kindergarten | (noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school | - |
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kindergartener | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartner, preschooler |
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kindergartner | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, preschooler |
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kindhearted | (adjective) having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition | Synonyms: kind-hearted |
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kindheartedness | (noun) sympathy arising from a kind heart | Synonyms: kind-heartedness |
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kindjal | (noun) a kind of short sword or dagger with a slightly curved blade, probably originated in Chechnya. | - |
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kindle | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, provoke, raise |
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(verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: conflagrate, enkindle, inflame |
(verb) catch fire | Synonyms: inflame |
kindled | (adjective) set afire | Synonyms: enkindled, ignited |
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kindliness | (noun) friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition | Synonyms: helpfulness |
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kindling | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting |
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(noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
kindly | (adjective) pleasant and agreeable | - |
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(adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic |
(adverb) in a kind manner or out of kindness | - |
kindness | (noun) a kind act | Synonyms: benignity |
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(noun) the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic | - |
(noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: forgivingness |
kindred | (adjective) related by blood or marriage | - |
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(adjective) similar in quality or character | Synonyms: akin |
(noun) group of people related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: clan, kin, kin group, kinship group, tribe |
kine | (noun) domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | Synonyms: Bos taurus, cattle, cows, oxen |
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kinematics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass | - |
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kinescope | (noun) a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen | Synonyms: picture tube, television tube |
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kinesiology | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement | - |
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kinesis | (noun) a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation | - |
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kinesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinaesthesia |
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(noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
kinesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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kinesthetic | (adjective) of or relating to kinesthesis | Synonyms: kinaesthetic |
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kinesthetically | (adverb) in a kinesthetic manner; by means of kinesthesia | Synonyms: kinaesthetically |
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kinesthetics | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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kinetic | (adjective) relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith | - |
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(adjective) supplying motive force | Synonyms: energising, energizing |
(adjective) characterized by motion | - |
kinetics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | Synonyms: dynamics |
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kinetochore | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: centromere |
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kinetosis | (noun) the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle | Synonyms: motion sickness |
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kinfolk | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept |
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king | (noun) (chess) the weakest but the most important piece | - |
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(noun) one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king | - |
(noun) a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward | - |
(noun) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom | Synonyms: male monarch, Rex |
(noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
(noun) a male competitor who holds a preeminent position | - |
(noun) the husband or widower of a queen | - |
(noun) preeminence in a particular category or group or field | - |
kingbird | (noun) large American flycatcher | Synonyms: Tyrannus tyrannus |
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kingbolt | (noun) bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | Synonyms: kingpin, swivel pin |
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kingcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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(noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
kingdom | (noun) a basic group of natural objects | - |
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(noun) a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | - |
(noun) the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia | - |
(noun) the domain ruled by a king or queen | Synonyms: realm |
(noun) a country with a king as head of state | - |
(noun) a domain in which something is dominant | Synonyms: land, realm |
kingfish | (noun) any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast | - |
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(noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis |
(noun) small silvery marine food fish found off California | Synonyms: chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus, white croaker |
(noun) large game fish of Australia and New Zealand | Synonyms: Seriola grandis |
(noun) the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
kingfisher | (noun) nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish | - |
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kinglet | (noun) small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice | - |
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kinglike | (adjective) having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king | Synonyms: kingly |
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kingly | (adjective) having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king | Synonyms: kinglike |
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kingmaker | (noun) an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence | - |
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kingpin | (noun) bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | Synonyms: kingbolt, swivel pin |
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(noun) the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins | Synonyms: headpin |
(noun) the most important person in a group or undertaking | Synonyms: bigwig, top banana |
kingship | (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
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kingsnake | (noun) any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals | Synonyms: king snake |
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kingwood | (noun) Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood | Synonyms: Dalbergia cearensis, kingwood tree |
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(noun) handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork | - |
kinin | (noun) any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves | Synonyms: cytokinin |
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kink | (noun) a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation | - |
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(noun) an eccentric idea | - |
(noun) a person with unusual sexual tastes | - |
(noun) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | Synonyms: twirl, twist |
(noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: crick, rick, wrick |
(verb) form a curl, curve, or kink | Synonyms: curl, curve |
(verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink up |
kinkajou | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: Perodicticus potto, potto |
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(noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, potto |
kinky | (adjective) (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes | Synonyms: perverted |
