kangroo - n. a plant-eating marsupial of the genus Macropus, native to Australia and New Guinea,...

kana - n. any of various Japanese syllabaries. [Jap.]...

kir - n. a drink made from dry white wine and crme de cassis....

Kru - n. & adj. (also Kroo) (pl. same) a member of a Black seafaring people ...

keffiyeh - n. (also kaffiyeh) a Bedouin Arab's kerchief worn as a head-dress. [Arab. keffiya,...

kale - n. (also kail) 1 a variety of cabbage, esp. one with wrinkled leaves and no compact...

kayo - v. & n. colloq. tr. (-oes, -oed) knock out; stun by a blow. (pl. -os) a knockout....

kidny - also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]...

Kaaba - n. (also Caaba) a sacred building at Mecca, the Muslim...

kwashiorkor - n. a form of malnutrition caused by a protein deficiency...

kilogram - kg. [F kilogramme (as KILO, GRAM(1))]...

kagaroo - n. a plant-eating marsupial of the genus Macropus, native to Australia and New Guinea,...

knowledge - n. 1 a (usu. foll. by of) awareness or familiarity gained by experience (of a person,...

karotype - n. the number and structure of the chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell. ...

karri - n. (pl. karris) 1 a tall W. Australian tree, Eucalyptus diversicolor, with a hard...

kaabah - n. (also Caaba) a sacred building at Mecca, the Muslim...

kelpi - orig. unkn.]...

kopek - (also kopeck) var. of COPECK. ...

ketchup - n. (also catchup) a spicy sauce made from tomatoes, mushrooms, vinegar, etc., used...

kibutz - n. (pl. kibbutzim) a communal esp. farming settlement in Israel. [mod.Heb. kibbus...

kevin - K. Kelvin scale a scale of temperature with absolute zero as zero. [Lord Kelvin,...

kris - n. (also crease, creese) a Malay or Indonesian dagger with a wavy blade. [ult. f....

kkk - abbr. US Ku Klux Klan. ...

knickers - n.pl. 1 Brit. a woman's or girl's undergarment covering the body from the waist...

kideny - also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]...

kaba - n. (also Caaba) a sacred building at Mecca, the Muslim...

KT - abbr. 1 Knight Templar. 2 (in the UK) Knight of the Order of the Thistle. ...

kernel - n. 1 a central, softer, usu. edible part within a hard shell of a nut, fruit stone,...

kangarou - n. a plant-eating marsupial of the genus Macropus, native to Australia and New Guinea,...

kanji - n. Japanese writing using Chinese characters. [Jap. f. kan Chinese + ji character]...

kangaroo - n. a plant-eating marsupial of the genus Macropus, native to Australia and New Guinea,...

kiosk - n. 1 a light open-fronted booth or cubicle from...

knobble - cf. Du. & LG knobbel]...

kanoon - n. an instrument like a zither, with fifty to sixty strings. [Pers. or Arab. kanun]...

keyboart - n. & v. a set of keys on a typewriter, computer, piano, etc. tr. enter (data) by...

kora - var. of COLA. ...

keword - n. 1 the key to a cipher etc. 2 a a word of great significance. b a significant...

Khmer - n. & adj. 1 a native of the ancient Khmer kingdom in SE Asia, or of modern ...

krona - n. 1 (pl. kronor) the chief monetary unit of Sweden. 2 (pl. kronur) the chief

ken - n. & v. range of sight or knowledge (it's beyond...

kiney - also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]...

kindey - also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]...

kanoun - n. an instrument like a zither, with fifty to sixty strings. [Pers. or Arab. kanun]...

Kama - n. the Hindu god of love. Kama Sutra an ancient Sanskrit treatise on the art of...

kidney - also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]...

kumquat - n. (also cumquat) 1 an orange-like fruit with a sweet rind and acid pulp, used in...

kangaro - n. a plant-eating marsupial of the genus Macropus, native to Australia and New Guinea,...

knoledge - n. 1 a (usu. foll. by of) awareness or familiarity gained by experience (of a person,...

kinky - adj. (kinkier, kinkiest) 1 colloq. a given to or involving abnormal sexual behaviour....

kaput - predic.adj. sl. broken, ruined; done for. [G kaputt]...

katakama - n. an angular form of Japanese kana. [Jap., = side kana]...

kukri - n. (pl. kukris) a curved knife broadening towards the point, used by Gurkhas. [Hindi...

kilometre - km. kilometric adj. [F kilomtre (as KILO-, METRE(1))]...

kamji - n. Japanese writing using Chinese characters. [Jap. f. kan Chinese + ji character]...

kingdom - n. 1 an organized community headed by a king. 2 the...

kasbah - n. (also casbah) 1 the citadel of a N. African city. 2 an Arab quarter near this....

kidey - also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]...

kp - n. US Mil. colloq. 1 enlisted men detailed to help the cooks. 2 kitchen duty. [abbr....

kelven - K. Kelvin scale a scale of temperature with absolute zero as zero. [Lord Kelvin,...

kalmuk - adj. & n. of a Buddhist Mongolian people living in the western USSR. 1 a

kakpo - n. (pl. -os) an owl-like flightless New Zealand parrot, Strigops habroptilus. [Maori,...

kyboard - n. & v. a set of keys on a typewriter, computer, piano, etc. tr. enter (data) by...

know - v. & n. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what,...

kraken - n. a large mythical sea-monster said to appear off the coast of Norway. [Norw.]...

keywod - n. 1 the key to a cipher etc. 2 a a word of great significance. b a significant...

kilobyte - n. Computing 1,024 (i.e. 2(10)) bytes as a measure of memory size. ...

kingcraft - n. archaic the skilful exercise of kingship. ...

knee - n. & v. 1 a (often attrib.) the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans....

karae - n. a Japanese system of unarmed combat using the hands and feet as weapons. [Jap....

keek - cf. MDu., MLG kiken]...