Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter K - Page 12
Knowing (a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
Knowing (n.) Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing." -- Shak.
This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. -- Shak.
Knowing (a.) Evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)].
Knowing (a.) Characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" [syn: intentional, knowing].
Knowing (a.) Alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on" [syn: knowledgeable, knowing].
Knowing (a.) Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read].
Knowing (n.) A clear and certain mental apprehension.
Knowingly (adv.) With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. -- Strype.
Knowingly (adv.) By experience. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Knowingly (adv.) With full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references" [syn: wittingly, knowingly] [ant: inadvertently, unknowingly, unwittingly].
Knowingly, () pleadings. The word knowingly," or "well knowing," will supply the place of a positive averment in an indictment or declaration, that the defendant knew the facts subsequently stated; if notice or knowledge be unnecessarily stated, the allegation may be rejected as surplusage. Vide Com. Dig. Indictment, G 6; 2 Stra. 904; 2 East, 452; 1 Chit. Pl. *367; Vide Scienter.
Knowingness (n.) The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
Knowingness (n.) Having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" [syn: awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness] [ant: incognizance].
Knowingness (n.) Shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge.
Knowleche (n. & v.) [Obs.] See Knowl, edge.
We consider and knowleche that we have offended. -- Chaucer.
Knowleching (n.) Knowledge. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Knowledge (n.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions. -- Locke.
Knowledge (n.) That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
There is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics, which are the most abstracted of knowledges. -- Bacon.
Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges. -- H. Spencer.
Knowledge (n.) That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. -- 1 Cor. viii. 1.
Ignorance is the curse of God; Knowledge, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. -- Shak.
Knowledge (n.) That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea. -- 1 Kings ix. 27.
Knowledge (n.) Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me? -- Ruth ii. 10.
Knowledge (n.) Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
Syn: See Wisdom.
Knowledge (v. t.) To acknowledge. [Obs.] "Sinners which knowledge their sins." -- Tyndale.
Knowledge (n.) The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning [syn: cognition, knowledge, noesis].
Knowledge, () The objects, concepts and relationships that are assumed to exist in some
area of interest. A collection of knowledge, represented using some knowledge representation language is known as a knowledge base and a program for extending and/ or querying a knowledge base is a knowledge-based system.
Knowledge differs from data or information in that new knowledge may be created from existing knowledge using logical inference. If information is data plus meaning then knowledge is information plus processing.
A common form of knowledge, e.g. in a Prolog program, is a collection of facts and rules about some subject.
For example, a knowledge base about a family might contain the facts that John is David's son and Tom is John's son and the rule that the son of someone's son is their grandson.
From this knowledge it could infer the new fact that Tom is David's grandson.
See also Knowledge Level.
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Known (p. p.) of Know.
Known (a.) Apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" [ant: unknown].
Know-nothing (n.) A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.
Note: The party originated in 1853, and existed for about three years. The members of it were called Know-nothings, because they replied "I don't know," to any questions asked them in reference to the party.
Know-nothingism (n.) The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.
Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Knuckle (n.) The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. -- Davenant.
Knuckle (n.) The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down. -- Golding.
Knuckle (n.) The joint of a plant. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Knuckle (n.) (Mech.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
Knuckle (n.) (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
Knuckle (n.) A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; -- called also knuckle duster, knuckles or brass knuckles. [Slang.]
Knuckle joint (Mach.), A hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot.
Knuckle of veal (Cookery), The lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the knuckle.
Knuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Knuckle.
Knuckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knuckle.
Knuckle (v. i.) To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
To knuckle to. To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.] See To knock under, under Knock, v. i.
To knuckle to. To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to knuckle to work. [Colloq.]
Knuckle (v. t.) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [R.] -- Horace Smith.
Knuckle (n.) A joint of a finger when the fist is closed [syn: knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint].
Knuckle (v.) Press or rub with the knuckles.
