kerosine lamp
— Noun
– English
～ a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light
Karl Landsteiner
— Noun
– English
～ United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)
Khoisan language
— Noun
– English
～ a family of languages spoken in southern Africa
Kadai language
— Noun
– English
～ a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia
Kalmia latifolia
— Noun
– English
～ a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
Kepler's first law
— Noun
– English
～ a law stating that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at one focus of the ellipse
Kepler's law
— Noun
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～ (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler
Korean lawn grass
— Noun
– English
～ lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States
Kirchhoff's laws
— Noun
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～ (physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero
Kennelly-Heaviside layer
— Noun
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～ a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
Kakatoe leadbeateri
— Noun
– English
～ white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage
King Lear
— Noun
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～ the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
Kobus leche
— Noun
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～ tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species
Korean lespedeza
— Noun
– English
～ annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions
klieg light
— Noun
– English
～ carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films
kudu lily
— Noun
– English
～ South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
key lime
— Noun
– English
～ small yellow-green limes of southern Florida
keyhole limpet
— Noun
– English
～ marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
Karl Linne
— Noun
– English
～ Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778)
Kitty Litter
— Noun
– English
～ granulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog