Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
kadi |
noun |
Alt. of Kadiaster |
kage |
noun |
A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work. |
kagu |
noun |
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), 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. |
kail |
noun |
A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1., Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables., A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner. |
kain |
noun |
Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. |
kaka |
noun |
A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis). |
kale |
noun |
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species., See Kail, 2. |
kali |
noun |
The last and worst of the four ages of the world; — considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years., The black, destroying goddess; — called also Doorga, Anna Purna., The glasswort (Salsola Kali). |
kama |
noun |
The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers. |
kame |
noun |
A low ridge. |
kami |
noun pl. |
A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado. |
kand |
noun |
Fluor spar; — so called by Cornish miners. |
karn |
noun |
A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See Cairn. |
kate |
noun |
The brambling finch. |
kava |
noun |
A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. |
kawn |
noun |
An inn. |