king vulture
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~ large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
kraurosis vulvae
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~ kraurosis of the vulva; often a precancerous lesion
Kurt Waldheim
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~ Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
Korean War
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~ a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953
klammath weed
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~ yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands
Kurt Weill
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~ German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950)
Karl Wernicke
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~ German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
Key West
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~ a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico
killer whale
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~ predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
king whiting
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~ whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
Karl Wilhelm Siemens
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~ engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
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)