knobcone pine
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~ medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone
Keogh plan
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~ a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons
Kepler's law of planetary motion
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~ (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler
kangaroo-foot plant
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~ sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
kingdom Plantae
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~ (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
koto player
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~ a musician who plays the koto
kick pleat
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~ pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking
knife pleat
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~ a single pleat turned in one direction
killdeer plover
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~ American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
kitchen police
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~ an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
Kalmia polifolia
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~ laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath
Karl Popper
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~ British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
kiddie porn
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~ the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films
kiddy porn
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~ the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films
Katherine Anne Porter
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~ United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
king post
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~ post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss
Kaffir pox
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~ a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
Kniphofia praecox
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~ widely cultivated hybrid poker plant
kingdom Prokaryotae
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~ prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
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~ severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease