10-letter words containing m, i, l, k
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- maidenlike — Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- mail clerk — a person who performs clerical work in a post office
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- mcclintock — Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel prize 1983.
- menelik ii — 1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia 1889–1913.
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip
- milk adder — any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk fever — Pathology. fever coinciding with the beginning of lactation, formerly believed to be due to lactation but really due to infection.
- milk float — a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.
- milk glass — an opaque white glass.
- milk gravy — a gravy or sauce made from cooking fat, milk, flour, and seasonings.
- milk punch — a beverage containing milk and alcoholic liquor with sugar, flavoring, etc.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.
- milk snake — a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
- milk stout — a rich mellow stout lacking a bitter aftertaste
- milk sugar — lactose.
- milk tooth — baby tooth
- milk train — a local train running through the early hours of the morning.
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- milk white — You can use milk white to describe things that are a milky white colour.
- milk-toast — easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
- milk-white — of a white or slightly blue-white color, as that of milk.
- milkfishes — Plural form of milkfish.
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- millworker — A worker in a mill or factory.
- mirrorlike — Resembling a mirror; reflective.
- mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.
- mistakably — In a mistakable manner.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- monkeylike — Similar to a monkey.
- moose milk — homemade or bootleg whiskey.
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- motherlike — Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- multiskill — requiring, involving or making use of several skills
- multitrack — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- myslivecek — Josef [yaw-zef] /ˈyɔ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1737–81, Czech composer.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products
- playmaking — the initiating of offensive plays in sports
- rock climb — an instance of rock climbing or the route followed
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats