kl -abbr
- kiloliter
Klam·ath weed ['kla-məth-] -n
- a European yellow-flowered perennial Saint-John's-wort ( Hypericum perforatum) that is naturalized in No. America esp. in rangelands
Klan ['klan] -n
- an organization of Ku Kluxers
- a subordinate unit of such an organization
klatch ['klach, 'kläch] -n
- a gathering characterized usu. by informal conversation
- group
klav·ern ['kla-vərn] -n
- a local unit of the Klan
Klax·on ['klak-sən] -trademark
- used for an electrically operated horn or warning signal
kleb·si·el·la [,kleb-zē-'e-lə] -n
- any of a genus ( Klebsiella) of nonmotile enterobacteria that includes causative agents of respiratory and urogenital infections
Klee·nex ['klē-,neks] -trademark
- used for a cleansing tissue
Klein bottle ['klīn-] -n
- a one-sided surface that is formed by passing the narrow end of a tapered tube through the side of the tube and flaring this end out to join the other end
klepht ['kleft] -n, adj
- a Greek belonging to any of several independent guerrilla communities formed after the Turkish conquest of Greece
klep·to ['klep-(,)tō] -n
- kleptomaniac
klepto- -comb form
- stealing : theft
klep·toc·ra·cy [klep-'tä-krə-sē] -n, adj
- government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed
- a particular government of this kind
klep·to·ma·nia [,klep-tə-'mā-nē-ə, -nyə] -n
- a persistent neurotic impulse to steal esp. without economic motive
klep·to·ma·ni·ac [-nē-,ak] -n
- a person evidencing kleptomania
klez·mer ['klez-mər] -n
- a Jewish instrumentalist esp. of traditional eastern European music
- the music played by klezmorim
klieg light ['klēg-] -n
- a carbon arc lamp used esp. in making motion pictures
Kline·fel·ter's syndrome ['klīn-,fel-tərz-] -n
- an abnormal condition in a male characterized by usu. two X and one Y chromosomes, infertility, smallness of the testicles, sparse facial and body hair, and enlarged breasts called also Klinefelter syndrome
klis·ter ['klis-tər] -n
- a soft wax used on skis
kloof ['klüf] -n
- a deep glen : ravine
kludge ['klüj] -n, adj
- a system and esp. a computer system made up of poorly matched components
klutz ['kləts] -n, adj
- a clumsy person
kly·stron ['klī-,strän] -n
- an electron tube in which bunching of electrons is produced by electric fields and which is used for the generation and amplification of ultrahigh-frequency current