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K

 

karat, see: carat

 

kernel, see: colonel

 

Kew, see: cue

 

key, see: cay

 

	knap	crest of a hill; break with a hammer
	nap	a short sleep

	knead	working bread dough
	need	must have

knew, see: gnu

 

	knickers	woman's underwear
	nickers	those who nick

	knight	chivalrous man
	night	darkness

	knit	interlocking loops of yarn
	nit	louse egg

	knits	verb form of knit
	nits	louse eggs

	knob	handle
	nob	rich person

	knock	to rap
	nock	a notch in an arrow

	knot	fastening in cord
	naught	nothing
	not	negation

	know	to possess knowledge
	no	negation

	knows	"Only the shadow knows..."
	noes	"The noes have it..."
	nose	"Plain as the nose on your face..."

kraft, see: craft

 

krater, see: crater

 

L

 

	lacks	does not have
	lax	loose discipline
	lain	past tense of lay
	lane	narrow road
	lam	headlong flight
	lamb	baby sheep
	lay	to recline
	lei	a flower necklace
	lays	to recline
	laze	to recline with extreme prejudice
	leis	several flower necklaces
	lea	a meadow
	lee	downwind
	li	about one-third of a mile in China
	leach	washing action
	leech	sucking parasite
	lead	heavy metal
	led	guided
	leak	accidental escape of liquid
	leek	variety of onion
	lean	angle of repose
	lien	a claim on property
	leas	more than one meadow
	lees	the dregs
	leased	rented
	least	the minimum
	lends	allows to borrow
	lens	convex glass
	lessen	to reduce
	lesson	a segment of learning
	liar	tells falsehoods
	lyre	stringed instrument
	lichen	a fungus among us
	liken	to compare
	lie	an untruth
	lye	a caustic
	lieu	instead
	loo	British toilet
	Lou	short for Louis
	lightening	removing weight or darkness
	lightning	static electricity from the sky
	limb	tree branch
	limn	delineate
	limbs	arms or legs
	limns	to illuminate, as in a manuscript
	links	pieces of chain
	lynx	feral cat
	literal	taking words in their primary sense
	littoral	having to do with the shore
	lo	interjection
	low	not high
	load	cargo
	lode	mineral vein
	load	what is carried
	lowed	a cow mooed
	loan	allow to borrow
	lone	by itself
	loch	a lake
	lock	a security device
	lochs	more than one lake
	locks	more than one security device
	lox	salmon jerky
	loon	a water fowl
	lune	a crescent shape
	loop	a circular pattern
	loupe	a jeweler's monocular magnifier
	loos	several British toilets
	lose	fail to win
	loot	ill-gotten gains
	lute	stringed instrument
	lumbar	lower back
	lumber	dimensional wood

M

 

	mach	speed of sound
	mock	parody
	made	accomplished
	maid	young woman
	mail	postal delivery
	male	masculine person
	main	primary
	mane	back hair
	maize	corn
	maze	puzzle
	mall	hallway
	maul	shred
	moll	gangster's girlfriend
	manner	method
	manor	lord's house
	marc	coarse brandy
	mark	a sign
	marque	a license to privateer; a brand
	marquee	a rooflike projection over a theatre entrance
	marquis	a nobleman ranking between a duke and a count
	marry	to join in matrimony
	merry	happy
	marshal	to gather
	martial	warlike
	massed	grouped together
	mast	sail pole
	Mays	several spring months
	maze	a labyrinth
	me	myself
	mi	musical note
	mean	average
	mein	manner
	meat	animal flesh
	meet	to connect
	mete	a boundary
	medal	an award
	meddle	to interfere
	men's	owned by males
	mends	to repair
	metal	ductile element
	mettle	moxie
	mewl	to whimper
	mule	offspring of female horse and male donkey
	mews	stables
	muse	creative inspiration
	might	possible
	mite	tiny creature
	mince	chop finely
	mints	aromatic candies
	mind	thinking unit
	mined	looked for ore
	miner	one who digs
	minor	small
	missal	hymn book
	missile	projectile
	missed	not hit
	mist	fog
	misses	young ladies
	Mrs.	married lady
	moan	to groan
	mown	the lawn is freshly cut
	moat	water around a castle
	mote	a speck
	mode	condition
	mowed	a lawn in a well-trimmed condition
	moirй	optical illusion
	moray	eel
	mood	emotional state
	mooed	what the loquacious cow did
	moor	swampy coastland; to anchor
	more	additional
	moose	a large elk
	mousse	dessert of whipped cream and eggs
	moral	a social imperative
	morel	a mushroom
	morn	AM
	mourn	remember the dead
	morning	AM
	mourning	remembering the dead
	muscle	fibrous, contracting tissue
	mussel	a bivalve mollusc
	muscles	more than one muscle
	mussels	more than one mussel
	mussed	made messy
	must	required
	mustard	spicy yellow sauce
	mustered	assembled for roll call