killdeer plover
— Noun
– English
～ American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
kitchen police
— Noun
– English
～ an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
Kalmia polifolia
— Noun
– English
～ laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath
Karl Popper
— Noun
– English
～ 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
— Noun
– English
～ the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films
kiddy porn
— Noun
– English
～ the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films
Katherine Anne Porter
— Noun
– English
～ United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
king post
— Noun
– English
～ post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss
Kaffir pox
— Noun
– English
～ a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
Kniphofia praecox
— Noun
– English
～ widely cultivated hybrid poker plant
kingdom Prokaryotae
— Noun
– English
～ 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
— Noun
– English
～ 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
ketosis-prone diabetes
— Noun
– English
～ 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
Kennedia prostrata
— Noun
– English
～ hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
king protea
— Noun
– English
～ South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
kingdom Protoctista
— Noun
– English
～ in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
Korsakoff's psychosis
— Noun
– English
～ dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
Korsakov's psychosis
— Noun
– English
～ dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
knockout punch
— Noun
– English
～ a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing
KO punch
— Noun
– English
～ a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing