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DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS
karat
Kelvin
kilometer
kindergarten
king
kitchen
knit
knot
koruna (Czech currency)
kosher
kyat (Myanmar currency)
potassium
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COMMON USAGE
11th
Kay
Kilo (NATO alphabet)
kilo
kilo-
kappa
1,000
$1,000
one thousand
grand
1024 bytes of memory
strikeout
army ration
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NOUNS: PEOPLE
head of KGB
Jay’s follower
Jay’s successor
Kafka’s hero
Kay
Kelvin
king
Kremlin’s leader
Kurt’s cap
last of menfolk, womenfolk
lead in Kidnapped
leader of Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
Rockets’ center
Tommy Lee Jones in MiB
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NOUNS: PLACES
back of truck
capital of Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
central Yukon
central lakes
front of kitchen
Gatwick’s terminal
kindergarten
median of parkway
middle of sky
piece of Kuwait
terminal in Bangkok, Gdansk, Innsbruck, Minsk, Newark, Reykjavik
west of Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kilimanjero, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, K2
11th row of the theater
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NOUNS: THINGS
back of shack
chess king
closing of Caddyshack, Network, Shrek
culmination of work
end of fork
final in Greek
front of kayak
kit without it
memory unit
piece of knowledge
premiere of Kidnapped
unlimited sky
1024 bytes
11th in a series
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NOUNS: BODY PARTS
knee cap
back of neck
head of kangaroo, katydid, kid, koala
kid’s head
tail of bobolink, buck, duck, haddock, peacock, shark, skunk, skylark, stork
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NOUNS: CLOTHING
Kurt’s cap
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NOUNS: FOOD
piece/sample/bite of kippers
fifth of whiskey
last bit of milk
last piece of duck, steak
piece of kielbasa, kiwi, kumquat
potassium
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NOUNS: DATES & TIMES
conclusion of week
end of break, daybreak, week
weekend
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VERBS
beginning to knock, know
edges away from Ike
finally drank, forsook, mistook, sank, shook, slunk, stank, stuck, struck, took
heading to Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
Jack’s back
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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
back from Denmark
back to back
back to work
beginning in/west of Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kilimanjero, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, K2
close to work
grand
inside of ski
Kuwait’s first
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K BEFORE WORD
after baker’s heart
beginning to keel over —
behind Frank’s back
following Keith’s lead
initially keen on —
initially kept on —
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WORD AROUND K
about $1000
capturing king
containing knots
gaining entrance to kindergarten, kitchen
getting back to work
housing kindergarten
importing potassium
in possession of kilo
keeping kosher
netting $1000
occupied by king
pinching $1000
pinching Kelvin
pocketing $1000
receiving king
shown around kindergarten
smuggling kilo
storing potassium
taking king
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K INSIDE WORD
Kay wears —
Kelvin wears —
king captured by
king inspired by —
king rides —
king wears —
knots put in —
potassium absorbed by
potassium put in —
potassium stocked by
potassium swallowed by
tip of knife plunged into
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K AFTER WORD
at end of book
by week’s end
1000 dogs —
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DELETE K
absent king
after unloading back of truck
bumping off king
discarding king
Kay is out of
kindergarten is out of
less grand
not Kelvin
out of kindergarten
out $1000
potassium-free
releasing king
save king
with no end of milk, work
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