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

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

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....

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

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

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...

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

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,...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

kaka - n. (pl. kakas) a large New Zealand parrot, Nestor meridionalis, with olive-brown...

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

kapok - n. a fine fibrous cotton-like substance found surrounding the seeds of a tropical...

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

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

kame - n. a short ridge of sand and gravel deposited from the water of a melted glacier....

kaffiyeh - var. of KEFFIYEH. ...

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

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

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

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

Kaffir - n. 1 a a member of the Xhosa-speaking peoples of S. Africa. b the language of these...

kaizer - see CAESAR]...

kabahla - var. of CABBALA. ...

kaom - n. Physics a meson having a mass several times that...

kanikaze - n. & adj. hist. 1 a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and deliberately crashed...

kali - n. a glasswort, Salsola kali, with fleshy jointed stems, having a high soda content....

kaftn - var. of CAFTAN. ...

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

kamiaze - n. & adj. hist. 1 a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and deliberately crashed...

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

kamikae - n. & adj. hist. 1 a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and deliberately crashed...

karakul - n. (also caracul) 1 a variety of Asian sheep with ...

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

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

kanaa - n. a South Sea Islander, esp. (formerly) one employed in forced labour in Australia....

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

kamikaze - n. & adj. hist. 1 a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and deliberately crashed...

kampong - cf. COMPOUND(2)]...

kane - n. a short ridge of sand and gravel deposited from the water of a melted glacier....

kazo - n. a toy musical instrument into which the player sings or hums. [19th c., app....

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

kabbla - var. of CABBALA. ...

Karoo - n. (also Karroo) an elevated semi-desert plateau in S. Africa. [Afrik. f. Hottentot...

kavah - n. 1 a Polynesian shrub, Piper methysticum. 2 an intoxicating drink made from the...

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

karbiner - n. a coupling link with safety closure, used by mountaineers. [G, lit. 'carbine']...

kazou - n. a toy musical instrument into which the player sings or hums. [19th c., app....

kabuki - n. a form of popular traditional Japanese drama with ...

kauki - n. a form of popular traditional Japanese drama with ...

kai - n. NZ colloq. food. [Maori]...

karro - var. of KAROO. ...

kamkaze - n. & adj. hist. 1 a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and deliberately crashed...

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

Kafir - n. a native of the Hindu Kush mountains of NE Afghanistan. [formed as KAFFIR]...

karou - n. (also Karroo) an elevated semi-desert plateau in S. Africa. [Afrik. f. Hottentot...