| AKARYOTIC | • akaryotic adj. Relating to akaryotes. • AKARYOTIC adj. of or like an akaryote, a cell that does not have a nucleus. |
| ALKALOTIC | • alkalotic adj. Exhibiting or relating to alkalosis. • ALKALOTIC adj. affected by alkalosis, an illness in which the blood or tissues of the body become too alkaline. |
| ANTIBLACK | • antiblack adj. Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans. • ANTIBLACK adj. against black people. |
| ANTICRACK | • anticrack adj. Preventing cracks in a structure. • anticrack adj. Opposing crack cocaine. • anticrack n. Volumetric collapse caused by compression, leading to localization of compaction or compacting shear bands. |
| ANTWACKIE | • ANTWACKIE adj. old-fashioned. |
| ATTACKING | • attacking adj. Carrying out an attack. • attacking v. Present participle of attack. • ATTACK v. to set upon violently. |
| BACKSTAIR | • backstair adj. Clandestine, secret or furtive. • backstair n. The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building). • BACKSTAIR n. underhand. |
| BLACKTAIL | • blacktail n. A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua). • blacktail n. A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon. • blacktail n. A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains. |
| CATKINATE | • CATKINATE adj. like catkin. |
| CRANKBAIT | • crankbait n. (Fishing) A kind of fishing lure. • CRANKBAIT n. a fishing lure with a shape that enables it to dive and stay under water. |
| KADAITCHA | • kadaitcha n. Alternative form of kurdaitcha. • KADAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KURDAITCHA. |
| KAMACITES | • kamacites n. Plural of kamacite. • KAMACITE n. a variety of nickeliferous iron, found in meteorites. |
| KATABATIC | • katabatic adj. (Meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside. • katabatic n. Short for katabatic wind. • KATABATIC adj. moving downhill, sinking (of winds), also CATABATIC. |
| KATABOLIC | • katabolic adj. Alternative form of catabolic. • KATABOLIC adj. relating to catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also CATABOLIC. |
| KATCHINAS | • katchinas n. Plural of katchina. • KATCHINA n. (Native American) a doll representing rain-bringing Hopi ancestors, also KACHINA, KATCINA, KATSINA. |
| TAILBACKS | • tailbacks n. Plural of tailback. • TAILBACK n. a member of a football formation. |