Words starting with k

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k means: street names for ketamine

k means: the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet

k means: a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

k means: a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

k means: the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

k means: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

k means: a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

k means: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

k particle means: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

k ration means: a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II

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altricial means: (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food

calcicolous means: growing or living in soil rich in lime

coin collector means: a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)

dextrorse means: spiraling upward from left to right

family malpighiaceae means: tropical shrubs or trees

family psophiidae means: trumpeters

john witherspoon means: American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)

kol nidre means: the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur

magical spell means: a verbal formula believed to have magical force

ophrys apifera means: European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color

patrick white means: Australian writer (1912-1990)

pound net means: trap consisting of an arrangement of nets directing fish into an enclosure

primogeniture means: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

rallying means: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

rallying means: the act of mobilizing for a common purpose

rallying means: rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort

reynard means: a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

saprolegniales means: order of chiefly aquatic fungi

sclerotic coat means: the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball

snooty means: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant