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from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA; funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments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

breathlessly means: in a breathless manner

capacitive means: of or relating to capacitance

countryfolk means: people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics

countryfolk means: people living in the same country; compatriots

cretinism means: severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting

disencumber means: release from entanglement of difficulty

eremitical means: characterized by ascetic solitude

eremitical means: of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living

first-rater means: one who is first-rate

fresnel lens means: lens composed of a number of small lenses arranged to make a lightweight lens of large diameter and short focal length

genus notechis means: tiger snakes

icaco means: plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American

icaco means: small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit

indian buffalo means: upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk

kapok means: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

kapok means: a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

maikoa means: a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

miller's-thumb means: small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America

natural shape means: a shape created by natural forces; not man-made

near gale means: wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale