(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
kimmeridge
kindlesome
kinematics
kinematics
noun
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.
kineticism
kineticism
noun
Energetic movement, particularly applied to any visual arts.
Kinetic art.
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kinetonema
kinetosome
kinetosome
noun
A basal body.
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kingmaking
kingmaking
noun
In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
verb
present participle of kingmake
kionectomy
kiplingism
kiplingism
Noun
An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
kirmanshah
kishambala
kiskatomas
kiskitomas
kitambilla
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
kitzmiller
kitzmiller
Proper noun
A town in Maryland.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
kokoromiko
kokumingun
kremersite
kremersite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and potassium.
krishnaism
krypticism
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kusimansel
lacemaking
lacemaking
noun
The manufacture of lace.
lamarckian
lamarckian
Noun
A supporter or an advocate of Lamarckism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Lamarckism.
lamarckism
lamarckism
Noun
The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and especially, in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
lampmaking
lampmaking
noun
The manufacture of lamps.
likeminded
likeminded
adj
Alternative spelling of like-minded
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
lockeanism
lockianism
lockmaking
lockmaking
noun
The manufacture of locks.
locksmiths
locksmiths
noun
plural of locksmith
lomentlike
lovemaking
lovemaking
noun
(dated) Courtship; amorous advances.
Sexual intercourse.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
lysenkoism
lysenkoism
Noun
The doctrine that maintained that environmentally acquired characteristics could be inherited; Lamarckism.
The use of pseudoscience in furtherance of an ideology.
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
macksville
madhyamika
madhyamika
Proper noun
The central philosophy of Buddhism that was systematized by Nagarjuna. It establishes that all phenomena are empty of independent reality.
mafficking
mafficking
noun
(dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude.
maidenlike
maidenlike
adj
Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
maiongkong
makedhonia
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
malinovsky
malinowski
mammocking
mammocking
verb
present participle of mammock
manahawkin
manikinism
mankiewicz
mankilling
marblelike
marblelike
adj
Resembling a marble or marbles
Resembling marble stone
marekanite
marekanite
noun
An Apache tear (obsidian nodule).
The material which such nodules consist of.
marketings
marketings
noun
plural of marketing
marketwise
marketwise
adj
In terms of the financial market.
marksville
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
martyrlike
martyrlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
maskinonge
maskinonge
noun
The muskellunge
masterlike
masterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a master; masterly.
matchstick
matchstick
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece.
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
mathematik
matlockite
matlockite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, and lead.
matronlike
matronlike
adj
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
mayakovski
mckittrick
mckittrick
Proper noun
A CDP in California, US.
A city/village in Missouri, US.
medrinacks
medusalike
medusalike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the mythical Medusa.
menckenian
menckenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic.
menkalinan
merribauks
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
mesoskelic
meteorlike
meteorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a meteor.
meterstick
miccosukee
miccosukee
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Florida.
Proper noun
Their language, closely related to Hitchiti.
mickiewicz
micklemote
mickleness
mickleness
noun
Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
microskirt
microskirt
noun
An extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.
milkfishes
milkfishes
noun
plural of milkfish
milksopism
millworker
millworker
noun
One who works in a mill.
mimmocking
mineworker
mineworker
noun
One who works in a mine.
miniclocks
minimarket
minimarket
noun
A small supermarket; a convenience store.
miniskirts
miniskirts
noun
plural of miniskirt
ministrike
minkfishes
minnetonka
mintmaking
mirrorlike
mirrorlike
adj
Resembling a mirror; reflective
miscookery
miscooking
miscooking
verb
present participle of miscook
miskeeping
miskeeping
verb
present participle of miskeep
miskenning
miskenning
noun
(law) A wrong citation.
verb
present participle of misken
misknowing
misknowing
verb
present participle of misknow
mislikable
mismarking
mismarking
noun
An incorrect marking.
verb
present participle of mismark
misprovoke
mistakable
mistakable
adj
Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.
mistakably
mistakably
adv
In a mistakable manner
mistakeful
mistakeful
adj
Full of mistakes.
mistakenly
mistakenly
adv
by accident, by mistake, in error (without intention to do so)
wrongly, erroneously
mitakshara
mittenlike
mittenlike
adj
Resembling mittens
mocksville
mocksville
Proper noun
a town in North Carolina, USA
monkeryies
monkeyfied
monkeyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monkeyfy
monkeylike
monkeylike
adj
Similar to a monkey
Similar to that of a monkey; as, a monkeylike skull, monkeylike curiosity
adv
In the manner of a monkey
monkeytail
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
monkliness
moonraking
mortarlike
mortarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of mortar.
mosaicking
mosaicking
noun
A process in which a mosaic (of images) is constructed.
moszkowski
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
motherlike
motherlike
adj
Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
moviemaker
moviemaker
noun
A person who makes movies as a profession; a cinematographer
muckmidden
muckmidden
noun
(dialect, Scotland) A dunghill.
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
muckthrift
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
multiblock
multiblock
adj
Of or pertaining to more than one block (in various senses).
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
multitrack
multitrack
adj
(music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
(railways) Of a railway line: having multiple, parallel tracks.
Having or involving more than one track.
verb
To record on multiple tracks simultaneously (typically with each performer or instrument having its own track)
murasakite
musclelike
musclelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a muscle.
musketlike
musketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a musket.
musketries
musketries
noun
plural of musketry
mussorgski
myokinesis
myokinesis
noun
(surgery) The displacement of muscle fibres
muscular activity or massage
myrtlelike
myrtlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of myrtle.
mythmaking
mythmaking
noun
The production or composing of myths.
nachtmusik
nicknaming
nicknaming
verb
present participle of nickname
noisemaker
noisemaker
noun
A device comprising a handle with a ratchet at one end, with the ratchet end contained within a box that serves as an echo chamber, so that swinging or moving the device causes the ratchet to rotate within the box, creating a series of loud clicking sounds
A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.