| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| kecking | present participle & vb. noun | of Keck |
| keckled | imp. & past participle | of Keckle |
| kedging | present participle & vb. noun | of Kedge |
| kedlook | noun | See Charlock. |
| keeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Keel, A cod. |
| keelage | noun | The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. |
| keelfat | noun | A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. |
| keelman | noun | See Keeler, 1. |
| keelson | noun | A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship. |
| keelvat | noun | See Keelfat. |
| keeping | present participle & vb. noun | of Keep, A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation., Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping., Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other., Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. |
| keeving | present participle & vb. noun | of Keeve |
| keitloa | noun | A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer. |
| kelpies | plural | of Kelpy |
| kembing | present participle & vb. noun | of Kemb |
| kemelin | noun | A tub; a brewer’s vessel. |
| kenning | present participle & vb. noun | of Ken, Range of sight., The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. |
| keramic | adjective | Same as Ceramic. |
| kerasin | noun | A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin. |
| keratin | noun | A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose. |
| kercher | noun | A kerchief. |
| kerning | present participle & vb. noun | of Kern |
| kerseys | plural | of Kersey |
| kestrel | noun | A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species. |
| ketchup | noun | A sauce. See Catchup. |
| ketonic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid. |
| keyhole | noun | A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key., A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them., a mortise for a key or cotter. |
| keynote | noun | The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; — called also key tone., The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon. |
| keyseat | verb t. | To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key. |