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Knotholes
- noun - a hole in a board where a knot came out
Knottiest
- adjective - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
- tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"
- used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
Kowtowing
- verb - bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- sycophantic behaviour
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
Kritarchy
- - The rule of the judges over Israel.
Kvetching
- verb - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Lactamide
- - An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
Lactarene
- - A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.
Lactarius
- noun - large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species
Lactating
- verb - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
- producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
Lactation
- noun - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
- the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"
- the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands