Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
kafilah |
noun |
See Cafila. |
kainite |
noun |
A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony. |
kairine |
noun |
A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine. |
kalasie |
noun |
A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head. |
kaleege |
noun |
One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks. |
kalends |
noun |
Same as Calends. |
kalmuck |
noun |
See Calmucks., A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin., A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia. |
kaloyer |
noun |
See Caloyer. |
kamichi |
noun |
A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer. |
kanacka |
noun |
Alt. of Kanaka |
kanchil |
noun |
A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning. |
kantian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant., A follower of Kant; a Kantist. |
kantism |
noun |
The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy. |
kantist |
noun |
A disciple or follower of Kant. |
kanttry |
noun |
Same as Cantred. |
kaoline |
noun |
A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar. |
kapelle |
noun |
A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince’s chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. |
karaism |
noun |
Doctrines of the Karaites. |
karaite |
noun |
A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; — opposed to the Rabbinists. |
karatas |
noun |
A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (Nidularium Karatas). |
karroos |
plural |
of Karreo |
katydid |
noun |
A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name. |
kayaker |
noun |
One who uses a kayak. |
kaynard |
noun |
A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. |