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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

knobby
knobbly adjective having knobs; `had knobbly knees`

knobkerrie
knobkerry noun a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa

knock
roast noun negative criticism

knock
noun the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); `the knocking grew louder`

knock cold
knock out verb knock unconscious or senseless; `the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds`

knock off
verb stop pursuing or acting; `drop a lawsuit`; `knock it off!`

knock on
noun (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul)

knock out
verb destroy or break forcefully; `The windows were knocked out`

knock-down(a)
adjective strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; `a knock-down blow`

knock-kneed
adjective having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart

knockabout
adjective suitable for rough use; `a knockabout overcoat`; `a knockabout old car`

knockdown
adjective (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled; `I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store`

knockdown-dragout
knock-down-and-drag-out adjective extremely violent; `a knock-down-and-drag-out fight`

knocked out(p)
kayoed adjective knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

knocked-out(a)
adjective damaged; `the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny`

knocker
doorknocker noun a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door

knocking
noun the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); `the knocking grew louder`

knockoff
clone noun an unauthorized copy or imitation

knockout
KO noun a blow that renders the opponent unconscious

knockout drops
noun chloral hydrate in combination with alcohol; usually administered surreptitiously to make the drinker unconscious

knot
greyback 2 grayback 2 Calidris canutus noun a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

knotgrass
noun low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems

knotted
knotty adjective tangled in knots or snarls; `a mass of knotted string`; `snarled thread`

knout
noun a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners

know
noun the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; `he is always in the know`

know
cognise verb be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; `I know that the President lied to the people`; `I want to know who is winning the game!`; `I know it`s time`

know the score
be with it verb be well-informed

know-how
noun the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

knowable
cognizable adjective capable of being known

knowing
wise(p) adjective evidencing the possession of inside information

knowledge domain
knowledge base noun the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge

knowledgeability
knowledgeableness noun wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; `his knowledgeability impressed me`; `his dullness was due to lack of initiation`

knowledgeable
adjective alert and fully informed; `a knowing collector of rare books`; `surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on`

known
adjective apprehended with certainty; `a known quantity`; `the limits of the known world`; `a musician known throughout the world`; `a known criminal`

known as
adjective known or spoken of as; `though she is named Katherine, she is called Kitty`

knuckle
knuckle joint noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed

knuckle joint
hinge joint noun a joint allowing movement in one plane only

knuckleball
knuckler noun a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin

koala
koala bear noun sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

koan
noun a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning

Koasati
noun the Muskhogean language spoken by the Koasati

kob
Kobus kob noun an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa

Kobuk Valley National Park
noun a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites

Kobus
genus Kobus noun African antelopes: waterbucks

Kodagu
noun a Dravidian language spoken by the Kodagu

Kogia
genus Kogia noun pygmy sperm whales

kohl
noun a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids

kohlrabi
turnip cabbage noun fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant

Koine
noun a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire

koinonia
noun Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community

Kokka
adjective of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto recognized as the state religion of Japan

Kokka Shinto
Kokka noun the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan

Kol Nidre
noun the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur

kola nut
noun bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract

Kolami
noun the Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam in central India

kolkhoz
noun a collective farm owned by the communist state

Komi
Zyrian noun the Finnic language spoken by the Komi

Komodo dragon
Komodo lizard noun the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands

komondor
noun Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog

Kongo
noun the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola

Konqueror
noun a freeware browser for Linux

kookaburra
laughing jackass 1 Dacelo gigas noun Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

Koran
Quran noun the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

Koranic
adjective of or related to the sacred texts of Islam; `Koranic laws`

Kordofanian
noun a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan

Korean
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language; `Korean handicrafts`

Korean War
noun a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953

kosher
cosher adjective conforming to dietary laws; `kosher meat`; `a kosher kitchen`

Kota
Kotar noun a Dravidian language spoken by the Kota

koto
noun Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding box and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers

Kotoko
noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

koumiss
kumis noun an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare`s milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

kowtow
kotow noun a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

kraal
noun a pen for livestock in southern Africa

krait
noun brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula

kremlin
noun citadel of a Russian town

krill
noun shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales

kris
creese noun a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

Krishnaism
noun worship of Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu

krummhorn
crumhorn noun a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)

Krupp
noun German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordinance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)

Krypterophaneron
genus Krypterophaneron noun a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae

Ku Klux Klan
Klan noun a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people

Kuchean
West Tocharian noun a dialect of Tocharian

kudu
koodoo noun either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

Kui
noun the Dravidian language spoken by the Kui in southeastern India

Kuki
Chin noun Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India

Kulanapan
noun a group of languages of the Hokan family

kummel
noun liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin

kumquat
noun small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp

Kundt`s tube
noun a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound

kung fu
noun a Chinese martial art

Kuomintang
Guomindang noun the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan

Kupffer`s cell
noun specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria and foreign proteins and worn-out blood cells

Kurdish
adjective of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture; `Kurdish Moslems`

Kurdistan
noun an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability

Kurdistan Workers Party
Kurdistan Labor Pary noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey

kurta
noun a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)

Kurux
noun a Dravidian language spoken in eastern India

Kusan
noun a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan