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Kaama
The hartbeest.
Kaffle
See .
Kakoxene
See .
Kalendar
See .
Kaligenous
Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.
Kalong
A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat ().
kanchil
A small chevrotain of the genus , esp. , or , inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.
Karagane
A species of gray fox found in Russia.
Kaynard
A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.
Kedge
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
Keelman
See , 1.
Keelvat
See .
Keen
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. .
Keen
To wail as a keener does.
Keepership
The office or position of a keeper.
Keesh
See .
Kelt
Same as , one of Celtic race.
kepi
A military cap having a close-fitting band, a round flat top sloping toward the front, and a visor. As originally worn by the French in Algeria about 1830 it was tall and stiff with a straight visor. It is now lower, has a curved visor, and is frequently soft.
Keramics
Same as .
Kerf
A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Keyhole
A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
Keynesian
Of or pertaining to ; conforming to the theories of Keynesianism; -- especially, the term is used to refer to the macroeconomic theories and politico-economic policies proposed by and his followers, especially in regards to their advocacy of governmental action to maintain low unemployment through government spending. Keynes's book The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Macmillan, 1936) had a strong influence on views of the government's role in the economy through the 1970's.
Kharkov
A city in Ukraine; -- its former capital.
Kibed
Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; .
Kibosh
Nonsense; stuff; also, fashion; style.
Kickable
Capable or deserving of being kicked.
Kier
A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called .
kiley
An Australian boomerang, having one side flat and the other convex.
Kilkenny cats
Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.
Kiln
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything;
Kilt
A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.
Kimbo
Crooked; arched; bent.
-kin
A diminutive suffix; .
kinesthesia
See , , and .
King
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
Kingfish
An American marine food fish of the genus , especially , or , of the Atlantic coast; -- called also , , and .
Kirghizia
A country in Central Asia, formerly an Asian Soviet. It borders on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, and Tajikistan.
Kirked
Turned upward; bent.
Kisser
One who kisses.
kissing cousin
A cousin sufficiently well acquainted to be greeted with a kiss; a type of .
Kissing strings
Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin.
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
An annual () with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; it is native to Southeastern Asia and Australia, and naturalized in North America.
Kist
A chest; hence, a coffin.
Knap
A sharp blow or slap.
kneecap
to break the knees of, especially by shooting in the kneecap; -- often done by criminal or terrorist groups as a warning or punishment.
Kneeler
One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
Knickerbocker
A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City.
Knighthead
A bollard timber. See under .
Knighthood
The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
Knob
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
Knock down
To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; .
knock off
a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
Knockstone
A block upon which ore is broken up.
Know-nothing
A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.
Knuckle
The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
Kodiak
Same as .
Kolarian
An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindustan.
Komtok
An African freshwater fish (), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.
kos
an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
Kosher
Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to . For food to be officially , it must be certified fit to eat by a Rabbi, according to Jewish ritual law; .
Kotow
To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled .
Koulan
A wild horse ( ) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also , , and .
Krait
A very venomous snake of India (), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
Kraken
A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.
Kreatin
See .
Kreatinin
See .
Krokidolite
See .
Kutauss
The India civet ().
Kutch
See .
Kwajalein
A battle of World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese airbase.
kweek
A trailing grass () native to Europe, now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in the Southern U. S. and India. Called also and .
Kymric
See ,
Kytomiton
See .