kretek
A cigarette containing clove as well as tobacco, originating from Indonesia.

kreteks
plural of kretek

kybo
An outside toilet; an outhouse.

labtop
Eggcorn of laptop.

labtops
plural of labtop

laccowries
A kind of plain white cotton cloth from India.

lanai
A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

laprobe
A blanket to cover the lap.

laserdisc
A home videodisc in the Laserdisc format.

laserjet
A laser printer.

laserjets
plural of laserjet

layflat
Packaging that can be made to lie flat.

lechi
A pole used in demarcating an eruv.

lechis
plural of lechi

lettergram
A telegram longer than an ordinary message and sent more cheaply and with a lower priority.

limbric
A kind of cotton cloth with a fine warp and a soft, lustrous weft.

limerod
A twig or stick smeared with birdlime

linac
A linear particle accelerator.

linches
plural of linch

lineflow
perforated paper supplied in continuous connected sheets, designed for use with line printers

linget
An ingot; a lingot.

lintel
A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

lintels
plural of lintel

lisena
A pilaster with very slight projections.

lithograph
A printed image produced by lithography.

lithographed
simple past and past participle of lithograph

lithographs
plural of lithograph

lobstick
A traditional marker found in the Boreal Forests of Canada, created by removing the middle or lower branches of a coniferous tree.

lobsticks
plural of lobstick

lockbox
A box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.

lockboxes
plural of lockbox

locket
A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.
The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.
A small white marking on a cat's coat.

lockets
plural of locket

longkang
Ditch, street drain

lopstick
Alternative form of lobstick.

lopsticks
plural of lopstick

lucarne
A dormer-window.
A window or opening in an industrial building that supports a hoist above doors on a lower floor.

lugsail
A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.

luthern
A dormer-window.

maassel
Synonym of shisha (“the tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavor extract”).

macrophotograph
A close-up photograph, showing the fine detail of something.

macrophotographs
plural of macrophotograph

maglock
An electromagnetic lock.

magnox
An alloy of magnesium and aluminium used, with a non-oxidizing cover, as cladding for fuel rods in Magnox nuclear power stations.

mailbox
A box into which mail is placed.
A box into which mail is placed.
A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.

mailboxes
plural of mailbox

mainboom
The boom (spar) of the mainsail.

mainpost
A principal post supporting a primitive building.

makhila
Alternative spelling of makila.

makhilas
plural of makhila

makila
A traditional Basque walking stick with a point or blade concealed in the pommel.

makilas
plural of makila

maloca
An ancestral longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.

mammets
plural of mammet

mammoodies
A kind of cotton cloth from India.

manca
A mancus (old coin)

manscara
Mascara designed for and/or marketed toward men.

mantique
An antique or collectible which appeals mainly to men.

manual
Synonym of handbook.
A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
A keyboard on an organ.

manuals
plural of manual

maquila
Synonym of medio, half-celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L.
Synonym of maquiladora, a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts.

martingal
Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse)

martingale
A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.
A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value.
A gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.
A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.

martingaled
simple past and past participle of martingale

martingales
plural of martingale

martingals
plural of martingal

masahif
plural of mushaf.

mashk
A traditional water-carrying bag, usually made of waterproofed goatskin, from North India, Pakistan and Nepal.

mashks
plural of mashk

mashq
Alternative spelling of mashk.

mashqs
plural of mashq

matchcloth
A kind of coarse woolen cloth.

maumet
Archaic form of mammet.

maumets
plural of maumet

mawmet
Archaic form of mammet.

mawmets
plural of mawmet

maxipad
A sanitary napkin designed to handle particularly heavy flow.

mazework
A labyrinthine structure.

medbeds
plural of medbed

megaron
The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.

melainotype
A ferrotype or tintype.

melhfa
A traditional cloth commonly found across the Sahel and Sahara regions of Africa.

memento
A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.

mementoes
plural of memento

mementos
plural of memento

menaia
plural of menaion Often refers to a set of twelve volumes of meniaon.

meshrabiyeh
The latticed projecting windows of private houses, in Islamic architecture.

metasite
A website consisting of hyperlinks to, or commentary on, other websites.

metasites
plural of metasite

metodichki
plural of metodichka

microfilterfuge
A microfilter designed to fit into a centrifuge

microform
Microfilm, microfiche or similar materials.
A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism of microscopic size.

midrail
A rail installed between upper and lower rails.

midwoof
A speaker intermediate between a midrange and a woofer.

milagro
A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.

millrind
An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones.
A heraldic charge resembling a stylized millstone support of this kind.

millwork
Any wooden object manufactured at a lumbermill (sawmill).
Doors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc.

minidisc
A disc/disk in MiniDisc format
A minidisc player or recorder.

minidisk
A 5.25-inch floppy disk.

minidome
A miniature dome.

miniflag
A miniature flag.

mixen
A compost heap or dunghill.

mixhill
A mixen or dunghill.

mizzensail
A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.

mnaeion
A Ptolemaic gold octadrachm.

mobe
A mobile phone.

mobes
plural of mobe

mobot
A mobile autonomous robot, especially one used in artificial intelligence research, or as a toy.

mobots
plural of mobot

modillion
A decoratively carved supporting block atop a column, often underneath a cornice, and usually smaller and more ornamental in function than a corbel.

mokkan
wooden tablets found at Japanese archaeological sites

molinillo
A traditional Mexican wood whisk that is twirled between the palms in order to stir hot beverages such as hot chocolate or cacao.

molinillos
plural of molinillo

momento
Misspelling of memento.

momentoes
plural of momento

momentos
plural of momento

monkscloth
A kind of woven cotton cloth.

monofils
plural of monofil

moonsail
A moonraker (sail).

mooree
A kind of cotton cloth from India.

moorees
plural of mooree

moorie
Alternative form of mooree (“kind of cotton cloth”).

moories
plural of moorie
plural of moory

mortsafe
An iron frame constructed over a grave as a protection against resurrectionists

motorjet
A rudimentary type of jet engine

motorjets
plural of motorjet

muckheap
dunghill; dung heap

muckhill
dunghill; dung heap