| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| knack | verb i. | To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink., To speak affectedly., A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack., A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity., Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. |
| knarl | noun | A knot in wood. See Gnarl. |
| knave | noun | A boy; especially, a boy servant., Any male servant; a menial., A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain., A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. |
| knead | verb t. | 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.; as, to knead dough., Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat. |
| kneck | noun | The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. |
| kneed | adjective | Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed., Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass. |
| knelt | imp. & past participle | of Kneel, of Kneel. |
| kneel | verb i. | To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; — sometimes with down. |
| knell | noun | The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything., To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen., To summon, as by a knell. |
| knife | noun | An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.., A sword or dagger., To prune with the knife., To cut or stab with a knife. |
| knits | noun pl. | Small particles of ore. |
| knock | verb i. | To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another., To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door., To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table., To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door., A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar., A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. |
| knoll | noun | A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill., To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing., To sound, as a bell; to knell., The tolling of a bell; a knell. |
| knosp | noun | Same as Knop,2. |
| knout | noun | A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh., To punish with the knout. |
| known | past participle | of Know, of Know. |
| knubs | noun pl. | Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon. |
| knuff | noun | A lout; a clown. |
| knurl | noun | A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection., One who, or that which, is crossgrained., To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill. |