9-letter words containing m, o, n, k
- monadnock — Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
- monkeying — Present participle of monkey.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- monkeypod — a tropical American tree, Samanea saman, of the legume family, having spreading branches and dense heads of small, pink flowers.
- monkeypot — the woody, operculate seed vessel of any of certain large South American trees of the genus Lecythis.
- monkeypox — A viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
- monkshood — a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
- monoblock — Alternative spelling of monobloc.
- moon rock — a rock from the surface of the moon
- moon walk — a walk on the moon
- moonblink — Nyctalopia.
- moonquake — a seismic vibration of the moon's surface.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- moskonfyt — a South African thick grape syrup used as a jam or sweetener
- moss pink — a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.
- musketoon — (now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore. (from 17th c.).
- muskmelon — a round or oblong melon, occurring in many varieties, having a juicy, often aromatic, sweet, yellow, white, or green, edible flesh.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- neckmould — (architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
- nonmarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- nonsmoker — a person who does not smoke.
- oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- open mike — a session in a pub or club where members of the public are invited to perform comedy or to sing
- orkneyman — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- smokiness — emitting smoke, especially in large amounts.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- spokesman — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- teknonymy — the practice among certain peoples of renaming a parent after a child.
- topmaking — the art or science of blending wool to meet certain specifications
- town milk — milk treated by pasteurization for direct consumption, as opposed to dairy factory milk for the production of butter, cheese, etc
- wokingham — a unitary authority in SE England, in Berkshire. Pop: 151 200 (2003 est). Area: 179 sq km (69 sq miles)
- womankind — women, as distinguished from men; the female sex.
- womanlike — like a woman; womanly.
- womenfolk — women in general; all women.
- womenkind — womankind.
- workmanly — Befitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike.
- workwoman — a female worker.
- workwomen — Plural form of workwoman.
- yankeedom — the region inhabited by Yankees.