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knocked-out

adjective · damaged

Example: the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny

knockoff

noun · an unauthorized copy or imitation

knockout

adjective · very strong or vigorous

Example: strong winds

knotted

adjective · tied with a knot

Example: his carefully knotted necktie

knotty

adjective · tangled in knots or snarls

Example: a mass of knotted string

know

noun · the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

Example: he is always in the know

know apart

verb · recognize or perceive the difference

knowable

adjective · capable of being known

knowing

adjective · highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Example: knowing instructors

knowingly

adverb · with full knowledge and deliberation

Example: he wittingly deleted the references

knowledgeable

adjective · highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Example: knowing instructors

known

adjective · apprehended with certainty

Example: a known quantity

knox

noun · Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)

ko'd

adjective · knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

koch

noun · German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)

kookie

adjective · informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Example: it used to drive my husband balmy

kooky

adjective · informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Example: it used to drive my husband balmy

kor

noun · an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

koranic

adjective · of or related to the sacred texts of Islam

Example: Koranic laws

korean

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language

Example: Korean handicrafts

kos

noun · (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities

kosher

adjective · conforming to dietary laws

Example: kosher meat

kotex

noun · a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow

kraft paper

noun · strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution

kraut

noun · offensive term for a person of German descent

ku kluxer

noun · a member of the Ku Klux Klan

kuangchou

noun · a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port

kubla khan

noun · Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)

kuenlun

noun · a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles

kuhn

noun · Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967)

kuiper belt

noun · a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune

kuiper belt object

noun · any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system

kulun

noun · the capital and largest city of Mongolia

kumis

noun · an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

kura

noun · a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea

kurakkan

noun · East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient

kurdish

adjective · of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture

Example: Kurdish Moslems

kuroshio current

noun · a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean

kuwaiti

adjective · of or relating to the capital of Kuwait or its residents

Example: Kuwaiti streets are lined with luxury stores

kyphotic

adjective · characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

laboring

adjective · doing arduous or unpleasant work

Example: drudging peasants

laboriously

adverb · in a laborious manner

Example: their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them

labrador peninsula

noun · a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador

labyrinthian

adjective · resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity

Example: a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths

lace into

verb · hit violently, as in an attack

lace up

verb · draw through eyes or holes

Example: lace the shoelaces

laced

adjective · closed with a lace

Example: snugly laced shoes

lackadaisically

adverb · in an idle and lackadaisical manner

Example: he was hanging around the house lackadaisically

lacking

adjective · inadequate in amount or degree

Example: a deficient education

laconically

adverb · in a dry laconic manner he said dryly

Example: I know that,

lacrimal secretion

noun · saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball

lactic

adjective · of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)

Example: lactic acid