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- KRAUTClipping of sauerkraut.
- KREMLINA fortified, central complex found in various Russian cities.
- KRIEGSPIELA board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
- KUCHENAny of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
- KUGELA traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.
- KURSAALA public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino
- KURUSA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
- KVETCHTo whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
- LAGERA type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
- LANDAUA type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
- LANDRACEAny local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).
- LAPAROSCOPYExamination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
- LEBKUCHENA traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
- LEITMOTIFA melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
- LOATHYLoathsome.
- LODENA thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
- LOESSAny sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
- LOIPEA cross-country ski trail.
- LOUNGETo relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
- LOUPA mass or ball of iron in a pasty condition, beaten by the trip hammer or rolls.
- LOUPEDA mass or ball of iron in a pasty condition, beaten by the trip hammer or rolls.
- LUFTMENSCHA person who is highly intellectual or contemplative but detached from practical affairs, especially the need to earn a living.
- MACHERAn important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
- MACONA type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.
- MACROPHYTEAny normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
- MAGNETITEA magnetic mineral, with the chemical formula FeFe3+2O4, one of the primary ores of iron.
- MARTENSITEA solid solution of carbon in iron; the chief constituent of steel.
- MAULSTICKA short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.
- MAWSEEDThe seed of the opium poppy.
- MEALYResembling meal (the foodstuff).
- MEANSplural of mean
- MEDIATIZETo make (a state or leader under the Holy Roman Empire) into a mediate vassal rather than an immediate one, directly under the emperor; to annex while preserving certain rights and
- MELITTINA peptide, containing 26 amino acids, which is present in bee venom and has been used experimentally as an antibacterial agent, especially against penicillin-resistant bacteria.
- MENARCHEThe onset of menstruation; a girl's first period.
- MIDWEEKThe middle of the week.
- MILCHIGDairy, containing anything derived from milk.
- MISPICKELThe mineral arsenopyrite
- MOLDAVITEA substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
- MONOCYTEA type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
- MOONSTRUCKOf a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.
- MORPHOGENYThe study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
- MOTIVATIONWillingness of action especially in behavior.
- MUENSTERA kind of soft white cheese.
- NARCISMAlternative form of narcissism.
- NATTERTo talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.
- NEOPLASMAn abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.
- NETWORKAny interconnected group or system.
- NEUTROPHILOf a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
- NICKELA silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- NISHNothing.
- NITWITA scatterbrained or stupid person.
- NOSELITEA rare fluorescent isometric feldspathoid mineral.
- NOSHFood.
- NOWTNaught, nothing.
- NUBBLEAlternative spelling of knubble (“small knob or lump”).
- OFLAGA German prisoner-of-war camp for officers only.
- OLIVENITEAn orthorhombic copper arsenate mineral with the chemical formula Cu2AsO4OH.
- OOLITEA rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
- ORGONEIn the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.
- OSNABURGA plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
- OSTMARKThe currency unit of the former German Democratic Republic (aka GDR, DDR, East Germany) until 1990, abbreviated DDM.
- OUCHAn expression of one's own physical pain.
- OUTGIVETo surpass in giving; to give more than.
- OVERFOLDA fold whereby the strata are forced through an angle of more than 90 degrees, so that younger strata lie below older ones.
- OVERSIGHTAn omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten.
- OVERTONEA tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
- OXIMEAny of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine.
- OXYGENASEAn enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions with oxygen.
- PARATONICRelating to paratonia.
- PATZERSynonym of woodpusher: a poor chess player.
- PEDOPHILIASexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
- PFUIan exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt
- PHAGOCYTEA cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic
- PHOOEYAn expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
- PHYLOGENETICOf, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
- PICKELHAUBEA spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
- PIDDLEPiss: urine.
- PILSENERAlternative form of pilsner.
- PILSNERA pale, light lager beer.
- PINOCHLEA card game, similar to bezique.
- PINSCHERAny of several breeds of dog.
- PITCHBLENDENaturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
- PLACATIVEThat placates; pacifying.
- PLACODERMA member of an extinct paraphyletic class (†Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods.
- POKALA tall drinking cup.
- POLKAA lively dance originating in Bohemia.
- POLTERGEISTAn unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
- POLYPLOIDYThe condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid.
- POOCHA dog.
- POODLEA breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, minia
- POOTLEA stroll; a wandering.
- POSAUNEtrombone
- POTENTIATETo endow with power.
- PROSITToast to indicate one is drinking to someone's, or to each other's, health.
- PSILOCYBINA hallucinogenic alkaloid, C12H15N2O·H2PO3, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.
- PSYCHIATERA psychiatrist.
- PSYCHOIDAn innate physical reaction to a psychological stimulus.
- PUKEYResembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
- PUMPERNICKELA German sourdough bread made from rye.
- PURINEAny of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other be