ˈwu̇lfˈkishnə(r)- noun
Usage: usually capitalized W&K
Etymology: after Ludwig Wolff fl 1914 and N. Kishner fl 1914 German chemists
: an indirect reduction of an aldehyde or ketone to the corresponding hydrocarbon by heating the hydrazone or semicarbazone derivative with an alcoholic solution of sodium ethoxide or with solid potassium hydroxide