Dictionary

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kwela Noun a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans
kenning Noun a metaphoric name for something that is often common or simple, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
kvetch Noun a nagging complaint, from Yiddish
kvetch Noun a constant complainer
kvetch Verb to express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
kowtow Noun a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
kowtow Verb to try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
kotow Noun a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
kotow Verb to try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
keynote speech Noun a speech setting forth the keynote
kerygma Noun preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
kerugma Noun preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
karma Noun in Hinduism and Buddhism, the consequences of a person's actions that determine their destiny in their next incarnation
kismet Noun fate
kismat Noun fate
kiss of death Noun something that is ruinous
katzenjammer Noun loud confused noise from many sources
katzenjammer Noun disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs, especially alcohol
knell Noun the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
knell Verb to make bells ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
knell Verb to ring, as in announcing death
knocking Noun the sound of striking a surface noisily to attract attention
kindheartedness Noun sympathy arising from a kind heart
kind-heartedness Noun sympathy arising from a kind heart
kickshaw Noun something considered choice to eat
knish Noun a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese, from Yiddish
knackwurst Noun a short thick highly seasoned sausage
knockwurst Noun a short thick highly seasoned sausage
kaiser roll Noun rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center
kale Noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
kale Noun money, cash
kail Noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
kail Noun money, cash
kasha Noun boiled or baked buckwheat
kidney bean Noun large dark red bean
kidney bean Noun a variety of beans grown for the seeds rather than the pods, and having large red kidney-shaped beans
kohlrabi Noun fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant
kohlrabi Noun plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
kumquat Noun small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
kumquat Noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
key lime Noun small yellow-green limes of southern Florida
kai apple Noun a South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots
ketembilla Noun maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
ketembilla Noun a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries
kitembilla Noun a maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
kitembilla Noun a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries
kitambilla Noun a maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
ketchup Noun thick condiment sauce made from tomatoes
kipper Noun salted and smoked herring
kedgeree Noun a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish, often smoked haddock, native to India