Knuckle (v.) Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground.
Knuckled (a.) Jointed. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Knuff (n.) A lout; a clown. [Obs.]
The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted shoon. -- Hayward.
Knur (n.) A knurl. -- Woodward.
Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
Knurl (n.) One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
Knurl (v. t.) To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
Knurled (a.) Full of knots; gnarled.
Knurled (a.) Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.
Knurly (a.) 多瘤的；多節的 Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.
Knurry (a.) Full of knots. [Obs.] -- Drayton. K.O.
Koaita (n.) (Zool.) Same as Coaita.
Koala (n.) （澳洲產）無尾熊；樹袋熊 A tailless furry marsupial ({Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, koala bear, native bear, and native sloth. The koala lives almost all of its life in trees, moves sluggishly like a sloth, and eats eucalyptus leaves almost exclusively. Kob
Koala (n.) Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark [syn: koala, koala bear, kangaroo bear, nativebear, Phascolarctos cinereus].
Kob (n.) Alt. of Koba
Koba (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing.
Kob (n.) An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa [syn: kob, Kobus kob].
Compare: Antelope
Antelope (n.) (Antelope, antelopes) 羚羊 [C]；羚羊皮革 [U] A swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, of a group native to Africa and Asia that includes the gazelles, impala, gnus, and elands.
Many genera and species, in the family Bovidae.
Antelope (n.) [North American] Another term for pronghorn.
‘Ranchers and farmers also killed pronghorn, erroneously believing the antelope would take away forage from sheep or cattle.’
Another term for pronghorn.
‘The American antelope can run at speeds up to 60mph.’
Kobalt (n.) See Cobalt.
Kobellite (n.) (Min.) A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
Kobold (n.) （德國傳說）小鬼；小妖魔；地精；地靈 A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.
Kodak (v. t. & i.) To photograph with a kodak; hence, to describe or characterize briefly and vividly. [obsolescent]
Kodak (n.) A kind of portable photographic camera, esp. adapted for snapshot work, in which a succession of negatives is made upon a continuous roll of sensitized film; -- originally a trademark name of the Eastman Kodak Company, but from early 1900's through the 1930's it was popularly applied to almost any hand camera. [Trademark]
Kodak (n.) A photograph taken with a kodak.
Kodak, () The photographic company responsible for Photo CD.
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Koel (n.) (Zool.) 【鳥】（印度，東印度群島和澳洲的）噪鵑；長尾噪鵑 Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
Compare: Eudynamys
Eudynamys (n.) A taxonomic genus within the family Cuculidae -- the koels
Eudynamys (n.) 噪鵑（學名：Eudynamys scolopaceus） 為杜鵑科噪鵑屬的鳥類，俗名嫂鳥、鬼郭公、哥好雀、婆好、叫春鳥。分布於印度、斯里蘭卡、南太平洋諸島、台灣島以及中國大陸的自四川東向秦嶺至淮河、長江 口及這範圍以南大陸、海南等地。在伊朗，阿聯及葉門有迷鳥記錄。，一般活動於居民點附近樹木茂盛的地方、從山地的大森林至丘陵以及村邊的疏林都有蹤跡。該 物種的模式產地在孟加拉國。[2] The true koels, Eudynamys, are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and Pacific.
They are large sexually dimorphic cuckoos which eat fruits and insects and have loud distinctive calls. They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species.
In New Zealand the long-tailed koel is known as the long-tailed cuckoo.
Two other species, the white-crowned koel and the dwarf koel, are also known as koels but are in their own monotypic genera.
Koff (n.) A two-masted Dutch vessel.
Kohinoor (n.) Alt. of Kohnur.
Kohnur (n.) A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.
Kohl (n.) A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.
Kohl (n.) A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
Kohl-rabies (n. pl. ) of Kohl-rabi.
Kohl-rabi (n.) (Bot.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.
Koine (n.) A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
Koine (n.) A common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine].
Koine (n.) Capitalized : the Greek language commonly spoken and written in eastern Mediterranean countries in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Koine (n.) A dialect or language of a region that has become the common or standard language of a larger area.
Kokama (n.) (Zool.) The gemsbok.
Koklass (n.) (Zool.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras.
Kokoon (n.) (Zool.) The gnu. Kola
Kolarian (n.) (Ethnol.) An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindostan.
Kolarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Kolarians.
Komenic (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from meconic acid. [Written also comenic.]
Komtok (n.) (Zool.) An African freshwater fish ({Protopterus annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.
Kon (v. t.) To know. See Can, and Con. [Obs.]
Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. -- Chaucer.
Konite (n.) (Min.) See Conite.
Konze (n.) (Zool.) A large African antelope ({Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.
Koodoo (n.) (Zool.) A large South African antelope ({Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut. [Written also kudu.]
Koodoo (n.) Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush [syn: kudu, koodoo, koudou].
Kookoom (n.) (Zool.) The oryx or gemsbok. [Written also kookaam.]
Koolokamba (n.) (Zool.) A west African anthropoid ape ({Troglodytes koolokamba, or Troglodytes Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
Koolslaa (n.) See Coleslaw.
Koord (n.) See Kurd.
Kurd, (prop. n.) A member of a people who inhabit a mountainous region of Western Asia, sometimes referred to as Kurdistan, spread over an area including adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. The people of this region speak Kurdish and are mostly Moslem. [Written also Koord.]
Koordish (n.) See Kurdish.
Kurdish, (prop. a.) Of or pertaining to the Kurds, the Kurdish language, or Kurdistan. [Written also Koordish.]
Kurdish, (prop. n.) The language of the Kurds; it is related to Farsi, the modern Iranian language. [Written also Koordish.]
Koorilian (a & n.) Same as Kurilian.
Kurilian, (a.) Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamchatka to Yesso. -- (n.) A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
Kopeck (n.) A small Russian coin, continued as a unit of currency within the Soviet Union. One hundred kopecks make a ruble. The ruble was worth about sixty cents (U. S.) in 1910; in 1991 a two-kopeck coin could be used for a local telephone call at a pay telephone. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1993, the exchange value of the ruble declined rapidly and by the end of 1994 the ruble was worth three hundredths of a cent, and by 1997 two hundredths of a cent. By 1993, the kopek had become of such small value that it was obsolete and no longer minted. [Written also kopek, copec, and copeck.] kopje
Koran (n.) 可蘭經（回教經典） The Scriptures of the Muslims, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran, Also rarely Coran and Core.]
Note: The Koran is the sacred book of the Muslims (sometimes called Mohammedans by non-Muslims, a term considered offensive by some Muslims). It is the most important foundation on which Islam rests and it is held in the highest veneration by all Islamic sects. When being read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the floor. No one may read it or touch it without first making a legal ablution. It is written in the Arabic language, and its style is considered a model. The substance of the Koran is held to be uncreated and eternal. Mohammed was merely the person to whom the work was revealed. At first the Koran was not written, but entirely committed to memory. But when a great many of the best Koran reciters had been killed in battle, Omar suggested to Abu-Bekr (the successor of Mohammed) that it should be written down. Abu-Bekr accordingly commanded Zeid, an amanuensis of the prophet, to commit it to writing. This was the authorized text until 23 years after the death of the prophet. A number of variant readings had, however, crept into use. By order of the calif Osman in the year 30 of the Hejira, Zeid and three assistants made a careful revision which was adopted as the standard, and all the other copies were ordered to be burned. The Koran consists of 114 suras or divisions. These are not numbered, but each one has a separate name. They are not arranged in historical order. These suras purport to be the addresses delivered by Mohammed during his career at Mecca and Medina. As a general rule the shorter suras, which contain the theology of Islam, belong to the Meccan period; while the longer ones, relating to social duties and relationships, to Medina. The Koran is largely drawn from Jewish and Christian sources, the former prevailing. Moses and Jesus are reckoned among the prophets. The biblical narratives are interwoven with rabbinical legends. The customs of the Jews are made to conform to those of the Arabians. Islamic theology consists in the study of the Koran and its commentaries. A very fine collection of Korans, including one in Cufic (the old Arabic character), is to be found in the Khedival Library at Cairo, Egypt. [Century Dict. 1906]
Koran (n.) The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book].
Koran (n.) A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture, contradictory to the Holy Scriptures.
Korean language (n.) 韓國語 The Korean language (한국어/조선말, see below) is the official and national language of both Koreas: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea), with different standardized official forms used in each territory. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of the People's Republic of China. Approximately 80 million people worldwide speak Korean. [3]
Historical and modern linguists classify Korean as a language isolate; [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] however, it does have a few extinct relatives, which together with Korean itself and the Jeju language (spoken in the Jeju Province and considered somewhat distinct) form the Koreanic language family. This implies that Korean is not an isolate, but a member of a small family. The idea that Korean belongs to the controversial Altaic language family is discredited in academic research. [10] There is still debate about a relation to Dravidian languages and on whether Korean and Japanese are related to each other. [11] The Korean language is agglutinative in its morphology and SOV in its syntax.
Gazelle, (n.) (Zool.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also gazel.]
Note: The common species of Northern Africa ({Gazella dorcas); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel ({G. Arabica}); the mohr of West Africa ({G. mohr); the Indian ({G. Bennetti); the ahu or Persian ({G. subgutturosa}); and the springbok or tsebe ({G. euchore) of South Africa, are the best known.
Korin (n.) (Zool.) The gazelle.
Corinne, (n.) (Zool.) The common gazelle ({Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. [Written also korin.]
Korrigum (n.) (Zool.) A West African antelope ({Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby.
It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.
Kosmos (n.) See Cosmos. -- Gladstone.
Kotow, (n.) [Chinese, knock head.] Same as kowtow, the more common spellings. [China] [Also spelled kowtow.] -- S. W. Williams.
Kotow (n.) The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China] [Also spelled kotow.] -- S. W. Williams.
Kotowed (imp. & p. p.) of Kotow.
Kotowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kotow.
Kotow (v. i.) To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled kowtow. [Also spelled kowtow.]
Kotow (v. i.) To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.
Kotow (n.) A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission [syn: kowtow, kotow].
Kotow (v.) Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up].
Onager, (n.; pl.) (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. -- Fairholt.
Onager, (n.; pl.) (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the koulan+({Equus+hemionus">koulan ({Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn. Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
Koulan (n.) (Zool.) A wild horse ({Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]
Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
Koumiss (n.) An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe. [Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumis, kumish, and kumys.]
Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits. -- J. H. Newman.
Koumiss (n.) An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia [syn: koumiss, kumis].
Kousso (n.) (Bot.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree ({Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written also cusso and kosso.]
Kozhikode (n.) 科澤科德，又稱卡利卡特、卡利庫特（英語：Calicut），在中國古籍稱為古里，是印度南部喀拉拉邦第三大城市（1991年之人口為801,190人），為昔日的馬拉巴爾地區的一部分。 Also known as Calicut, is an Indian city, second-largest urban agglomeration in the State of Kerala and 20th largest in the country with a population of 2 million according to 2011 census. [9]
During classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikode was dubbed the City of Spices for its role as the major trading point of Indian spices. [1] A historical city, it was the capital of an independent kingdom ruled by the Samoothiris (Zamorins) in the Middle Ages. According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics in 2009 on residences, earnings and investments, Kozhikode ranked as the second best city in India to reside in. [10]
Kowtow (n. & v. i.) The same as Kotow.
Kotow, (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Kotowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.] To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled kowtow. [Also spelled kowtow.]
Kotow, (v. i.) To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.
