Kleist
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~ German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
kleptomania
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~ an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
kleptomaniac
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~ someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
klick
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~ a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
klimt
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~ Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918)
Kline
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~ United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
Klinefelter
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~ United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)
Klondike
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~ a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
klondike
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~ a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time
Klopstock
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~ German poet (1724-1803)
Klorvess
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~ salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
Klotho
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~ the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life
kludge
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~ a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)
klutz
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~ (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
Kluxer
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~ a member of the Ku Klux Klan
klystron
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~ an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation
klyuchevskaya
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– Engelsk
~ an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946
km/h
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~ the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
km
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~ a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
knack
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~ a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"