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k
1: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units [syn: {thousand}, {a thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {m}] n 1: the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme Intern...
K particle
1: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision [syn: {kaon}, {kappa-meson}, {k-meson}]
K ration
1: a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II
K-Dur 20
1: salt of potassium (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency [syn: {potassium chloride}, {Kaochlor}, {K-lor}, {Klorvess},...
K-lor
1: salt of potassium (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency [syn: {potassium chloride}, {K-Dur 20}, {Kaochlor}, {Klorves...
K-lyte
1: salt of potassium (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency [syn: {potassium chloride}, {K-Dur 20}, {Kaochlor}, {K-lor},...
k-meson
1: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision [syn: {kaon}, {kappa-meson}, {K particle}]
K.E.
1: the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion [syn: {kinetic energy}]
K2
1: a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high) [syn: {Godwin Austen}, {Mount Godwin Austen}, {Dapsang}]
Ka
1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
Kaaba
1: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its directio...
kabala
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabb...
kabbala
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbi...
kabbalah
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbin...
Kabbalism
1: the doctrines of the Kabbalah [syn: {Cabalism}] 2: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation [syn: {cabalism}]
kabbalist
1: an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters [syn: {cabalist}] 2: a student of the Jewish Kabbalah [syn: {Cabalist}]
kabbalistic
1: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [syn: {cabalistic}, {qabalistic}, {...
kabob
1: cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables [syn: {kebab}, {shish kebab}]
Kabolin
1: an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis [syn: {nandrolone}, {Durabolin}]
Kabul
1: the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan [syn: {capital of Afghanistan}]
Kach
1: a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel [syn: {Kahane Chai}]
Kachaturian
1: Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978) [syn: {Aram Kachaturian}]
Kachin
1: Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India [syn: {Kachinic}]
Kachinic
1: Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India [syn: {Kachin}]
Kadai
1: a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia [syn: {Kam-Tai}, {Kadai language}]
Kadai language
1: a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia [syn: {Kadai}, {Kam-Tai}]
kaddishim
{kaddish}
Kadikoy
1: a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon [syn: {Chalcedon}]
kaffir
1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves [syn: {great millet}, {kafir corn}, {kaffir corn}, {Sorghum bicolor}] 2: an o...
kaffir boom
1: small semi-evergreen of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds [syn: {Transvaal kafferboom}, {Erythrina lysistemon}] 2: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree ...
kaffir bread
1: South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food [syn: {Encephalartos caffer}]
kaffir cat
1: widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor [syn: {caffer cat}, {Felis ocreata}]
kaffir corn
1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves [syn: {great millet}, {kaffir}, {kafir corn}, {Sorghum bicolor}]
Kaffir pox
1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus [syn: {alastrim}, {variola minor}, {pseudosmallpox}, {pseudovariola}, {milk pox}, {white pox}, {West Indian smallpox}, {Cuban itc...
kaffiyeh
1: an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal
kafir
1: an offensive term for any Black African [syn: {kaffir}, {caffer}, {caffre}] 2: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
kafir corn
1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves [syn: {great millet}, {kaffir}, {kaffir corn}, {Sorghum bicolor}]
Kafiri
1: a Dardic language spoken by the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
Kafka
1: Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924) [syn: {Franz Kafka}]
Kafkaesque
1: relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings 2: characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"
Kafocin
1: antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use [syn: {cephaloglycin}]
kaftan
1: a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East [syn: {caftan}] 2: a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in...
Kahane Chai
1: a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel [syn: {Kach}]
kahikatea
1: New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood [syn: {New Zealand Dacryberry}, {New Zealand white pine}, {Dacrycarpus dacrydioides}, {Podocarpus dacrydioides}]
Kahlil Gibran
1: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) [syn: {Gibran}]
Kahlua
1: coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico
Kahn
1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn: {Louis Isadore Kahn}]
Kahoolawe
1: an island of south-central Hawaii [syn: {Kahoolawe Island}]
Kahoolawe Island
1: an island of south-central Hawaii [syn: {Kahoolawe}]
kai apple
1: South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves
kail
1: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head [syn: {kale}, {cole}, {borecole}, {colewort}, {Brassica oleracea acephala}] 2: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: {kale}, {cole}]
kainite
1: a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer
kainogenesis
1: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) [s...