Kowtow, (n.) [Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground; same as Kotow. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China] [Also spelled kotow.] -- S. W. Williams.
Kowtow, (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Kowtowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Kowtowing.] To perform the kowtow. Same as Kotow I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. -- H. James.
Kowtow, (v. i.) To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.
Syn: kotow.
Kowtow (n.) A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission [syn: kowtow, kotow].
Kowtow (v.) Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, kowtow, genuflect].
Kowtow (v.) Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up].
Kra (n.) A long-tailed ape ({Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.
KRA, () Key Recovery Alliance (org., cryptography).
Kraal (n.) A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]
Kraal (n.) An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon]
Kraal (n.) A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa;
usually surrounded by a stockade
Kraal (n.) A pen for livestock in southern Africa.
Krait (n.) (Zool.) A very venomous snake of India ({Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
Krait (n.) Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
Krakatoa, or Krakatau (n.) 喀拉喀托火山；位於印度尼西亞巽他海峽中，又名拉卡塔島。它是一座活火山，在歷史上持續不斷地噴發，最著名的一次是1883年等級為VEI-6的大爆發，釋放出250億立方米的物質，遠在模里西斯島都能夠聽到這次噴發的劇烈聲響，是人類歷史上最大的火山噴發之一，為火山爆發指數第6級。這次噴發以及繼發的海嘯摧毀了數百個村莊和城市，50000多人死於非命。原有的喀拉喀托火山的三分之二在爆發中消失，新的火山活動自1927年又產生了一個不斷成長的火山島，名為喀拉喀托之子火山。該火山於2018年再次爆發，引發海嘯，造成至今逾四百死，逾千人傷。 Is a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The name is also used for the surrounding island group comprising the remnants of a much larger island of three volcanic peaks which were obliterated in a cataclysmic 1883 eruption.
In 1927, a new island, Anak Krakatau, or "Child of Krakatoa", emerged from the caldera formed in 1883. It is the current location of eruptive activity.
Kraken (n.) （傳說在挪威海中出現的）海怪 A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.
To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. -- Goldsmith.
Like a kraken huge and black. -- Longfellow.
Kraken (Proper Noun) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as an octopus or squid.
Kraken (n.) Kraken are legendary sea monsters of giant proportions said to dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. The legend may have originated from sightings of giant squid that are estimated to grow to 13–15 m in length, including the tentacles. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the kraken have made it a common ocean-dwelling monster in various fictional works.
Compare: Colossal
Colossal (a.) 巨大的；龐大的；巨像的；巨像似的 Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." -- Motley.
Colossal (a.) (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
Colossal (a.) So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal, prodigious, stupendous].
Krakowiak (n.) (Mus.) A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.
Krameria (n.) (Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.
Krameric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid.
Krang (n.) The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]
Kranging hook, () (Whaling) A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]
Kreatic (a.) See Creatic.
Creatic, (a.) Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea. [Written also kreatic.]
Kreatin (n.) (Chem.) See Creatin.
Kreatinin (n.) (Chem.) See Creatinin.
Kreel (n.) See Creel.
Kremlin (n.) The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [Russia]
Kremlin (n.) Hence: The government of Russia (or, 1920-1992, of the Soviet Union). [metonymical]
Kremlin (n.) Citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government.
Kremlin (n.) Citadel of a Russian town.
Kremlin, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana
Population (2000): 126
Housing Units (2000): 57
Land area (2000): 0.453638 sq. miles (1.174918 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.453638 sq. miles (1.174918 sq. km)
FIPS code: 41725
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.571398 N, 110.085927 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59532
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Kremlin, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 240
Housing Units (2000): 112
Land area (2000): 0.252661 sq. miles (0.654389 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.252661 sq. miles (0.654389 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40400
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.547642 N, 97.832236 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73753
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Krems (n.) A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n.
Krang, (n.) The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]
Kreng (n.) See Krang.
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