| AEROPLANKTON | • aeroplankton n. The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind. • AEROPLANKTON n. minute organisms carried in the air. |
| KERATOPHYRES | • keratophyres n. Plural of keratophyre. • KERATOPHYRE n. a fine-grained soda trachyte. |
| KERATOPLASTY | • keratoplasty n. (Surgery) grafting or transplantation of the cornea. • KERATOPLASTY n. plastic surgery on the cornea. |
| KINETOGRAPHS | • kinetographs n. Plural of kinetograph. • KINETOGRAPH n. an early form of cinematograph camera. |
| KINETOPLASTS | • kinetoplasts n. Plural of kinetoplast. • KINETOPLAST n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETONUCLEUS. |
| KLEPTOCRATIC | • kleptocratic adj. Pertaining to a kleptocracy; characterised by rulers or leaders who are thieves. • KLEPTOCRATIC adj. of or like a kleptocracy, a government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. |
| KLEPTOMANIAC | • kleptomaniac n. One who steals compulsively. • KLEPTOMANIAC n. a person having an obsessive urge to steal, also CLEPTOMANIAC, KLEPTO. |
| KLEPTOMANIAS | • kleptomanias n. Plural of kleptomania. • KLEPTOMANIA n. an obsessive urge to steal, driven by emotional disturbance rather than material need, also CLEPTOMANIA. |
| MEROPLANKTON | • meroplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton. • MEROPLANKTON n. plankton consisting of certain larvae that do not spend all their life as plankton. |
| PERESTROIKAS | • perestroikas n. Plural of perestroika. • PERESTROIKA n. (Russian) the period of reconstruction in Russia under Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| PLASTERWORKS | • plasterworks n. Plural of plasterwork. • PLASTERWORK n. plastering, often ornate in design, used to finish architectural constructions. |
| POSTCARDLIKE | • postcardlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque. • POSTCARDLIKE adj. resembling a postcard. |
| REALPOLITIKS | • realpolitiks n. Plural of realpolitik. • REALPOLITIK n. (German) politics guided by practical considerations, instead of principles or ethics. |
| SPATCHCOCKED | • spatchcocked adj. Pertaining to spatchcocking. • spatchcocked v. Simple past tense and past participle of spatchcock. • SPATCHCOCK v. to split open (a fowl, eel etc.) for grilling, also SPITCHCOCK. |
| SPATTERDOCKS | • spatterdocks n. Plural of spatterdock. • SPATTERDOCK n. the yellow water lily of the genus Nuphar. |
| SPATTERWORKS | • SPATTERWORK n. reproduction of designs by covering the surface with the pattern and spattering colour on the parts exposed. |
| TECHNOSPEAKS | • TECHNOSPEAK n. technical jargon. |
| ZOOPLANKTERS | • zooplankters n. Plural of zooplankter. • ZOOPLANKTER n. a single zooplankton. |