| AKATHISIA | • akathisia n. (Medicine) A sensation of restlessness characterized by an inability to sit still/down or remain motionless/seated… • AKATHISIA n. a psychological condition characterised by agitation and a frequent desire to alter the posture, also ACATHISIA. |
| 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. |
| KAHIKATEA | • kahikatea n. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. • KAHIKATEA n. (Maori) a tall New Zealand coniferous tree. |
| KAHIKATOA | • kahikatoa n. (New Zealand) Leptospermum scoparium, the manuka. • KAHIKATOA n. (Maori) a New Zealand myrtaceous tree, with strong elastic wood and aromatic leaves. |
| KATHAKALI | • kathakali n. A spectacular lyric dance drama of southern India performed with acrobatic energy and highly stylized pantomime. • KATHAKALI n. (Malayalam) a highly stylized form of South Indian drama, using dance and mime. |
| AKATHISIAS | • akathisias n. Plural of akathisia. • AKATHISIA n. a psychological condition characterised by agitation and a frequent desire to alter the posture, also ACATHISIA. |
| KADAITCHAS | • KADAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KURDAITCHA. |
| KAHIKATEAS | • kahikateas n. Plural of kahikatea. • KAHIKATEA n. (Maori) a tall New Zealand coniferous tree. |
| KAHIKATOAS | • KAHIKATOA n. (Maori) a New Zealand myrtaceous tree, with strong elastic wood and aromatic leaves. |
| KATHAKALIS | • kathakalis n. Plural of kathakali. • KATHAKALI n. (Malayalam) a highly stylized form of South Indian drama, using dance and mime. |
| APPARATCHIK | • apparatchik n. (Historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. • apparatchik n. A blindly loyal bureaucrat. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| KOTAHITANGA | • KOTAHITANGA n. (Maori) unity or solidarity. |
| SVARABHAKTI | • svarabhakti n. (Linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis. • SVARABHAKTI n. (Sanskrit) the development of a vowel between consonants. |
| ANTIBACKLASH | • antibacklash adj. (Mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery). • ANTIBACKLASH adj. arising in opposition to a backlash. |
| APPARATCHIKI | • apparatchiki n. Plural of apparatchik. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| APPARATCHIKS | • apparatchiks n. Plural of apparatchik. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| KOTAHITANGAS | • KOTAHITANGA n. (Maori) unity or solidarity. |
| SVARABHAKTIS | • svarabhaktis n. Plural of svarabhakti. • SVARABHAKTI n. (Sanskrit) the development of a vowel between consonants. |