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- kill the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- kinetheodolite — a type of theodolite containing a cine camera instead of a telescope and giving continuous film of a moving target together with a record of its altitude and azimuth: used in tracking a missile, satellite, etc
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- knock together — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- know the score — understand the situation
- larmor theorem — the theorem that an electron subjected only to the force exerted by the nucleus about which it is moving will undergo Larmor precession but no other change in motion when placed in a magnetic field.
- larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
- lead the field — If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
- leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
- leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
- light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
- lightheartedly — In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
- like the devil — If you say that someone does something like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast.
- little theater — generally noncommercial drama, usually of an experimental nature and directed at a limited audience.
- little theatre — small venue for amateur dramatics
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- mathematically — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
- matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
- metatheatrical — Of or pertaining to metatheatre.
- metathetically — By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- mind the store — to tend to business
- miss the point — fail to understand
- monotheletical — like a monothelete
- moral theology — the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.
- mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
- mother goddess — Kālī.
- mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
- mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
- mother shipton — a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
- motherlessness — The state or condition of being motherless.
- mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
- napa (leather) — nappa (leather)
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
- new netherland — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- nontheological — not theological, not having theological content
- nontheoretical — not confined to the theoretical realm; actual
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.