any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
king orange
Noun
a large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled
kohleria
Noun
a shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers
knotted marjoram
Noun
an aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey
kangaroo apple
Noun
Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
kitten-tails
Noun
a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers
knob celery
Noun
a vegetable grown for its thickened edible aromatic root
kapuka
Noun
a small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
kutch
Noun
tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
kidney fern
Noun
a large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds
king fern
Noun
large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
king fern
Noun
fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
katharobe
Noun
an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter
kickback
Noun
a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
king's ransom
Noun
a very large treasure
katabolism
Noun
the breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
kenogenesis
Noun
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species, such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution
kainogenesis
Noun
the introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species, such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution
karyokinesis
Noun
organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis
karyolysis
Noun
the disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies
katamorphism
Noun
a metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface
keratinization
Noun
an organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny, as in nails and hair
keratinisation
Noun
an organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny, as in nails and hair
karat
Noun
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy
kt
Noun
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy
kiloliter
Noun
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters
kilolitre
Noun
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters
kilobyte
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes, often mistaken as 1000 bytes
kibibyte
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes, often mistaken as 1000 bytes
kB
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes, often mistaken as 1000 bytes
kilobit
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
kbit
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
kb
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
kibibit
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 bits
kor
Noun
an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to ten baths or ten ephahs
kibit
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 bits
kilderkin
Noun
a British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
kilovolt
Noun
a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts
kV
Noun
a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts
kilowatt
Noun
a unit of power equal to 1000 watts
kW
Noun
a unit of power equal to 1000 watts
kilovolt-ampere
Noun
a unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes
kiloton
Noun
a measure of explosive power, of an atomic weapon, equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT
kiloton
Noun
one thousand tons
kilometer
Noun
a metric unit of length equal to one thousand meters
kilometre
Noun
a metric unit of length equal to one thousand meters
km
Noun
a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters
klick
Noun
an informal or military term for a kilometer
kos
Noun
(in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities