12-letter words containing m, i, k, r
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
- linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
- madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
- magic marker — felt-tip pen
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- makarios iii — (Michael Christodoulos Mouskos) 1913–77, Cypriot statesman and Greek Orthodox prelate: archbishop and patriarch of Cyprus 1950–77; president 1960–77 (in exile 1974).
- make certain — ensure
- make friends — get to know people
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
- market price — the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.
- marking gage — any of various adjustable tools for marking a line parallel to a straight edge against which the tool is moved.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- middle greek — Medieval Greek.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- milk-livered — timid; cowardly
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- more like it — closer to being what is wanted
- mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- motor skills — coordination, ability to move
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest