12-letter words containing m, i, k, e
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- semi-skilled — A semi-skilled worker has some training and skills, but not enough to do specialized work.
- semi-skimmed — (of milk) having part of the cream removed, so it contains less animal fat and fewer calories than full cream milk
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- skimmed milk — milk from which the cream has been skimmed.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- systems disk — a disk used to store computer programs, esp the basic operating programs of a computer
- taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- tiger market — any of the four most important markets on the Pacific rim after Japan: Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
- time-keeping — a person or thing that keeps time.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to keep time — If you keep time when playing or singing music, you follow or play the beat, without going too fast or too slowly.
- to make time — If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- to take time — If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- workingwomen — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work