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K2
A mountain in Northern Kashmir; it is one of the highest in the world, 28,250 feet high.
Kaaba
The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. It contains a sacred black stone, believed by Mohammedans to be one of the precious stones of paradise, and to have been brought to Abraham when he was contructing the Kaaba, by the Angel Gabriel. The Kaaba itself predates Mohammed, having been a pantheon which contained Arab idols, which were destroyed by Mohammed.
Kagu
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird , native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.
Kakaralli
A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.
Kaliform
Formed like kali, or glasswort.
Kapelle
A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.
Kapnomar
See .
Kapok
A silky wool derived from the seeds of (syn. ), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
Karmathian
One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.
Karyokinetic
Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; .
Keilhauite
A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.
Kelpware
Same as , 2.
Kennel
The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.
Kenogenesis
Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from .
Keratitis
Inflammation of the cornea.
Keratoidea
Same as .
Kerf
A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Kern
A hand mill. See .
Kerseynette
See .
Kesar
See .
Ket
Carrion; any filth.
Ketch
An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
Key
To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
Khaliff
See .
Khan
A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.
Kholsun
The dhole.
Kiang
The .
Kiddyish
Frolicsome; sportive.
Kidneywort
A kind of saxifrage .
kidskin
A soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; kid{3}.
kildeer
Same as .
Kill
A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; ; -- used also in composition;
Kill
The act of killing.
Kilnhole
The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.
Kilt
To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.
Kimbo
Crooked; arched; bent.
Kine
Cows.
Kinematics
The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.
Kinepox
See .
Kinesipathy
See .
Kinghood
The state of being a king; the attributes of a king; kingship.
Kinglet
A little king; a weak or insignificant king.
Kipe
An osier basket used for catching fish.
kitambilla
A small shrubby spiny tree () cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India.
Kitcat
A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a , shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.
kitten-tails
a plant of the genus having fluffy spikes of flowers.
klavier
a stringed instrument that has a keyboard, especially a piano, harpsichord, or clavichord; also, the keyboard of such an instrument. Same as .
Kleptomania
A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
Klick
See .
Klopemania
See .
Knapbottle
The bladder campion ().
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.; .
knead
To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead{3} a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; .
Kneadable
That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.
Kneejointed
Geniculate; kneed. See , , 2.
Kneeler
One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
Knew
of .
Knickknack
A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a tchotchke.
Knittle
A string that draws together a purse or bag.
knock off
a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
Knoll
To sound, as a bell; to knell.
Know
To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; .
Know-all
One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; a know-it-all; -- usually ironical.
Knower
One who knows.
Knuckled
Jointed.
Koklass
Any pheasant of the genus . The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also .
Kolarian
An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindustan.
Kolkwitzia
A Chinese genus having only one species, the beauty bush.
Korea
An Asian peninsula off Manchuria.
Kreutzer
A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin.
Kriegsspiel
A game of war, played for practice, on maps.
Kruller
See .
kurakkan
An East Indian cereal grass () whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
Kutch
See .
Kwannon
Japanese counterpart of the Chinese Kuan Yin.
Kyd
of .
Kynurenic
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ) and carbonic acid.