Graduate Vocabulary
123,635 words and 147,492 expressions at the graduate level.
An uninhabited island of Noonu, Maldives.
A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.
Alternative form of Kabardino-Balkaria: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.
Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
plural of kaffeeklatch
plural of kaffeeklatsch
plural of kaffeeklatsch
The state, quality, or characteristic of being Kafkaesque.
A Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
A neighborhood of Vienna, Austria.
The mainland part of German New Guinea, including the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea.
An Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.
An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.
plural of kajillionaire
An industrial island of Shaviyani, Maldives.
Clipping of Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti.
plural of kakistocracy.
The abnormal fear of failure or defeat.
Of or pertaining to kakorrhaphiophobia.
A Dravidian martial art from the Indian state of Kerala.
Resembling or characteristic of a kaleidoscope.
Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
Brightly coloured patterns like those produced by a kaleidoscope.
present participle and gerund of kaleidoscope
A local government area in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
An uninhabited island of Alifu Dhaalu, Maldives.
A resort island of Thaa, Maldives.
An uninhabited island of Thaa, Maldives.
An uninhabited island of Lhaviyani, Maldives.
A former province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region.
An isometric-hexoctahedral green mineral containing hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, potassium, strontium, and titanium.
plural of kalliapseudid
kallikrein
plural of kallidinogenase
plural of kallikantzaros
In Greek and Cypriot culture, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character, resembling a goblin.
Of or relating to the Kallymeniaceae.
Any of a group of triterpenoid saponins present in trees of the genus Kalopanax.
plural of kalopanaxsaponin
Typography or printing that is beautiful or visually appealing.
A large city in Maharashtra, India.
plural of kalyptorhynch
A city and raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in western Ukraine.
A city in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
A city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in southern Ukraine.
A city and raion of Volyn Oblast, in western Ukraine.
A surname from Thai
An uninhabited island of Haa Alifu, Maldives.
An island of Gaafu Dhaalu, Maldives.
A resort island of Alifu Alifu.
An uninhabited island of Addu, Maldives.
An uninhabited island of Noonu, Maldives.
A resort island of Kaafu, Maldives.
A residential island of Gaafu Alifu, Maldives.
An uninhabited island of Faafu, Maldives.
An uninhabited island of Gaafu Alifu, Maldives.
A burger made with kangaroo meat.
plural of kangarooburger
The practice of following a kangatarian diet.
A northern village in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
A dialect of the Inuit language spoken in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada by the Kangiryuarmiut, a Copper Inuit people.
Synonym of Mohawk (people)
plural of kannemeyeriid
Any dicynodont of the clade Kannemeyeriiformes
plural of kannemeyeriiform
An island of Baa, Maldives.
plural of kaolinization
plural of kapellmeister
An atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Of or relating to Kapingamarangi, an atoll and municipality of the Federated States of Micronesia.
plural of Kapingamarangian
Alternative form of Garabogazköl.
A Turkic language of Russia.
A republic of Russia in the Caucasus. Capital: Cherkessk.
An autonomous republic in northwestern Uzbekistan, bordering Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Official name: Republic of Karakalpakstan. Capital: Nukus.
Alternative form of Kardashianesque.
Characteristic of or resembling the Kardashian family.
The process of making or becoming like the Kardashian family or their products or self-promotion.
A mineral with the chemical formula Na(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)PO₄.
An uninhabited island of Noonu, Maldives.
Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.
Capable of undergoing Karp reduction.
The formation of a karst topography
plural of karstification
Clipping of Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti.
plural of Kartvelianist
Relating to Kartvelology.
One who studies Kartvelology.
plural of Kartvelologist
plural of karwinaphthol
A type of evolution that results in changes to the karyotype of organisms.
In a manner relating to karyogamy.
In a karyokinetic manner; by means of karyokinesis.
By means of, or with reference to, karyology
Any protozoan of the order Oxymonadida
plural of karyomastigont
Relating to karyomorphology.
In terms of karyomorphology.
Related to karyomorphometry
The morphometry of karyomorphs
The morphotype of a karyomorph
plural of karyomorphotype
Any of the class Karyorelictea of ciliates in the subphylum Postciliodesmatophora.
plural of karyorelictean
Relating to karyosystematics.
The systematics of karyotypes
With regard to the karyotype
A province towards the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Mbuji-Mayi.
Alternative spelling of kata thermometer.
plural of kata-thermometer
plural of katablepharid
Obtaining pleasure from laughing at or mocking others.
One who enjoys mocking and laughing at others.
plural of katagelasticist
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia.
The writing of a non-Japanese word in katakana
plural of katakanization
Alternative form of cataphatically.
Alternative spelling of kata thermometer.
plural of katathermometer
The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the negative electrode or cathode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
Of or relating to kathenotheism.
plural of kathenotheist
plural of katjiepiering
plural of katrillionaire
Fear or dislike of cockroaches.
An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu, Maldives.
Any of a group of antibacterial cyclic oligopeptides present in some cyanobacteria
plural of kawaguchipeptin
plural of kazacharthran
The act or process of Kazakhifying.
plural of kazillionaire
A municipality of Croatia.
plural of keeking-glass
A semisubterranean winter dwelling of certain Native American peoples.
plural of keekwilee-house
The state of being keen-witted
A hard Greek cheese with a salty flavour and rich aroma, made from sheep milk.
Obsolete spelling of Kefalovrysi.
Obsolete spelling of Kefalovrysi.
An island of Meemu, Maldives.
A residential island of Noonu, Maldives.
A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.
plural of Kensingtonian
plural of kentriodontid
Any extinct ape of the subfamily †Kenyapithecinae
plural of kenyapithecine
A horny tumor which forms on the internal surface of the wall of a horse's foot, at the expense of the keraphyllous tissue, which becomes hypertrophied.
plural of keraphyllocele
Any lepospondyl in the family Keraterpetontidae.
plural of keraterpetontid
Misspelling of keratoacanthoma.
Alternative spelling of keratinization.
plural of keratinisation
The process by which cells from beneath the skin are converted to hair and nails (made of keratin).
plural of keratinization
the production of keratin cells
In a keratinolytic manner
plural of keratinolytic
plural of keratinophage
That feeds on keratin
Capable of thriving on keratin.
Alternative form of keratinophilic.
A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
plural of keratoacanthoma
plural of keratoacanthoma
Relating to a keratoacanthoma.
plural of keratoangioma
porokeratosis
Misspelling of keratoacanthoma.
Misspelling of keratoconjunctival.
Misspelling of keratoconjunctivitis.
Relating to keratoconjunctivitis
Alternative form of keratoconjunctival.
An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
Alternative form of keratoconjunctivitis.
plural of keratoectasia
hyperkeratosis and degeneration of the elastic tissue of the skin
plural of keratoepitheliopathy
epitheliopathy of the cornea
plural of keratoleukoma
By means of, or in terms of, keratometry.
plural of keratomileusis
Improvement of the refractive state of the cornea, performed by cutting a thin hinged flap in the front surface of the eye and lifting it to access the cornea.
The process of tattooing the cornea to permanently change the colour of the human iris (the coloured portion of the eye), usually done for cosmetic purposes.
plural of keratoplasty
A keratic precipitate on corneal endothelium
plural of keratoprecipitate
plural of keratoprosthesis
A surgical procedure in which a severely damaged or diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea.
Of or relating to keratoprosthesis.
The science of keratoprosthesis.
Involving modification of the shape of the cornea in order to reduce refractive error
An optical device that measures refraction of the cornea
plural of keratorefractometer
refractometry by means of a keratorefractometer
Inflammation of the cornea and the sclera of the eye.
plural of keratosulfate
Alternative spelling of keratosulfate.
plural of keratosulphate
Relating to keratotopography
The surface topography of skin and other tissue, but especially of the cornea
of or pertaining to keraunography.
The medical study of lightning injuries and casualties.
Transient weakness in limbs following a lightning strike, often associated with cold, mottled skin.
The condition of being kernelizable
plural of kernelization
In a kerygmatic manner.
plural of ketoacetamide
Any enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of a keto acid
plural of ketoacylsynthase
adaptation to a ketogenic diet
Any ketone in which a benzothiazole is linked to the carbonyl group; some are serine protease inhibitors
plural of ketobenzothiazole
Any ketone in which the carbonyl group is directly attached to a benzoxazole (typically, to the oxazole ring)
plural of ketobenzoxazole
plural of ketocarbenoid
Any salt or ester of a ketocarboxylic acid
plural of ketocarboxylate
Any carotenoid that contains a ketone (carbonyl) group
plural of ketocarotenoid
Any derivative of cholesterol having a ketonic substituent, one isomer of which inhibits cholesterol uptake in the coronary arteries
plural of ketocholesterol
Ketazocine.
plural of ketogluconate
plural of ketoglutarate
Synonym of fructokinase.
plural of ketohexokinase
The metabolite of oestradiol 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one
Any salt or ester of ketoisocaproic acid.
plural of ketoisocaproate
Any salt or ester of ketoisovaleric acid
plural of ketoisovalerate
Any ketenimine that also contains a carbonyl group
plural of ketoketenimine
Any enamine containing a methyl and a ketonic carbonyl group.
plural of ketomethylenamine
A particular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Any compound, the salt or ester of a ketophosphonic acid, having both ketone and phosphonate groups.
plural of ketophosphonate
plural of ketoreductase
plural of ketoreduction
A chemical compound involved in the synthesis of sphingolipids.
plural of ketosphinganine
A derivative of sphingosine that has a carbonyl group in the 3-position
An oxidized form of testosterone containing a keto group; it is a sex hormone in fish.
plural of kettledrummer
The playing of a kettledrum.
