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lady-in-waiting
  • n  a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
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kleist
  • n  German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
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kleptomania
  • n  an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
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kleptomaniac
  • n  someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
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klick
  • n  a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
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klieg light
  • n  carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films
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klimt
  • n  Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918)
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kline
  • n  United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
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klinefelter
  • n  United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)
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klinefelter's syndrome
  • n  syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation; a genetic defect in which an extra X chromosome (XXY) is present in the male
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klinefelter syndrome
  • n  syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation; a genetic defect in which an extra X chromosome (XXY) is present in the male
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klondike
  • n  a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
  • n  a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time
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klorvess
  • n  salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
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