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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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kingwood
  • n  handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork
  • n  Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
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kingwood tree
  • n  Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
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kinin
  • n  any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves
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kink
  • n  a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
  • n  a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
  • n  a person with unusual sexual tastes
  • n  an eccentric idea
  • n  a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
    there are still a few kinks to iron out
  • v  curl tightly
  • v  form a curl, curve, or kink
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kinkajou
  • n  arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
  • n  a kind of lemur
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kino
  • n  a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
  • n  East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
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kino gum
  • n  a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
  • n  reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
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