Karl Wernicke
— Noun
– English
~ German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
Key West
— Noun
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~ a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico
killer whale
— Noun
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~ predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
king whiting
— Noun
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~ whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
Karl Wilhelm Siemens
— Noun
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~ engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
Karl Wilhelm Scheele
— Noun
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~ Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786)
Kaiser Wilhelm
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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~ evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward
Kirkia wilmsii
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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~ a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
Karol Wojtyla
— Noun
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~ the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
key word
— Noun
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~ a significant word used in indexing or cataloging
key word
— Noun
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~ a word that is used as a pattern to decode an encrypted message
Kurdistan Workers Party
— Noun
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~ a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
kidney wort
— Noun
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~ widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
Kentucky yellowwood
— Noun
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~ small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye