery.
- kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinesimeter — An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitten moth — any of three prominent moths, notably the poplar kitten (Furcula bifida), that have larvae like those of the related puss moth
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- lemminglike — Resembling a lemming or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- lemon drink — a drink made from lemon juice or that tastes of lemon
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- leukotomies — Plural form of leukotomy.
- like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
- like-minded — having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like-minded friend.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
- main market — the market for trading in the listed securities of companies on the London Stock Exchange
- make it big — If you make it big, you become successful or famous.
- makebelieve — Alternative form of make-believe.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malted milk — a soluble powder made of dehydrated milk and malted cereals.
- mangia-cake — a derogatory term for a White person of Anglo-Saxon origin, used among Italo-Canadians
- marking pen — marker (def 10).
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- master disk — an original disk from which duplicates are made
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- meal ticket — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- merrymaking — the act of taking part gaily or enthusiastically in some festive or merry celebration.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- mickey finn — Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- mike fright — extreme nervousness experienced on speaking into a microphone, as on radio or television.
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- milk bottle — a glass bottle in which milk is sold, esp when it is distributed by a milkman
- milk powder — dry milk.
- milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.