Kidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kid
Kid (v. i.) To bring forth a young goat.
Kid (n.) A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
Kid (p. p.) of Kythe.
Kid (v. t.) See Kiddy, v. t.
Kidde (imp.) of Kythe.
Kidderminster (n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured.
Kiddier (n.) A huckster; a cadger.
Kiddle (n.) A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.
Kiddow (n.) The guillemot.
Kiddy (v. t.) To deceive; to outwit; to hoax.
Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief.
Kiddyish (a.) Frolicsome; sportive.
Kidfox () A young fox.
Kidling (n.) A young kid.
Kidnaped (imp. & p. p.) of Kidnap
Kidnapped () of Kidnap
Kidnaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kidnap
Kidnapping () of Kidnap
Kidnap (v. t.) To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.
Kidnaper (n.) Alt. of Kidnapper
Kidnapper (n.) One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.
Kidneys (pl. ) of Kidney
Kidney (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Kidney (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind.
Kidney (n.) A waiter.
Kidney-form (a.) Alt. of Kidney-shaped
Kidney-shaped (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.
Kidneywort (n.) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
Kidneywort (n.) The navelwort.
Kie (n. pl.) Kine; cows.
Kiefekil (n.) A species of clay; meerschaum.
Kier (n.) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
Kieselguhr (n.) Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.
Kieserite (n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.
Kieve (n.) See Keeve, n.
Kike (v. i.) To gaze; to stare.
Kike (v. t. & i.) To kick.
Kilderkin (n.) A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
Kill (n.) A kiln.
Kill (n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
Killed (imp. & p. p.) of Kill
Killing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kill
Kill (v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
Killdee (n.) Alt. of Killdeer
Killdeer (n.) A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera).
Killer (n.) One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
Killer (n.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.
Killesse (n.) A gutter, groove, or channel.
Killesse (n.) A hipped roof.
Killifish (n.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.
Killigrew (n.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough.
Killikinick (n.) See Kinnikinic.
Killing (a.) Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.
Kill-joy (n.) One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.
Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
Killow (n.) An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.
Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
Kiln (n.) A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Kiln-dry (v. t.) To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.
Kilnhole (n.) The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.
Kilos (pl. ) of Kilo
Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.
Kilogram (n.) Alt. of Kilogramme
Kilogramme (n.) A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39¡ Fahrenheit.
Kilogrammeter (n.) Alt. of Kilogrammetre
Kilogrammetre (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.
Kiloliter (n.) Alt. of Kilolitre
Kilolitre (n.) A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.
Kilometer (n.) Alt. of Kilometre
Kilometre (n.) A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
Kilostere (n.) A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.
Kilowatt (n.) One thousand watts.
Kilt () p. p. from Kill.
Kilt (n.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.
Kilted (imp. & p. p.) of Kilt
Kilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kilt
Kilt (v. t.) To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.
Kilted (a.) Having on a kilt.
Kilted (a.) Plaited after the manner of kilting.
Kilted (a.) Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
Kilter (n.) See Kelter.
Kilting (n.) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.
Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Kimmerian (a.) See Cimmerian.
Kimnel (n.) A tub. See Kemelin.
Kimry (n.) See Cymry.
kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Kin (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
Kin (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Kin (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
Kin (a.) Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
Kinaesodic (a.) Kinesodic.
Kinaesthesis (n.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.
Kinate (n.) See Quinate.
Kincob (n.) India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.
Kincob (a.) Of the nature of kincob; brocaded.