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Kingmakers
- noun - an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"
- English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
Kit Carson
- noun - United States frontiersman who guided Fremont''s expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the Civil War (1809-1868)
- United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
Kneecapped
- verb - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist"
Knockabout
- adjective - a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
- full of rough and exuberant animal spirits;
- suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
Know Apart
- verb - recognize or perceive the difference
Kohlrabies
- noun - fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant
- plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
Kok-Saghyz
- noun - perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content
Labetalols
- noun - antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure)
Labipalpus
- - One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
Laboratory
- noun - a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism"
- a workplace for the conduct of scientific research