Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [770]
kame noun [ORIGIN: Sc, lit., comb]
: a short ridge or mound of material deposited by water from a melting glacier
ka·mi·ka·ze noun [ORIGIN: Jp, lit., divine wind]
: a member of a corps of Japanese pilots assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target; also : an airplane flown in such an attack
Kan or Kans abbreviation Kansas
kan·ga·roo noun, plural -roos : any of various large leaping marsupial mammals of Australia and adjacent islands with powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
kangaroo court noun : a court or an illegal self-appointed tribunal characterized by irresponsible, perverted, or irregular procedures
ka·o·lin noun : a fine usu. white clay used in ceramics and refractories and for the treatment of diarrhea
ka·pok noun : silky fiber from the seeds of a tropical tree used esp. as a filling (as for life preservers)
Kap·o·si's sar·co·ma noun : a neoplastic disease associated esp. with AIDS that affects esp. the skin and mucous membranes and is characterized usu. by the formation of pink to reddish-brown or bluish plaques
kap·pa noun : the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet — Κ or κ
ka·put also ka·putt adjective [ORIGIN: G, fr. F capot not having made a trick at piquet]
1 : utterly defeated or destroyed
2 : unable to function : USELESS
kar·a·kul noun : the usu. curly glossy black coat of a very young lamb of a hardy Asian breed of sheep
kar·a·o·ke noun [ORIGIN: Jp]
: a device that plays instrumental accompaniments for songs to which the user sings along
kar·at noun : a unit for expressing proportion of gold in an alloy equal to 1/24 part of pure gold
ka·ra·te noun [ORIGIN: Jp, lit., empty hand]
: an art of self-defense in which an attacker is disabled by crippling kicks and punches
kar·ma noun, often cap [ORIGIN: Skt]
: the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate reincarnation and to determine the nature of the person's next existence
— kar·mic adjective
karst noun [ORIGIN: G]
: an irregular limestone region with sinks, underground streams, and caverns
ka·ty·did noun : any of several large green tree-dwelling American grasshoppers with long antennae
kay·ak noun : an Eskimo canoe made of a skin-covered frame with a small opening and propelled by a double-bladed paddle; also : a similar portable boat
— kay·ak·er noun
kayo noun : KNOCKOUT
— kayo verb
ka·zoo noun, plural kazoos : a toy musical instrument consisting of a tube with a membrane sealing one end and a side hole to sing or hum into
KB abbreviation kilobyte
kc abbreviation kilocycle
KC abbreviation 1 Kansas City
2 King's Counsel
3 Knights of Columbus
kc/s abbreviation kilocycles per second
KD abbreviation knocked down
ke·bab, ke·bob noun : cubes of meat cooked with vegetables usu. on a skewer
kedge noun : a small anchor
1keel noun 1 : the chief structural member of a ship running lengthwise along the center of its bottom
2 : something (as a bird's breastbone) like a ship's keel in form or use
— keeled adjective
2keel verb : FAINT, SWOON — usu. used with over
keel·boat noun : a shallow covered keeled riverboat for freight that is usu. rowed, poled, or towed
keel·haul verb 1 : to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment
2 : to rebuke severely
Synonyms
berate, castigate, chew out, dress down, flay, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rail, rate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, score, upbraid—more at SCOLD
1keen adjective 1 : having a fine edge or point : SHARP 2 : affecting one as if by cutting 3 : showing a quick and ardent responsiveness : ENTHUSIASTIC <~ about swimming>