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from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA; funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments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

baroque means: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

baroque means: the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe

baroque means: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation

baroque means: of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

charlotte bronte means: English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855)

dysgenesis means: infertility between hybrids

ergotropic means: of or relating to ergotropism

galliano means: golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs

garrulousness means: the quality of being wordy and talkative

guy fawkes night means: effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night

icteria virens means: American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds

leptopteris superba means: New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea

lockstep means: a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead

lockstep means: a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

polemoniales means: Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales

railroad station means: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods

refrigeration means: deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes

refrigeration means: the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes

scleroderma aurantium means: an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts

scottish lallans means: a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland