9-letter words containing m, i, n, k
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- main deck — the uppermost weatherproof deck, running the full length of a ship.
- make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- make-nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- making-up — 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.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- mannikins — Plural form of mannikin.
- mapmaking — Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- milk bank — a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows' milk and whose mothers' milk is unavailable.
- milkiness — The property of being milky.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- mimicking — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- minibiker — a rider of a minibike
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- miniskirt — a very short skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending several inches above the knee.
- minitrack — a system for tracking satellites, space vehicles, or rockets by means of radio waves.
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- misliking — Present participle of mislike.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- misspoken — Simple past tense and past participle of misspeak.
- mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
- mks units — a metric system of units based on the metre, kilogram, and second as the units of length, mass, and time; it forms the basis of the SI units
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monkeying — Present participle of monkey.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- moonblink — Nyctalopia.
- moss pink — a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.
- muckiness — The quality of being mucky.
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- muskiness — The characteristic of being musky.
- muskingum — a river in E Ohio, flowing S and SE to the Ohio River. 111 miles (179 km) long.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- nicknamed — Simple past tense and past participle of nickname.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.