klebsiella
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～ a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
Klee
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～ Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940)
kleenex
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～ a piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief
Klein
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～ German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
Klein bottle
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～ a closed surface with only one side; formed by passing one end of a tube through the side of the tube and joining it with the other end
Klein
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～ United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
Klein
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～ United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
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)