12-letter words containing m, i, n, k
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kath and kim — a personification of the White population of middle Australia
- keep in mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- keeping room — hall (def 11).
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kingdom come — the next world; the hereafter; heaven.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- lemminkainen — (in the Kalevala) a young, jovial hero who has many adventures in which he is sometimes helped by his mother.
- 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.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- make a noise — to talk a great deal or complain
- make certain — ensure
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- mall walking — recreational or aerobic walking done in the confines of a shopping mall.
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
- 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.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- 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.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- metathinking — Thought about the process of thinking.
- milk pudding — a hot or cold pudding made by boiling or baking milk with a grain, esp rice
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- milking time — the time at which a cow is milked
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- missing link — a hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- mistakenness — The state or condition of being mistaken.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mogul skiing — a skiing event in which skiers descend a slope which is covered in mounds of snow, making two jumps during the descent
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- 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.
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.