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Keratophyte
- - A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
Keratoscope
- noun - medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface
Keratoscopy
- noun - examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface
Kinetochore
- noun - a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence"
Kinetograph
- - A camera for making chronophotographs. [obsolescent] (b) A machine for the projection of chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture. [obsolescent] (c) A combined animated-picture machine and phonograph in which sounds appropriate to the scene are automatically uttered by the latter instrument. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film.
Kinetophone
- - A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film.
Kinetoscope
- noun - a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture
Kleptocracy
- unknown - A government characterised by corruption and greed
Kleptomania
- noun - an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
Knotty Pine
- noun - pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture