someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim, usually for ransom
kingmaker
Noun
an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence
kinsperson
Noun
a person having kinship with another or others
kinsman
Noun
a male relative
kinswoman
Noun
a female relative
kindergartner
Noun
a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
kindergartener
Noun
a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
killjoy
Noun
someone who spoils the pleasure of others
knock-on effect
Noun
a secondary or incidental effect
khamsin
Noun
an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
katabatic wind
Noun
a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
kinetic energy
Noun
the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion
kaffir bread
Noun
a South African cycad plant
knobcone pine
Noun
a medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone
kawaka
Noun
a New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress
kauri pine
Noun
any of various trees of the genus Agathis
kauri
Noun
white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
kauri
Noun
tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
kauri
Noun
resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand
kaury
Noun
a tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
keteleeria
Noun
an Asiatic conifer resembling firs
kahikatea
Noun
a New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
kingcup
Noun
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
kingcup
Noun
swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
katsura tree
Noun
a rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan
kudu lily
Noun
a South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall
krubi
Noun
malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
kurchi
Noun
a tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
kurchee
Noun
a tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
knawel
Noun
widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
knawe
Noun
a widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
kali
Noun
a bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves
kelpwort
Noun
a bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves
kidney wort
Noun
a widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
kingfisher daisy
Noun
a softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays
knapweed
Noun
any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
king devil
Noun
European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States
kok-saghyz
Noun
perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content
kok-sagyz
Noun
a perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content
key fruit
Noun
a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
kurakkan
Noun
an East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour
kweek
Noun
a grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions
kaffir corn
Noun
a cultivated species of sorghum used to produce ethanol and as food for human beings as well as animals
kaoliang
Noun
the sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains -- used for food -- and dry pithy stalks -- used for fodder, fuel, and thatching
knotgrass
Noun
a low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
kyo-chiku
Noun
an immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
kuri-chiku
Noun
small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
ku-chiku
Noun
a large bamboo having thick-walled culms
kenaf
Noun
a valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
kanaf
Noun
a valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation