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- English Word Kahani Definition A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.
- English Word Kahau Definition A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey.
- English Word Kail Definition A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.
- English Word Kail Definition Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
- English Word Kail Definition A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
- English Word Kaimacam Definition Same as Caimacam.
- English Word Kain Definition Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.
- English Word Kainit Definition Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
- English Word Kainite Definition A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.
- English Word Kainozoic Definition See Cenozoic.
- English Word Kaique Definition See Caique.
- English Word Kairine Definition A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
- English Word Kairoline Definition An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.
- English Word Kaiser Definition The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.
- English Word Kaka Definition A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).
- English Word Kakapo Definition A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.
- English Word Kakaralli Definition A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.
- English Word Kakistocracy Definition Government by the worst men.
- English Word Kakoxene Definition See Cacoxene.
- English Word Kalan Definition The sea otter.