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Isotropy
- noun - (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
Iwo Jima
- noun - a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
- the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan
Jeopardy
- noun - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
Kaochlor
- noun - salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
Kaoliang
- noun - sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)
Kaolines
- noun - a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
Khoikhoi
- noun - any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa
Khomeini
- noun - Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)
Klondike
- noun - a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time
- a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910