Kaiser
1: the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918
Kaiser Bill
1: grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941) [syn: {Wilhelm II}, {Kaiser Wilhelm}]
kaiser roll
1: rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center
Kaiser Wilhelm
1: grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941) [syn: {Wilhelm II}, {Kaiser Bill}]
Kakatoe
1: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: {genus Kakatoe}, {Cacatua}, {genus Cacatua}]
Kakatoe galerita
1: white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest [syn: {sulphur-crested cockatoo}, {Cacatua galerita}]
Kakatoe leadbeateri
1: white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage [syn: {pink cockatoo}]
Kakemono
1: a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom
kaki
1: small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit [syn: {Japanese persimmon}, {Diospyros kaki}] 2: blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of...
kakke disease
1: the endemic form of beriberi
kala azar
1: sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies [syn: {leishmaniasis}, {leishmaniosis}]
kala-azar
1: leishmaniasis of the viscera [syn: {visceral leishmaniasis}, {Assam fever}, {dumdum fever}]
Kalaallit Nunaat
1: the largest island in the world; between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans; a self-governing province of Denmark [syn: {Greenland}, {Gronland}]
Kalahari
1: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana [syn: {Kalahari Desert}]
Kalahari Desert
1: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana [syn: {Kalahari}]
Kalamazoo
1: a town in southwest Michigan
kalansuwa
1: a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders
kalantas
1: Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood [syn: {Philippine mahogany}, {Philippine cedar}, {Toona calantas}, {Cedrela calantas}]
Kalapooia
1: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon [syn: {Kalapuya}, {Calapooya}, {Calapuya}]
Kalapooian
1: a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya people [syn: {Kalapuyan}]
Kalapuya
1: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon [syn: {Kalapooia}, {Calapooya}, {Calapuya}]
Kalapuyan
1: a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya people [syn: {Kalapooian}]
Kalashnikov
1: a type of submachine gun made in Russia
Kalashnikov culture
1: the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan"
kale
1: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {...
kaleidoscope
1: an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
kaleidoscopic
1: continually shifting or rapidly changing [syn: {kaleidoscopical}]
kaleidoscopical
1: continually shifting or rapidly changing [syn: {kaleidoscopic}]
kalemia
1: the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood
kali
1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: {saltwort}, {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola kali}, {Salsola soda}]...
kalian
1: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers...
kalif
1: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate ...
Kalimantan
1: the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo [syn: {Indonesian Borneo}] 2: 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific north of Java; largely covered by dense jung...
Kalinin
1: soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946) [syn: {Mikhail Kalinin}, {Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin}]
kaliph
1: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate ...
kaliuresis
1: the presence of excess potassium in the urine [syn: {kaluresis}]
Kalka
1: the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia [syn: {Khalkha}, {Khalka}] 2: the language of the Khalkha people that is the official language of the Mongolian People's ...
Kalki
1: the 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu
Kallman's syndrome
1: hypogonadism with anosmia; a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty
kalmia
1: any plant of the genus Kalmia
Kalmia angustifolia
1: North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock [syn: {sheep laurel}, {pig laurel}, {lambkill}]
Kalmia latifolia
1: a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers [syn: {mountain laurel}, {wood laurel}, {American laurel}, {calico bush}]
Kalmia polifolia
1: laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath [syn: {swamp laurel}, {bog laurel}, {bog kalmia}]
kalmuck
{kalmuc}
kalmucks
{kalmuc}
Kalon Tripa
1: the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile
Kalotermes
1: type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees [syn: {genus Kalotermes}]
Kalotermitidae
1: primitive termites of warm regions [syn: {family Kalotermitidae}]
kalpac
1: a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus [syn: {calpac}, {calpack}]
Kaluga
1: a city of central Russia south of Moscow
kalumpang
1: large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food [syn: {Java olives}, {Sterculia foetida}]
kaluresis
1: the presence of excess potassium in the urine [syn: {kaliuresis}]
Kam Muang
1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Tai Yuan}]
Kam-Sui
1: a group of Kadai languages
Kam-Tai
1: a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia [syn: {Kadai}, {Kadai language}]
Kama
1: god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara
Kamarupan
1: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma
Kamasutra
1: (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law
Kamba
1: a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya
Kamchatka Peninsula
1: a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk
Kamchatkan sea eagle
1: found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific [syn: {Stellar's sea eagle}, {Haliaeetus pelagicus}]
kameez
1: a long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars)
Kamehameha I
1: Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819) [syn: {Kamehameha the Great}]
Kamehameha the Great
1: Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819) [syn: {Kamehameha I}]
Kamet
1: a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
Kami
1: one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)
Kamia
1: a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico 2: the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia people
kamikaze
1: a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II 2: a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
Kammon Strait Bridge
1: a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
Kampala
1: the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria [syn: {capital of Uganda}]
Kampong
1: a native village in Malaysia [syn: {campong}]
Kampuchea
1: a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946 [syn: {Cambodia}, {Kingdom of Cambodia}]
Kampuchean
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language [syn: {Cambodian}] n : a native or inhabitant of Cambodia [syn: {Cambodian}]
Kan River
1: a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang [syn: {Gan Jiang}]
kanaf
1: valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation [syn: {kenaf}, {deccan hemp}, {bimli}, {bimli hemp}, {Indian hemp}, {Bombay hemp}, {Hibiscus cannabinus}]
kanamycin
1: antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections [syn: {Kantrex}]
Kananga
1: a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg [syn: {Luluabourg}]
Kanara
1: a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast [syn: {Canara}]
Kanarese
1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: {Canarese}] 2: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn: {Kannada}]
Kanawha
1: a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia [syn: {Kanawha River}]
Kanawha River
1: a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia [syn: {Kanawha}]
Kanchanjanga
1: a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,146 feet high) [syn: {Kanchenjunga}, {Kinchinjunga}]
Kanchenjunga
1: a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,146 feet high) [syn: {Kanchanjanga}, {Kinchinjunga}]
kanchil
1: small chevrotain of southeastern Asia [syn: {Tragulus kanchil}]
Kandahar
1: a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center [syn: {Qandahar}]
Kandinsky
1: Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944) [syn: {Wassily Kandinsky}]
Kandy
1: a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
kangaroo
1: any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
kangaroo apple
1: Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit [syn: {poroporo}, {Solanum aviculare}]
kangaroo bear
1: sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark [syn: {koala}, {koala bear}, {native bear}, {Phascolarctos cinereus}]
kangaroo court
1: an irregular unauthorized court
kangaroo hare
1: small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth [syn: {hare wallaby}]
kangaroo jerboa
1: brush-tailed rat kangaroo [syn: {jerboa kangaroo}]
kangaroo mouse
1: small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats [syn: {dwarf pocket rat}] 2: leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
kangaroo paw
1: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia [syn: {kangaroo's-foot}, {kangaroo-foot plant}, {Australian sword lily}, {Anigozanthus manglesii}]
kangaroo rat
1: any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae [syn: {desert rat}, {Dipodomys phillipsii}] 2: any of several rabbit-sized r...
kangaroo's-foot
1: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia [syn: {kangaroo paw}, {kangaroo-foot plant}, {Australian sword lily}, {Anigozanthus manglesii}]
kangaroo-foot plant
1: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia [syn: {kangaroo paw}, {kangaroo's-foot}, {Australian sword lily}, {Anigozanthus manglesii}]
Kannada
1: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn: {Kanarese}]
Kannada-speaking
1: able to communicate in Kannada
Kansa
1: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas [syn: {Kansas}] 2: the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa people [syn: {Kansas}]
Kansan
1: a resident of Kansas
Kansas
1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: {Sunflower State}, {KS}] 2: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas [syn: {Kansa}] 3: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows east...
Kansas City
1: a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas 2: a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kan...
Kansas River
1: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River [syn: {Kansas}, {Kaw River}]
Kansu
1: a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia [syn: {Gansu}, {Gansu province}]
Kant
1: influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) [syn: {Immanuel Kant}]
Kantian
1: of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy
Kantrex
1: antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections [syn: {kanamycin}]
kanzu
1: (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa
Kaochlor
1: salt of potassium (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency [syn: {potassium chloride}, {K-Dur 20}, {K-lor}, {Klorvess},...
kaoliang
1: sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)
kaolin
1: a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: {china clay}, {china stone}, {kao...
kaoline
1: a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: {china clay}, {china stone}, {kao...
kaolinite
1: a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin
kaon
1: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision [syn: {kappa-meson}, {k-meson}, {K particle}]
Kaopectate
1: trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient
kapeika
1: 100 kapeikas equal 1 rubel
kaph
1: the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Kaplan Group
1: a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation ...
kapok
1: from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation [syn: {silk cotton}, {vegetable silk}] 2: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered w...
Kaposi's sarcoma
1: a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS; "until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred al...
Kaposi's varicelliform eruption
1: a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles [syn: {eczema vaccinatum}]
kappa
1: the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
kappa-meson
1: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision [syn: {kaon}, {k-meson}, {K particle}]
Kapsiki
1: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad [syn: {Higi}]
kapuka
1: small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental [syn: {Griselinia littoralis}]
kaput
1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: {done for(p)}, {kaput(p)}, {gone(a)}]
Kara Sea
1: part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia and east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year
karabiner
1: an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes [syn: {carabiner}, {snap ring}]
Karachi
1: the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan
Karakalpak
1: a member of a Turkic people living near Lake Aral in central Asia 2: the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak people
Karakoram
1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn: {Karakoram Range}, {Karakorum Range}, {Mustagh}, {Mustagh Range}]
Karakoram Range
1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn: {Karakoram}, {Karakorum Range}, {Mustagh}, {Mustagh Range}]
Karakorum Range
1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn: {Karakoram}, {Karakoram Range}, {Mustagh}, {Mustagh Range}]
karakul
1: hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur [syn: {broadtail}, {caracul}]
karaoke
1: singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
Karat
1: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: {carat}]
karate
1: a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
karaya gum
1: exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics [syn: {sterculia gum}]
Karbala
1: a city of central Iraq south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680 [syn: {Kerbala}, {Kerbela}]
Karel Capek
1: Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938) [syn: {Capek}]
Karelia
1: a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea
Karelian
1: a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia [syn: {Carelian}] 2: a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia [syn: {Carelian}]
Karelian Isthmus
1: the isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia
Karen
1: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands [syn: {Karenic}]
Karen Blixen
1: Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962) [syn: {Dinesen}, {Isak Dinesen}, {Blixen}, {Baroness Karen Blixen}]
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