Reminiscent of the beliefs or activities of Jack Kevorkian (1928–2011), American euthanasia activist.
plural of key-mistress
A district of Chhattisgarh, India.
A district of Rajasthan, India.
plural of Khambrangchak
An autonomous okrug of Russia, located in Tyumen oblast, with capital Khanty-Mansiysk.
A city, the administrative center of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 22nd melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.
plural of Khitanologist
Alternative spelling of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Alternative form of kicks and giggles
Of or relating to the Kickxellaceae.
plural of kidderminster
plural of kiddle-a-wink
plural of kidney-punch
Of or pertaining to the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) or his existentialist philosophy.
The philosophical or religious views of the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855).
A resort island of Baa, Maldives.
A community (civil parish) in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, which includes the villages of Kilgetty and Begelly.
plural of kill-courtesy
plural of Killingsworth
A village and townland in north County Meath, Ireland.
plural of kilobecquerel
A thousand disintegrations (as a measure of ionizing radiation)
plural of kilodisintegration
A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts
plural of kiloelectronvolt
plural of kilogirl-hour
A unit of force equal to the weight, on earth (subject to standard gravity at 9.80665 m/s²), of a mass of one kilogram; equal to 9.80665 newtons. Symbol kgf or kg_f.
Alternative form of kilogram-metre.
plural of kilogram-meter
a unit of work, equal to that done by a force of one kilogram-force acting through a distance of one metre
plural of kilogram-metre
plural of kilogrammeter
plural of kilogrammetre
plural of kilogram-force
plural of kilolightyear
plural of kilomegacycle
Of a length or distance, measuring one kilometer.
In a kilometric way; on a scale of kilometers.
A sequence of a thousand nucleotides in a nucleic acid
plural of kilonucleotide
plural of kilovoltmeter
plural of kilowatt-hour
plural of kilowatt-year
The official who announces the winner of the torikumi and the kimarite used.
A member of the genus Kimberella.
plural of kimberellomorph
An isometric lemon white mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and tantalum.
Alternative form of kinesthesiometer.
plural of kinaesthesiometer
Alternative form of kinesthetically.
Alternative form of kinanesthesia.
Relating to kinanthropometry.
The scientific study of human size, shape, and body composition.
A historical county of Scotland abolished in 1975, the county town was Stonehaven. Most of the county was taken into Kincardine and Deeside district in Grampian Region.
Alternative form of kindheartedly.
Alternative form of kindheartedness.
comparative form of kind-hearted: more kind-hearted
Misspelling of kindergartner.
plural of kindergartener
The skill or practice of caring for children in a kindergarten.
Resembling or characteristic of a kindergarten; childish.
To simplify (teaching material, etc.) to suit small children.
simple past and past participle of kindergartenize
third-person singular simple present indicative of kindergartenize
present participle and gerund of kindergartenize
plural of kindergartner
plural of Kindergärtner
An age from 318.1 ± 1.3 to 317 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.
superlative form of kind-hearted: most kind-hearted
The quality of being kindhearted.
plural of kindheartedness
cinematographer
plural of kinematographer
Alternative form of cinematographic.
cinematographical
cinematographically
plural of kinematograph
cinematography
plural of kinematoscope
Relating to kinesiography or a kinesiograph
of, or related to kinesiology
plural of kinesiologist
plural of kinesioneurosis
A neurotic disorder characterized by tics, spasms, or other abnormal motor activity.
Relating to body movement and disease
A practitioner of kinesiotherapy.
plural of kinesiotherapist
The therapeutic application of kinesiology.
plural of kinesipathist
plural of kinesitherapy
A practitioner of kinesitherapy.
plural of kinesitherapist
someone who practices kinesthesiology
plural of kinesthesiologist
the medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints
An instrument for measuring the degree of muscular sensation.
plural of kinesthesiometer
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
present participle and gerund of kinesthetize
Alternative form of cinetheodolite.
plural of kinetheodolite
A diagnostic image produced by kinetocardiography.
plural of kinetocardiogram
The recording device used in kinetocardiography.
Relating to kinetocardiography.
plural of kinetocardiograph
A noninvasive technique for recording cardiovascular activity.
Relating to a kinetoplast and a flagellum.
Any member of the Kinetofragminophora.
plural of kinetofragminophoran
plural of kinetographer
In a kinetographic manner.
Synonym of kinetophone.
plural of kinetophonograph
plural of kinetoplastid
Any of species Trachipterus altivelis (syn, Trachipterus rex-salmonorum), of family Trachipteridae of ribbonfishes, of the eastern Pacific.
Resembling or characteristic of a kingfisher.
Alternative form of Kingston upon Thames.
The enzymatic breakdown or kininogen
Relating to kininogenolysis
In a kinodynamic manner.
A small village close to the River Eden in Beaumont parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3558).
A market town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5056).
A village in Kirkby Ireleth parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2282).
A small market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6986).
A historical county, registration county, and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of southwestern Scotland.
A village in Skaftárhreppur, Iceland.
A village in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2770).
A village and civil parish in mid Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9984).
Of or relating to Kirlianography.
Synonym of Kirlian photography.
A commune of Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
A grey orthorhombic silicate mineral of the olivine group.
plural of kirschsteinite
Synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor, a European wildflower with medicinal properties, which was formerly believed to ease heartache”)
Cultivated heartsease.
A flowering plant of species Persicaria orientalis.
plural of kiss-me-quick
plural of kissing-bunch
Activated by kisspeptin
Alternative form of kitchen garden.
plural of kitchen-garden
Household cleaning tasks.
The act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
plural of kitchen-sinking
A regional district in north-west British Columbia, Canada.
plural of kitskonstabel
Timid; skittish.
plural of kittenishness
The sport of running on thin, bending ice.
Synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).
Measurement of nitrogen content by means of the Kjeldahl method.
plural of klaprotholite
An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
An unincorporated community in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Synonym of kleptoplast.
Relating to kleptochloroplasts
plural of kleptochloroplast
In a kleptographic manner
kleptoparasitic hematophagy
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
as a kleptomaniac, in a kleptomaniacal manner
An animal that engages in kleptoparasitism.
simple past and past participle of kleptoparasite
plural of kleptoparasite
Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
In a kleptoparasitic way.
present participle and gerund of kleptoparasite
The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species.
To steal (prey, etc.) from animals of the same or another species.
simple past and past participle of kleptoparasitize
third-person singular simple present indicative of kleptoparasitize
present participle and gerund of kleptoparasitize
Relating to or characteristic of a kleptoparasite
plural of kleptoparasitoid
Relating to kleptoplastids or to kleptoplastidy
Relating to kleptoplastids or to kleptoplasty
plural of kleptoplastidy
plural of kleptoplastid
Alternative spelling of kleptoplasty.
plural of kleptoplasty
A feeding strategy where a predator hunts other predators who have recently fed on prey, thus eating both the prey animal and the prey's own undigested prey/food. The predator chooses prey who have fed recently, and ignores those who have not fed recently.
An animal that engages in kleptopredation.
plural of kleptopredator
In a klinokinetic manner
In a klinotactic manner
Synonym of Cape girdled lizard (“Cordylus cordylus”).
plural of klip-salamander
plural of klippspringer
plural of klismaphiliac
plural of kludgeocracy
Relating to the klydonograph.
plural of Knappenberger
plural of Knapperberger
A traditional Czech dish consisting of dumplings, pork and sauerkraut.
plural of knee-trembler
Terrified.
Alternative form of knickknackery.
Dressed in knickerbockers.
The fact of being without knickers.
plural of knickknackatory
A collection of knick-knacks.
Alternative form of nicky-nicky-nine-doors.
A trencherman; a person who eats heartily.
Having the colour of a knife's metal blade; especially, having the glint that reflects off the blade.
plural of knife-twister
plural of knight-errantry
The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.
A knight-errant (the knight)
Alternative form of knight service.
plural of knightliness
plural of knight-errant
plural of knight-erratic
plural of knittability
Alternative form of knitting needle.
plural of knitting-needle
plural of knob-thatcher
plural of knob-twiddler
A common law principle that requires law enforcement officers to announce their presence and provide residents with an opportunity to open the door prior to a search.
An official visit by a police officer to a person's home to discuss some matter.
plural of knock-and-talk
Alternative form of knockdown-dragout.
plural of knock-down-and-drag-out
Alternative form of knockdown-dragout.
plural of knock-down-drag-out
present participle and gerund of knock-knock
Of a fight or battle, markedly violent.
plural of knockdown-dragout
plural of knocker-upper
A variety of spotted slate characterized by conspicuous subspherical or polyhedral clots that are often individual minerals.
Synonym of know-it-all.
plural of know-everything
The quality of being a know-it-all.
The attitude of a know-it-all.
The doctrines, principles, or practices of the Know-Nothings.
The state of knowing nothing; ignorance.
Alternative form of knowledgeability.
Misspelling of knowledgeableness.
plural of knowledge-box
The condition of being knowledgeable.
Synonym of knowledgeability.
plural of knowledgeable
plural of knowledgebase
knowledgeably
A lack of knowledge.
plural of knowledgement
Alternative form of know-nothingness.
Alternative spelling of knuckle dragger.
plural of knuckle-dragger