| ANTITAKEOVER | • antitakeover adj. (Business) Countering a corporate takeover. • ANTITAKEOVER adj. against a takeover. |
| INTERKNOTTED | • interknotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of interknot. • INTERKNOT v. to knot together. |
| KERATOTOMIES | • keratotomies n. Plural of keratotomy. • KERATOTOMY n. surgery of the cornea. |
| KETOSTEROIDS | • ketosteroids n. Plural of ketosteroid. • KETOSTEROID n. a steroid, such as cortisone or estrone, containing a ketone group. |
| 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. |
| KNOTTINESSES | • knottinesses n. Plural of knottiness. • KNOTTINESS n. the state of being knotty. |
| LATTICEWORKS | • latticeworks n. Plural of latticework. • lattice-works n. Plural of lattice-work. • LATTICEWORK n. a network of crossed laths or bars. |
| LEUKOCYTOTIC | • LEUKOCYTOTIC adj. relating to leukocytosis, an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| LOCKSTITCHED | • lockstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of lockstitch. • LOCKSTITCH v. to sew by lockstitch. |
| LOCKSTITCHES | • lockstitches n. Plural of lockstitch. • lock␣stitches n. Plural of lock stitch. • LOCKSTITCH n. a sewing-machine stitch formed by the locking of two threads together. |
| PHOTOKINETIC | • photokinetic adj. Of or pertaining to photokinesis. • PHOTOKINETIC adj. relating to photokinesis. |
| STAKHANOVITE | • Stakhanovite n. (Historical) An extremely productive or hard-working worker, especially in the former USSR, who may… • Stakhanovite adj. Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working. • STAKHANOVITE n. a superlative worker. |
| STOCKINETTES | • stockinettes n. Plural of stockinette. • STOCKINETTE n. an elastic knitted fabric for undergarments, etc., also STOCKINET. |
| TICKTACKTOES | • TICKTACKTOE n. the game of noughts and crosses. |