Karl Wilhelm Scheele
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~ Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786)
Kaiser Wilhelm
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~ grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
King William pine
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~ evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward
Kirkia wilmsii
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~ small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs
katabatic wind
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~ a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
Karol Wojtyla
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~ the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
key word
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~ a significant word used in indexing or cataloging
key word
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~ a word that is used as a pattern to decode an encrypted message
Kurdistan Workers Party
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~ a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
kidney wort
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~ widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
Kentucky yellowwood
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~ small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
Kuan Yin
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~ (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
Kwan-yin
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~ (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz
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~ Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)
Karl Waldemar Ziegler
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~ German chemist honored for his research on polymers (1898-1973)
kill zone
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~ an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities