knackwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knockwurst |
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knap | (verb) strike sharply | Synonyms: rap |
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(verb) break a small piece off from | Synonyms: break off, chip, cut off |
knapsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, packsack, rucksack |
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knapweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers | - |
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knave | (noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince | Synonyms: jack |
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(noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
knavery | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: dishonesty |
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knavish | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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knavishly | (adverb) in an subtle, cunning manner | Synonyms: artfully, craftily, cunningly, foxily, slyly, trickily |
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knawe | (noun) widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers | Synonyms: knawel, Scleranthus annuus |
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knawel | (noun) widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers | Synonyms: knawe, Scleranthus annuus |
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knead | (verb) to mix into a homogeneous mass | Synonyms: work |
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(verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: massage, rub down |
knee | (noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee | Synonyms: stifle |
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(noun) the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee | - |
(noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella | Synonyms: articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee joint |
kneecap | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneepan, patella |
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(verb) shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning | - |
kneel | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneeling |
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(verb) rest one's weight on one's knees | - |
kneeler | (noun) a board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on | - |
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(noun) a person in a kneeling position | - |
kneeling | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneel |
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kneepan | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneecap, patella |
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knell | (noun) the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something | - |
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(verb) ring as in announcing death | - |
(verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification | Synonyms: ring |
knickerbockers | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers |
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knickers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, pants |
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(noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers |
knickknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot |
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(noun) a small inexpensive mass-produced article | Synonyms: novelty |
knickknackery | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot |
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knife | (noun) edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle | - |
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(noun) a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point | - |
(noun) any long thin projection that is transient | Synonyms: tongue |
(verb) use a knife on | Synonyms: stab |
knifelike | (adjective) having a sharp or distinct edge | - |
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(adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
(adjective) cutting or able to cut as if with a knife | - |
(adjective) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | Synonyms: cutting, keen, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing |
knight | (noun) a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) | Synonyms: horse |
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(noun) originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit | - |
(verb) raise (someone) to knighthood | Synonyms: dub |
knighthood | (noun) aristocrats holding the rank of knight | - |
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knightliness | (noun) the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct | Synonyms: chivalry |
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knightly | (adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, gallant |
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(adjective) characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: chivalric, mediaeval, medieval |
kniphofia | (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, flameflower, tritoma |
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knish | (noun) (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack | - |
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knit | (noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | Synonyms: knitting, knitwork |
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(noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | Synonyms: knit stitch, plain, plain stitch |
(noun) a fabric made by knitting | - |
(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | Synonyms: cockle, crumple, pucker, rumple |
(verb) make (textiles) by knitting | - |
(verb) tie or link together | Synonyms: entwine |
knitted | (adjective) made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving | - |
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knitter | (noun) someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread | - |
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knitting | (noun) creating knitted wear | - |
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(noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | Synonyms: knit, knitwork |
knitwear | (noun) knitted clothing | - |
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knitwork | (noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | Synonyms: knit, knitting |
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knob | (noun) a round handle | - |
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(noun) a circular rounded projection or protuberance | Synonyms: boss |
(noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: pommel |
(noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: node, thickening |
knobbed | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty |
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knobble | (noun) a small knob | - |
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knobbly | (adjective) having knobs | Synonyms: knobby |
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knobby | (adjective) having knobs | Synonyms: knobbly |
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knobkerrie | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerry |
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knobkerry | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerrie |
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knock | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, rap, whack, whang |
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(noun) negative criticism | Synonyms: roast |
(noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bang, bash, belt, smash |
(noun) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | Synonyms: knocking |
(noun) a bad experience | - |
(verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticise, criticize, pick apart |
(verb) knock against with force or violence | Synonyms: bump |
(verb) rap with the knuckles | - |
(verb) deliver a sharp blow or push | Synonyms: strike hard |
(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: pink, rap, tap |
(verb) sound like a car engine that is firing too early | Synonyms: ping, pink |
knockabout | (adjective) suitable for rough use | - |
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(adjective) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits | Synonyms: boisterous |
(noun) a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit | - |
knockdown | (adjective) (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled | - |
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(noun) a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet | - |
knocker | (noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | Synonyms: doorknocker, rapper |
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(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, tit, titty |
(noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, detractor, disparager |
(noun) a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) | - |
(noun) (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person | - |
knocking | (noun) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | Synonyms: knock |
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knockoff | (noun) an unauthorized copy or imitation | Synonyms: clone |
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knockout | (adjective) very strong or vigorous | Synonyms: hard, severe |
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(noun) a blow that renders the opponent unconscious | Synonyms: kayo, KO |
(noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
knockwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knackwurst |
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knoll | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, mound |
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knot | (noun) a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback |
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(noun) any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object | - |
(noun) soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | Synonyms: burl, slub |
(noun) a tight cluster of people or things | - |
(noun) something twisted and tight and swollen | Synonyms: gnarl |
(noun) a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged | - |
(noun) (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour | - |
(verb) tie or fasten into a knot | - |
(verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: ravel, tangle |
(verb) make into knots; make knots out of | - |
knotgrass | (noun) low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems | Synonyms: Paspalum distichum |
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knothole | (noun) a hole in a board where a knot came out | - |
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knotted | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotty |
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(adjective) tied with a knot | - |
knottiness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, complication, tortuousness |
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knotty | (adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous |
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(adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted |
(adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough |
(adjective) tangled in knots or snarls | Synonyms: snarled, snarly |
knout | (noun) a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners | - |
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know | (noun) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people | - |
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(verb) be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object | - |
(verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognise, cognize |
(verb) know how to do or perform something | - |
(verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: experience, live |
(verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognise, recognize |
(verb) know the nature or character of | - |
(verb) be able to distinguish, recognize as being different | - |
(verb) perceive as familiar | - |
(verb) have fixed in the mind | - |
(verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
knowable | (adjective) capable of being known | Synonyms: cognisable, cognizable, cognoscible |
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knower | (noun) a person who knows or apprehends | Synonyms: apprehender |
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knowing | (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read |
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(adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information | Synonyms: wise, wise to |
(adjective) characterized by conscious design or purpose | Synonyms: deliberate, intentional |
(adjective) alert and fully informed | Synonyms: knowledgeable |
(noun) a clear and certain mental apprehension | - |
knowingly | (adverb) with full knowledge and deliberation | Synonyms: wittingly |
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knowingness | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognisance, cognizance, consciousness |
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(noun) shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge | - |
knowledge | (noun) the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | Synonyms: cognition, noesis |
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knowledgeability | (noun) wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge | Synonyms: initiation, knowledgeableness |
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knowledgeable | (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowing, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read |
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(adjective) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience | Synonyms: intimate, versed |
(adjective) alert and fully informed | Synonyms: knowing |
knowledgeableness | (noun) wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge | Synonyms: initiation, knowledgeability |
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known | (adjective) apprehended with certainty | - |
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knuckle | (noun) a joint of a finger when the fist is closed | Synonyms: knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint |
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(verb) press or rub with the knuckles | - |
(verb) shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground | - |
knuckleball | (noun) a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | Synonyms: knuckler |
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knucklebones | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jacks, jackstones |
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knucklehead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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knuckler | (noun) a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | Synonyms: knuckleball |
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knuckles | (noun) (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | Synonyms: brass knuckles, brass knucks, knuckle duster, knucks |
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knucks | (noun) (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | Synonyms: brass knuckles, brass knucks, knuckle duster, knuckles |
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koala | (noun) sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark | Synonyms: kangaroo bear, koala bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus |
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koan | (noun) a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning | - |
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kob | (noun) an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa | Synonyms: Kobus kob |
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kobo | (noun) 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria | - |
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kohl | (noun) a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids | - |
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kohleria | (noun) shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers | - |
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kohlrabi | (noun) fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant | Synonyms: turnip cabbage |
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(noun) plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea gongylodes |
koine | (noun) a common language used by speakers of different languages | Synonyms: interlanguage, lingua franca |
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koinonia | (noun) Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community | - |
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kola | (noun) tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract | Synonyms: Cola acuminata, goora nut, kola nut, kola nut tree |
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kolkhoz | (noun) a collective farm owned by the communist state | - |
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kolkhoznik | (noun) a member of a kolkhoz | - |
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komondor | (noun) Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog | - |
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konimeter | (noun) A konimeter is a device for measuring airborne dust concentration in which samples are obtained by sucking the air through a hole and allowing it to pass over a glass plate coated with grease on which the particles collect. | - |
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konini | (noun) erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand | Synonyms: Fuchsia excorticata, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia |
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koodoo | (noun) either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush | Synonyms: koudou, kudu |
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kook | (noun) someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group | Synonyms: odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck |
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kookaburra | (noun) Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry | Synonyms: Dacelo gigas, laughing jackass |
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kookie | (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
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kooky | (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
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kopeck | (noun) 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | Synonyms: copeck, kopek |
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kopek | (noun) 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | Synonyms: copeck, kopeck |
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kopiyka | (noun) 100 kopiykas equal 1 hryvnia in Ukraine | - |
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