| kildeer | (noun) American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | Synonyms: Charadrius vociferus, killdeer, killdeer plover |
|---|
| kilderkin | (noun) an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons | - |
|---|
| kiley | (noun) an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex | Synonyms: kylie |
|---|
| kill | (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: killing, putting to death |
|---|
| (noun) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile | - |
| (noun) the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal | - |
| (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | Synonyms: obliterate, wipe out |
| (verb) destroy a vitally essential quality of or in | - |
| (verb) cause to cease operating | - |
| (verb) tire out completely | - |
| (verb) end or extinguish by forceful means | Synonyms: stamp out |
| (verb) drink down entirely | Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off |
| (verb) cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly | - |
| (verb) cause the death of, without intention | - |
| (verb) deprive of life | - |
| (verb) hit with great force | - |
| (verb) hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games | - |
| (verb) overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration | - |
| (verb) be the source of great pain for | - |
| (verb) thwart the passage of | Synonyms: defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out |
| (verb) be fatal | - |
| killable | (adjective) fit to kill, especially for food | - |
|---|
| killdeer | (noun) American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | Synonyms: Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer plover |
|---|
| killer | (noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
|---|
| (noun) a difficulty that is hard to deal with | - |
| (noun) someone who causes the death of a person or animal | Synonyms: slayer |
| (noun) the causal agent resulting in death | Synonyms: cause of death |
| killifish | (noun) small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control | - |
|---|
| killing | (adjective) very funny | Synonyms: sidesplitting |
|---|
| (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: kill, putting to death |
| (noun) an event that causes someone to die | Synonyms: violent death |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: cleanup |
| killingly | (adverb) in a very humorous manner | Synonyms: sidesplittingly |
|---|
| killjoy | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket |
|---|
| kiln | (noun) a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks | - |
|---|
| kilo | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: kg, kilogram |
|---|
| kilobit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits | Synonyms: kb, kbit |
|---|
| kilobyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kibibyte |
|---|
| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB |
| kilocalorie | (noun) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | Synonyms: Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
|---|
| kilocycle | (noun) one thousand periods per second | Synonyms: kc, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilohertz |
|---|
| kilogram | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: kg, kilo |
|---|
| kilohertz | (noun) one thousand periods per second | Synonyms: kc, kHz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second |
|---|
| kiloliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters | Synonyms: cubic meter, cubic metre, kilolitre |
|---|
| kilolitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters | Synonyms: cubic meter, cubic metre, kiloliter |
|---|
| kilometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometre, klick, km |
|---|
| kilometrage | (noun) the number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle. | - |
|---|
| kilometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometer, klick, km |
|---|
| kiloton | (noun) one thousand tons | - |
|---|
| (noun) a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT | - |
| kilovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts | Synonyms: kV |
|---|
| kilowatt | (noun) a unit of power equal to 1000 watts | Synonyms: kW |
|---|
| kilt | (noun) a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland | - |
|---|
| kilter | (noun) in working order | Synonyms: kelter |
|---|