| KARYOMAPPINGS | • KARYOMAPPING n. a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives. |
| KERATOPLASTIC | • keratoplastic adj. Relating to keratoplasty. • KERATOPLASTIC adj. relating to keratoplasty, plastic surgery on the cornea. |
| KINEMATOGRAPH | • kinematograph n. Alternative form of cinematograph. • KINEMATOGRAPH n. an apparatus for filming, printing and projecting a series of instantaneous photographs so as to give a moving representation of a scene, also CINEMATOGRAPH. |
| KLEPTOCRACIES | • kleptocracies n. Plural of kleptocracy. • KLEPTOCRACY n. a government by the corrupt in which rulers use their official positions for personal gain. |
| MACROPINAKOID | • MACROPINAKOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINACOID. |
| MICROPLANKTON | • microplankton n. Microscopic zooplankton. • MICROPLANKTON n. very small plankton. |
| ORTHOPINAKOID | • ORTHOPINAKOID n. in monoclinic crystals, a form consisting of two faces parallel to the orthodiagonal and the vertical axis. |
| OVERPACKAGING | • overpackaging v. Present participle of overpackage. • OVERPACKAGE v. to package excessively. |
| PARKINSONIANS | • parkinsonians n. Plural of parkinsonian. • Parkinsonians n. Plural of Parkinsonian. • PARKINSONIAN n. one suffering from Parkinson's disease. |
| PARKINSONISMS | • parkinsonisms n. Plural of parkinsonism. • Parkinsonisms n. Plural of Parkinsonism. • PARKINSONISM n. Parkinson's disease. |
| PORCELAINLIKE | • porcelainlike adj. Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it. • PORCELAINLIKE adj. like porcelain. |
| REALPOLITIKER | • realpolitiker n. One who supports or engages in realpolitik. • REALPOLITIKER n. (German) one who practises realpolitik, politics based on practical, rather than moral or ideological, considerations. |
| SCRAPBOOKINGS | • SCRAPBOOKING n. the practice of keeping cuttings. |
| SHOPBREAKINGS | • shopbreakings n. Plural of shopbreaking. • SHOPBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a shop. |
| SPORTSMANLIKE | • sportsmanlike adj. Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner. • SPORTSMANLIKE adj. like a sportsman. |
| STREPTOKINASE | • streptokinase n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) An enzyme produced by some streptococci which is involved in breaking down… • STREPTOKINASE n. a proteolytic enzyme produced by hemolytic streptococci that promotes the dissolution of blood clots by activating plasminogen to produce plasmin. |