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(adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls | Synonyms: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, nappy |
(adjective) (informal) strikingly unconventional | Synonyms: far-out, offbeat, quirky, way-out |
kino | (noun) East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning | Synonyms: Pterocarpus marsupium |
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(noun) a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning | Synonyms: gum kino, kino gum |
kinsfolk | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, phratry, sept |
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kinship | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, relationship |
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(noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: affinity |
kinsman | (noun) a male relative | - |
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kinsperson | (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: family, kin |
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kinswoman | (noun) a female relative | - |
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kiosk | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, cubicle, stall |
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kip | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: upstart |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Laos | - |
(noun) sleep | - |
(verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, log Z's, sleep, slumber |
kipper | (noun) salted and smoked herring | Synonyms: kippered herring |
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kirk | (noun) a Scottish church | - |
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kirpan | (noun) a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times | - |
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kirsch | (noun) from fermented juice of black morello cherries | - |
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kirtle | (noun) a long dress worn by women | - |
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(noun) a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages | - |
kishke | (noun) (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet | Synonyms: stuffed derma |
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kismat | (noun) (Islam) the will of Allah | Synonyms: kismet |
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kismet | (noun) (Islam) the will of Allah | Synonyms: kismat |
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kiss | (noun) the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: buss, osculation |
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(noun) a light glancing touch | - |
(noun) any of several bite-sized candies | Synonyms: candy kiss |
(noun) a cookie made of egg whites and sugar | - |
(verb) touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | Synonyms: buss, osculate, snog |
(verb) touch lightly or gently | - |
kisser | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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(noun) someone who kisses | Synonyms: osculator |
kissing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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kit | (noun) young of any of various fur-bearing animals | - |
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(noun) gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose | Synonyms: outfit |
(noun) a case for containing a set of articles | - |
(verb) supply with a set of articles or tools | Synonyms: kit out, kit up |
kitambilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: ketembilla, kitembilla |
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(noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitembilla |
kitbag | (noun) a knapsack (usually for a soldier) | Synonyms: kit bag |
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kitchen | (noun) a room equipped for preparing meals | - |
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kitchenette | (noun) small kitchen | - |
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kitchenware | (noun) hardware utensils for use in a kitchen | - |
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kite | (noun) any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals | - |
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(noun) plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string | - |
(noun) a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float | - |
(noun) a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value | - |
(verb) fly a kite | - |
(verb) soar or fly like a kite | - |
(verb) get credit or money by using a bad check | - |
(verb) increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently | - |
kitembilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: ketembilla, kitambilla |
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(noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla |
kith | (noun) your friends and acquaintances | - |
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kitsch | (noun) excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste | - |
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kitschy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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kittee | (noun) a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more | - |
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kitten | (noun) young domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty |
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(verb) give birth to kittens | - |
kittenish | (adjective) playful like a lively kitten | Synonyms: frisky |
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kittiwake | (noun) small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe | - |
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kittul | (noun) fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago | Synonyms: Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm |
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kitty | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat |
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(noun) young domestic cat | Synonyms: kitten |
(noun) the combined stakes of the betters | Synonyms: pool |
(noun) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) | Synonyms: jackpot, pot |
kitul | (noun) fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago | Synonyms: Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm |
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kiwano | (noun) a fruit that has orange skin and lime green, jelly-like flesh with a refreshingly fruity taste, and texture similar to a passionfruit or pomegranate; grows on the annual vine Cucumis metuliferus. | - |
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kiwi | (noun) nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes | Synonyms: apteryx |
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(noun) fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh | Synonyms: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi fruit |
(noun) climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat | Synonyms: Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi vine |
klavern | (noun) a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan | - |
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klaxon | (noun) a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles | Synonyms: claxon |
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klebsiella | (noun) a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections | - |
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kleptomania | (noun) an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive | - |
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kleptomaniac | (noun) someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive | - |
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klick | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometer, kilometre, km |
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klondike | (noun) a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | - |
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kludge | (noun) a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose | - |
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klutz | (noun) (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt | - |
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klystron | (noun) an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation | - |
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km | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometer, kilometre, klick |
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knack | (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: bent, hang |
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knacker | (noun) someone who buys up old horses for slaughter | - |
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(noun) someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them | - |
knackered | (adjective) extremely exhausted | Synonyms: drained |
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