Krung Thep
— Noun
– English
~ the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture
Kepler's third law
— Noun
– English
~ a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
knife thrust
— Noun
– English
~ a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
Kon Tiki
— Noun
– English
~ a light raft made of balsa
keep to oneself
— Verb
– English
~ withhold information; "I kept your little secret to myself all these years"
keep to oneself
— Verb
– English
~ shun the company of others; "The new student keeps to herself"
Kingdom of Tonga
— Noun
– English
~ a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
keep track
— Verb
– English
~ keep informed of fully aware; "I keep track of the stock market developments"
kumquat tree
— Noun
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~ any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
kola nut tree
— Noun
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~ tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
Kentucky coffee tree
— Noun
– English
~ handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
ketembilla tree
— Noun
– English
~ a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India
katsura tree
— Noun
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~ rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn
kitul tree
— Noun
– English
~ fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
kingwood tree
— Noun
– English
~ Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
Kalon Tripa
— Noun
– English
~ the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile
ketorolac tromethamine
— Noun
– English
~ nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly
Kundt's tube
— Noun
– English
~ a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound
kick turn
— Noun
– English
~ a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first