10-letter words containing ak
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- make a hit — If you make a hit with someone, they like you or are impressed by you when they meet you.
- make after — to set off in pursuit of; chase
- make as if — 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.
- make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- make merry — celebrate, be festive
- make money — make a profit
- make peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- make ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- make sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- make up to — 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.
- make water — colloquial
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- make-ahead — that can be prepared in advance: a make-ahead casserole.
- make-peace — a peacemaker.
- make-ready — Printing. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- makeweight — something put in a scale to complete a required weight.
- maki-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- 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
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- mediaspeak — The jargon used by the media.
- merrymaker — a person who gaily or enthusiastically takes part in some festive or merry celebration; reveler.
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.
- milk snake — a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- mini-break — A mini-break is a short holiday.
- mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.
- mistakably — In a mistakable manner.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- moneymaker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- moonrakers — Plural form of moonraker.
- moonraking — the act of taking part in a foolhardy or unfruitful activity
- moses lake — a city in central Washington, on the eastern shore of Moses Lake.
- moviemaker — filmmaker.
- muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mythmakers — Plural form of mythmaker.
- mythmaking — the practice of creating myths
- naked lady — amaryllis (def 2).
- naked-lady — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum, especially H. puniceum, which has large red or pink flowers and is popular as a houseplant. Compare amaryllis family.