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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