klinostat
Alternative form of clinostat.

klinostats
plural of klinostat

klister
A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.

klisters
plural of klister

kludge
An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.

kludges
plural of kludge

kluge
Something that should not work, but does.
A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

kluges
plural of kluge

klydonograph
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge.

klydonographs
plural of klydonograph

klystron
an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation.

klystrons
plural of klystron

knape
A lad.

knapes
plural of knape

knemometer
The measuring device used in knemometry

knemometers
plural of knemometer

kneppars
Long-shafted pincers.
Wooden tongs used for plucking weeds from among stalks of corn or grain.

knickerbocker
Of or relating to knickerbockers.
A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.

knockmeter
A device for measuring the intensity of engine knock.

knockmeters
plural of knockmeter

knockoff
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually of lower quality and price than the original.
A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

knockoffs
plural of knockoff

knurd
Alternative form of nerd; especially used to refer to one of several folk etymologies of the word.

knurds
plural of knurd

knurler
A knurling tool (attached to a lathe)

knurlers
plural of knurler

koan
A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.
A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.

koans
plural of koan

kocay
A place used for urination and defecation: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

kocays
plural of kocay

kochliaria
plural of kochliarion

kochliarion
A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.

koji
A substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce.
The mold used in such a preparation.

kojis
plural of koji

koley
Alternative spelling of kocay.

koleys
plural of koley

kommetje
A handleless glazed earthenware basin, used as a drinking utensil.

kommetjes
plural of kommetje

konimeter
An instrument for measuring the concentration of dust.

konimeters
plural of konimeter

koniometer
Alternative form of konimeter.

koniometers
plural of koniometer

koniscope
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.

koniscopes
plural of koniscope

kontomire
cocoyam leaves usually used for stew and soups

kontomires
plural of kontomire

kra
The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.

kriging
A regression technique used to interpolate data.

kryometer
Archaic form of cryometer.

kryometers
plural of kryometer

kubotan
A small baton-like rod constituting a self-defense tool; its principal use is in applying uncomfortable holds to someone when subduing them.

kubotans
plural of kubotan

kulning
A Scandinavian vocal musical form with high-pitched echoes, traditionally used to call livestock down from the mountain pastures.

kumbaya
Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm, as referring to the folk song.

kumbayah
Alternative spelling of kumbaya.

kutcherry
Alternative form of cutcherry

kvevri
A large earthenware vessel originally from Georgia, used for the fermentation and storage of wine, often buried below ground level or set into the floors of large wine cellars.

kvevris
plural of kvevri

kwalliso
A labour and concentration camp operated by North Korea, especially used for political prisoners.

kwukyel
Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.

kymograph
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.

kymographion
Synonym of kymograph.

kymographs
plural of kymograph

kymoscope
A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.

kymoscopes
plural of kymoscope

kype
The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

kyphometer
A device used to measure kyphosis (curvature of the spine)

kyphometers
plural of kyphometer

label
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
A company that sells records.
A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
A tassel.
A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

labels
plural of label

labiograph
An instrument for recording the movement of the lips in speaking.

labiographs
plural of labiograph

labjack
A telescopic platform used to support laboratory glassware or other equipment

labjacks
plural of labjack

laboratoryware
Synonym of labware.

laboratorywares
plural of laboratoryware

labrys
A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
A symbol of a double-headed axe used to represent lesbian pride.

labryses
plural of labrys

labware
All the glassware and other equipment used in many different types of laboratory, but excluding specialist equipment such as spectrometers.

labwares
plural of labware

lactimeter
Misspelling of lactometer.

lactobutyrometer
An instrument for determining the amount of butterfat in milk.

lactobutyrometers
plural of lactobutyrometer

lactocrite
An apparatus for testing the quantity of fatty substance in a sample of milk.

lactocrites
plural of lactocrite

lactoglutamate
A solution of lactate and glutamate that is used to stabilize biological material when freeze-dried

lactoglutamates
plural of lactoglutamate

lactometer
A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.

lactometers
plural of lactometer

lactoscope
An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity

lactoscopes
plural of lactoscope

lactothermometer
A combined lactometer and thermometer.

lactothermometers
plural of lactothermometer