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kakistocracy (n)

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government of the worst

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kala-azar (n)

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an often fatal tropical fever, characterised by acute anemia etc, caused by a protozoan parasite and usually transmitted by sand-flys

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kalamdan (n)

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a Persian writing case

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kalamkari (n)

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a method of colouring and decorating by several dyeings or printings; a chintz fabric treated in this way

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kalanchoe (n)

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a succulent plant which bears red, yellow or pink clusters on long stems

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kaleidophone (n)

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an instrument for demonstrating sound waves by lines of light on a screen

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kalian (n)

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a Persian hookah

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Kaliyuga (n)

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the present (fourth) age of the world, of universal degeneracy

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Kallima (n)

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an Oriental genus of butterflies, mimicking dead leaves

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kallitype (n)

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a former photographic process in which ferric salts are reduced to ferrous salts

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kalmia (n)

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any shrub of the N American Kalmia genus of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, including the mountain laurel or calico-bush

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Kalmuck, Calmuck or Kalmyk (n)

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a member of the Mongolian people in China or Russia

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kalong (n)

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a large fruit bat

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kalooki (n)

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a card game similar to rummy, using two packs of cards and two jokers

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kalpa (n)

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(Hinduism) a day of Brahma, a period of 4320 million years

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kalpak (n)

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a triangular Turkish or Tatar felt cap

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kalpis (n)

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a water-jar

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kalyptra (n)

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a veil worn by Greek women

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Kama (n)

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god of love in the Puranas; earthly desire

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kamacite (n)

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a variety of nickeliferous iron, found in meteors

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kameez (n)

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a loose tunic with tight sleeves, worn by women

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kamelaukion (n)

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the tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests

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kamerad (interj)

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a German shout of surrender; to surrender

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kamichi (n)

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the horned screamer, a S American bird

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kamik (n)
a knee-length sealskin boot
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kampong (n)
an enclosed space or village
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Kanak (n)
a Melanesian; a member of the Melanesian population of New Caledonia seeking its independence from France
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Kanaka (n)
a Hawaiian; a South Sea Islander, esp an indentured or forced labourer in Australia (derog); the Hawaiian language
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kanamycin (n)
an antibiotic from a bacterium found in soil and used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria
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laager (n)
in South Africa, a defensive ring of ox-wagons; any extemporised fortification; an encampment; a defensive group of people drawn together by similarity of opinion
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labanotation (n)
a system of ballet notation
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labarum (n)
a Roman military standard (originally), the imperial standard after Constantine's conversion, with a monogram of the Greek letters XP, for Christ; a similar ecclesiastical banner carried in processions; any moral standard or guide
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labefaction (n)
a weakening decay; overthrow
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labellum (n)
the posterior petal, and often the most conspicuous part, of the flower of an orchid; the lower lip of the corolla forming a landing platform for pollinating insects
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labile (adj)
unstable; apt to slip or change
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labis (n)
the cochlear or Eucharistic spoon
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lablab (n)
a tropical bean with edible pods
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labor improbus (n)
persistent, dogged labour
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labradorite (n)
a plagioclase feldspar with a fine play of colours found on the Labrador coast
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labrum (n)
lip; a lip-like part
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labrys (n)
the double-headed axe, areligious symbol of ancient Crete
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lac (n)
a dark-red transparent resin used in making shellac, secreted on the twigs of trees in Asia by certain coccid insects
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laccolith (n)
a mass of igneous rock that has risen in a molten condition and bulged up the overlying strata to form a dome
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lacebark (n)
a tall W Indian tree of the Daphne family
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lacing course (n)
an arrangement of bricks built into a structure to strengthen it
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lacertian (adj)
lizard-like
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laches (n)
negligence or undue delay in carrying out a legal duty
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Lachesis (n)
one of the three Fates in Greek mythology who assigned each mortal his or her destiny, and who spun the thread of life from the distaff held by Clotho
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lacinia (n)
a long narrow lobe in a leaf
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maar (n)
a crater that has been formed by a single explosion and so does not lie in a cone of lava
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maatjes, matjes (n)
young herring before it is spawned, cured in brine, sugar and spices and served as a hors d'oeuvres
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mabela (n)
ground sorghum, used for making porridge and beer
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macadamize (v)
to cover (a road) with small broken stones, so as to form a smooth hard surface
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macallum (n)
a dish of vanilla ice cream topped with raspberry sauce
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macarize, -ise (v)
to declare to be happy or blessed
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macarism (n)
a beatitude
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machair (n)
a low-lying sandy beach or boggy links affording some pasturage
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Machairodus (n)
the pre-historic sabre-toothed tiger
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machan (n)
a raised platform esp built in a tree, to watch for game
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macher (n)
an influential or overbearing person
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machicolation (n)
a space between the corbels supporting a parapet, or an opening in the floor of a projecting gallery, for dropping missiles, molten lead etc on an attacking enemy; a structure with such openings
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machree (n)
(anglo-irish) an affectionate form of address, my dear, my love
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Machtpolitik (n)
(Ger) power politics, especially the doctrine that the state should use force to attain its ends
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mackerel breeze (n)
a strong breeze that ruffles the surface of the sea and so favours mackerel fishing
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mackerel sky (n)
a sky streaked with long, parallel white masses of cloud
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mackinaw (n)
a kind of blanket formerly distributed by the US government to Native Americans; a short heavy woollen coat usually double-breasted and belted; a flat bottomed lake-boat
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mackle (n) and (vt)
a blur or other imperfection in printing, caused by a double impression, wrinkling; to print imperfectly, to blur
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macle (n)
a dark spot in a crystal; chiastolite; a twin crystal
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Mâcon (n)
a heavy red or white burgundy from the Mâcon district of central France
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macon (n)
smoked, salted mutton
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maconochie (n)
(military) tinned meat and vegetable stew; any tinned food
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nab (n)
a hilltop
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nabk (n)
the Christ's thorn
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nabob (n)
a European who has amassed a great fortune in the East; any person of great wealth
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nacarat (n)
a bright orange-red; a fabric so coloured
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nacelle (n)
a streamlined structure on an aircraft housing the engine; the car of a balloon or airship
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nacket, nocket (n)
a snack, a light lunch
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nacre (n)
mother-of-pearl or a shellfish yielding it
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Na-Dene (n)
a group of Native American languages comprising Athabascan, Haida, Tlingit and Eyak
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naevus (n)
a birthmark; a pigmented spot or an overgrowth of small blood vessels in the skin
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naga (n)
a snake, esp the cobra; a divine snake (Hindu myth)
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nagana (n)
a disease of horses and cattle caused by a trypanosome transmitted by tsetse flies
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nagapie (n)
(S Afr) the bushbaby or nocturnal lemur
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nagmaal (n)
a Dutch Reformed Church sacrament
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nagor (n)
W African antelope
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Nahal (n)
an organization of young soldiers in Israel; an agricultural settlement established and managed by such soldiers
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naiant (adj)
(Heraldry) swimming horizontally
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naik (n)
a lord or governor; a corporal of Indian infantry
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nain (adj)
(Sct) own
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nainsook (n)
a type of muslin like jaconet
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Nair or Nayar (n)
a people of Kerala who were formerly a noble and military caste of the Malabar coast who practiced a peculiar system of polyandry and matriliny
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naissant (adj)
nascent; (heraldry) rising or coming forth
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naker (n)
one of a pair of small medieval kettle drums
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oakenshaw (n)
a little oak wood
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oak mast (n)
acorns collectively
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oakum (n)
old, usually tarred, ropes untwisted and teased out for caulking the seams of ships
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oar-footed (adj)
having swimming feet
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oar-lap (n)
a rabbit with ears standing out at right angles
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oast (n)
a kiln to dry out hops or malt
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obang (n)
an old Japanese oblong gold coin

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