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lady-in-waiting
  • n  a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
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kyphosus sectatrix
  • n  food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
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koweit
  • n  a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait
  • n  an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum
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kowhai
  • n  shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood
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kowtow
  • n  a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
  • v  bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  • v  try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
    He is always kowtowing to his boss
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kp
  • n  an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
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kph
  • n  the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
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kr
  • n  a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
  • n  a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
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kraal
  • n  a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
  • n  a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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krafft-ebing
  • n  German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)
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kraft
  • n  strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution
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kraft paper
  • n  strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution
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krait
  • n  brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
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krakatao
  • n  a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
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krakatau
  • n  a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
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