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kirkia
  • n  small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs
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lady-in-waiting
  • n  a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
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kern
  • n  United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
  • n  the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body
  • v  furnish with a kern
  • v  remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
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kernel
  • n  the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
    black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
  • n  a single whole grain of a cereal
    a kernel of corn
  • n  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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kernicterus
  • n  an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage
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kernig's sign
  • n  symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings
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kernite
  • n  a light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form; an important source of boron
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