knobcone pine
— Noun
– English
～ 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
— Noun
– English
～ a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons
Kepler's law of planetary motion
— Noun
– English
～ (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler
kangaroo-foot plant
— Noun
– English
～ sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
kingdom Plantae
— Noun
– English
～ (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
koto player
— Noun
– English
～ a musician who plays the koto
kick pleat
— Noun
– English
～ pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking
knife pleat
— Noun
– English
～ a single pleat turned in one direction
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