14-letter words containing ak
- kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
- kealakekua bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the W (Kona) coast of Hawaii Island: Capt. James Cook was killed here 1779.
- khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
- lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
- lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
- lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
- lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
- lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
- lake nipissing — a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- make a bargain — to agree on terms
- make a dent in — a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make a fuss of — If you make a fuss of someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
- make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- make a hole in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- make a joke of — If you make a joke of something, you laugh at it even though it is in fact rather serious or sad.
- make a killing — If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make a meal of — to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
- make a meal on — to eat as a meal
- make a muck of — to ruin or spoil
- make a stab at — to make an attempt at
- make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
- make an end of — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- make away with — 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 ends meet — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- make one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- make time with — to succeed in attracting or having an affair with (a person)
- make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- megakaryocytes — Plural form of megakaryocyte.
- megakaryocytic — Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- mommy makeover — a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to reverse physical changes in a woman after childbirth
- moosehead lake — a lake in central Maine. 42 miles (68 km) long; 300 sq. mi. (780 sq. km).
- mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
- naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.