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Kabob
See ,
Kaimacam
Same as .
Kairoline
An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.
Kaka
A New Zealand parrot of the genus , especially the ().
Kaleege
One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus , and allied to the firebacks.
Kalmuck
See .
Kamet
A mountain in India and Tibet, 25,447 feet high.
Kauri
A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand , ), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of .
Keel
A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Keeping
A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Kefir grains
Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are used as a ferment in preparing kefir.
Kelotomy
See .
Ken
To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
Kenogenetic
Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; .
Kenyapithecus
A genus of extinct primates having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; its fossils were found in Maboko in .
Kerf
A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Kerseys
Varieties of kersey; also, trousers made of kersey.
Ketonic
Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; .
keyless
lacking or not requiring a key; . Opposite of .
Keynote
The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also .
Khamsin
Same as .
Khanate
Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
Kholsun
The dhole.
Kickable
Capable or deserving of being kicked.
Kidde
of .
Kiddy
To deceive; to outwit; to hoax.
Kier
A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called .
kildeer
Same as .
Killikinick
See .
Kilostere
A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.
Kilovolt
A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts.
kinase
One of a class of enzymes that catalyze transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule; it is a type of .
Kind-heartedness
The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.
Kindle
To bring forth young.
Kindless
Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
Kinesodic
Conveying motion; ; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.
kinetogenesis
The doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.
kinetograph
A camera for making chronophotographs.
Kingship
The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty.
Kinship
Family relationship.
Kinsman
A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.
Kinswoman
A female relative.
Kirsome
Christian; christened.
Kithara
See .
Kittel
See ,
Kitty
A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.
Klamaths
A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also and .
Kleptomania
A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
Knabble
To bite or nibble.
Knack
A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
Knag
A knot in wood; a protuberance.
Knaggy
Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.
Knap
A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See , and .
Knappy
Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.
Knavish
Like or characteristic of a knave{3}; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; .
Knaw
See .
Knead
To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; .
Kneader
One who kneads.
Kneadingly
In the manner of one kneading.
Knee-deep
Rising to the knees; knee-high; .
Knicker
A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.
Knighthead
A bollard timber. See under .
Knit
To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
Knitster
A woman who knits.
knitwear
knitted clothing.
Knob
A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; .
Knobber
See .
knockabout
Marked by knocking about or roughness.
Knocking
A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
Knockstone
A block upon which ore is broken up.
Knoller
One who tolls a bell.
Knowing
Skilful; well informed; intelligent;
Knowing
Knowledge; hence, experience.
Koaita
Same as .
Kobellite
A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
Kodak
To photograph with a kodak; hence, to describe or characterize briefly and vividly.
Kohl-rabi
A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.
Kon
To know. See , and .
Koolokamba
A west African anthropoid ape (, or ), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
Kufic
See .
Kusimanse
A carnivorous animal () of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also , and .
Ky
Kine.
Kynrede
Kindred.
Kytoplasma
See .