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  [koo r-chah-tawf, -tof; Russian koor-chah-tuh f] /kʊərˈtʃɑ tɔf, -tɒf; Russian kurˈtʃɑ təf/ noun 1. Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.

• Kurchatovium

  /ˌkɜːtʃəˈtəʊvɪəm/ noun 1. another name for rutherfordium, esp as used in the former Soviet Union

• Kurd

  [kurd, koo rd; Persian koord] /kɜrd, kʊərd; Persian kurd/ noun 1. a member of an Islamic people speaking and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan. /kɜːd/ noun 1. a member of a nomadic people living chiefly in E Turkey, N Iraq, and W Iran 1610s, the people’s self-designation.

• Kurdaitcha

  /kəˈdaɪtʃə/ noun 1. (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman Also kadaitcha

• Kurdaitcha shoes

  plural noun 1. (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced Also kadaitcha shoes

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