Words ending with k

1st baron beaverbrook means: British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)

401-k means: a retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA; funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself

a-ok means: in perfect condition or order

aardvark means: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

aback means: by surprise

aback means: having the wind against the forward side of the sails

abelmosk means: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

acadia national park means: a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast

accent mark means: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

account book means: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

alan hodgkin means: English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

allow in means: allow to enter; grant entry to

detect means: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

duty period means: the time period during which you are at work

edibility means: the property of being fit to eat

erskine caldwell means: United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)

exarchate means: a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church

extraneous means: coming from the outside

extraneous means: not essential

extraneous means: not pertinent to the matter under consideration

extraneous means: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

impaired means: mentally or physically unfit

impaired means: diminished in strength, quality, or utility

jewels-of-opar means: erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere

nail pulling means: a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed

ontogenesis means: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

oral examination means: an examination conducted by spoken communication

photographer means: someone who takes photographs professionally

poplar means: any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins

poplar means: soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar