| BACKSTROKING | • backstroking v. Present participle of backstroke. • BACKSTROKE v. to swim on the back. |
| BOKMAKIERIES | • bokmakieries n. Plural of bokmakierie. • BOKMAKIERIE n. (South African) a large yellow shrike. |
| COCKALEEKIES | • cock-a-leekies n. Plural of cock-a-leekie. • COCKALEEKIE n. (Scots) soup made from a fowl and leeks, also COCKIELEEKIE, COCKYLEEKY. |
| GOALKICKINGS | • GOALKICKING n. the kicking of a goal. |
| KAKISTOCRACY | • kakistocracy n. Government under the control of a nation’s worst or least-qualified citizens. • KAKISTOCRACY n. government by the worst men of the state. |
| KALASHNIKOVS | • KALASHNIKOV n. (Russian) a kind of sub-machinegun made in the former USSR. |
| KAMELAUKIONS | • kamelaukions n. Plural of kamelaukion. • KAMELAUKION n. (Modern Greek) a tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests. |
| KARYOKINESES | • karyokineses n. Plural of karyokinesis. • KARYOKINESIS n. division of the cell nucleus. |
| KARYOKINESIS | • karyokinesis n. (Biology) The process of change that takes place during the division of a cell nucleus at mitosis or meiosis. • KARYOKINESIS n. division of the cell nucleus. |
| KARYOKINETIC | • karyokinetic adj. Of or pertaining to karyokinesis. • KARYOKINETIC adj. relating to karyokinesis, division of the cell nucleus. |
| KWASHIORKORS | • kwashiorkors n. Plural of kwashiorkor. • KWASHIORKOR n. a tropical disease of infants caused by protein deficiency. |
| LEUKOPLAKIAS | • leukoplakias n. Plural of leukoplakia. • LEUKOPLAKIA n. the stage of a chronically inflamed area at which the surface becomes hard, white and smooth, also LEUCOPLAKIA. |
| STOCKTAKINGS | • stocktakings n. Plural of stocktaking. • STOCKTAKING n. the inventorying and valuation of stock. |
| TICKTACKTOES | • TICKTACKTOE n. the game of noughts and crosses. |