10-letter words containing m, i, n, k
- limberneck — a fatal infection of botulism affecting birds, especially chickens and ducks, characterized by weakness of the neck muscles and inability to eat.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- mafficking — to celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations.
- maidenlike — Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- making out — 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.
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi
- 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.
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- mark twain — Roger (William Roger Clemens"The Rocket") born 1962, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- marketings — Plural form of marketing.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- maskinonge — muskellunge.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- mcclintock — Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel prize 1983.
- mein kampf — the autobiography (1925–27) of Adolf Hitler, setting forth his political philosophy and his plan for German conquest.
- menelik ii — 1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia 1889–1913.
- michurinsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- 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 snake — a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
- milk train — a local train running through the early hours of the morning.
- mineworker — miner.
- mini-break — A mini-break is a short holiday.
- mini-skirt — A mini-skirt is a very short skirt.
- minimarket — a grocery store or delicatessen.
- miniskirts — Plural form of miniskirt.
- ministroke — transient ischemic attack.
- minnetonka — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- minus tick — downtick (def 2).
- misknowing — Present participle of misknow.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- monkeylike — Similar to a monkey.
- monkfishes — Plural form of monkfish.
- moon knife — a crescent-shaped knife used to scrape hides.
- moonraking — the act of taking part in a foolhardy or unfruitful activity
- moonstrike — the act of landing a spacecraft on the moon
- mosaicking — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mythmaking — the practice of creating myths
- nicknaming — Present participle of nickname.
- no-smoking — nonsmoking.
- noisemaker — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nonsmoking — having restrictions against the smoking of tobacco: a nonsmoking section of an airplane.