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Kabalanounan esoteric or occult matter resembling the mystical Jewish teachings, based on esoteric writings, that is traditionally secretverified
Kaballahnounan esoteric or occult matter resembling the mystical Jewish teachings, based on esoteric writings, that is traditionally secretverified
Kabbalanounan esoteric or occult matter resembling the mystical Jewish teachings, based on esoteric writings, that is traditionally secretverified
Kabbalahnounan esoteric or occult matter resembling the mystical Jewish teachings, based on esoteric writings, that is traditionally secretverified
Kabballahnounan esoteric or occult matter resembling the mystical Jewish teachings, based on esoteric writings, that is traditionally secretverified
Kachinanouna masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spiritverified
Kaffir BoomnounMWEa small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seedsverified
Kaffir CornnounMWEa cultivated species of sorghum used to produce ethanol and as food for human beings as well as animalsverified
Kaffiyehnounan Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agalverified
Kainogenesisnounthe introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species, such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolutionverified
Kaiser RollnounMWErounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the centerverified
Kakinouna blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stiltverified
Kakistocracynouna government which is ruled by the most undesirable or corrupt people in societyverified
Kala AzarnounMWEsores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandfliesverified
Kaliannounan oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterverified
Kalifnounthe civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earthverified
Kaliphnounthe civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earthverified
Kalpacnouna high-crowned black cap, usually made of felt or sheepskin, worn by men in Turkey, Iran and the Caucasusverified
Kalumpangnouna large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as foodverified
Kameeznouna long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent, usually with a salwar or churidarsverified
Kamikazenouna fighter pilot trained to perform suicide missions by crashing into targets, usually referring to Japanese pilots in World War IIverified
Kangaroonounany of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tailverified
Kangaroo ApplenounMWEAustralian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruitverified
Kangaroo BearnounMWEa sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coatverified
Kangaroo HarenounMWEa small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teethverified
Kangaroo RatnounMWEany of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexicoverified
Kangaroo-Foot PlantnounMWEa sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairsverified
Kangaroo's PawnounMWEa sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairsverified
Kangaroo's-Footnouna sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairsverified
Kaoliangnounthe sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains -- used for food -- and dry pithy stalks -- used for fodder, fuel, and thatching verified
Kaolinnouna fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals, as feldsparverified
Kaolinenouna fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals, as feldsparverified
Kapoknounmassive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky flossverified
Kapukanouna small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamentalverified
Karabinernounan oblong metal ring with a spring clip, often used in climbing, sailing, caving, and other activities that require ropesverified
Karaokenounsinging popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra, usually in bars or nightclubsverified
Karmanounin Hinduism and Buddhism, the consequences of a person's actions that determine their destiny in their next incarnationverified
Karyokinesisnounorganic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosisverified
Karyolymphnouna clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersedverified
Karyonnouna part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproductionverified
Karyotypenounthe appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species, including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomesverified
Katnounthe leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make teaverified
Katabolismnounthe breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energyverified
Katharsisnounpurging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowelsverified
Kaurinounwhite close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australisverified