| FOLKLORE | • folklore n. The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population. • folklore n. (By extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community. • folklore n. (Mathematics, slang) The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians… |
| KERNELLY | • kernelly adj. Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels. • KERNELLY adj. full of kernels; resembling a kernel. |
| KILLDEER | • killdeer n. A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that… • kill-deer n. Alternative form of killdeer. • KILLDEER n. a wading bird, also KILLDEE. |
| KNOLLERS | • KNOLLER n. one that knolls, tolls a bell. |
| KNOLLIER | • KNOLLY adj. like a knoll. |
| KRULLERS | • krullers n. Plural of kruller. • KRULLER n. (Dutch) in North America, a type of sweet cake fried in fat, also CRULLER. |
| KYRIELLE | • kyrielle n. (Now rare) A long rigmarole. • kyrielle n. A form of French verse written in rhyming couplets or quatrains, sometimes with a religious theme. • KYRIELLE n. (French) a string of short lines in stanzas all ending with the same word. |
| LARDLIKE | • lardlike adj. Resembling lard. • LARDLIKE adj. like lard. |
| LIKELIER | • likelier adj. Comparative form of likely: more likely. • LIKELY adj. probable. |
| LORDLIKE | • lordlike adj. Like a lord; lordly. • LORDLIKE adj. like a lord. |
| OVERKILL | • overkill n. (Literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially… • overkill n. (Literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder. • overkill n. (By extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal. |
| RAKEHELL | • rakehell adj. (Archaic) Immoral; dissolute. • rakehell n. (Archaic) A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. • rake-hell adj. Alternative form of rakehell. |
| RESKILLS | • reskills v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reskill. • re-skills v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of re-skill. • RESKILL v. to retrain employees for new work. |
| ROLLNECK | • rollneck n. A turtleneck sweater. • ROLLNECK adj. of a garment, having a neck which can be rolled over. • ROLLNECK n. a garment with such a neck. |
| SKELLIER | • SKELLY adj. cross-eyed, also SKELLIE. |
| SKILLIER | • SKILLY adj. having skill, also SKILLFUL, SKILFUL. |