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- English Word Keyhole Definition a mortise for a key or cotter.
- English Word Keying Definition of Key
- English Word Keynote Definition The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
- English Word Keynote Definition The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
- English Word Keyseat Definition To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key.
- English Word Keystone Definition The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.
- English Word Keyway Definition See Key way, under Key.
- English Word Khaliff Definition See Caliph.
- English Word Khamsin Definition A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
- English Word Khamsin Definition Same as Kamsin.
- English Word Khan Definition A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.
- English Word Khan Definition An Eastern inn or caravansary.
- English Word Khanate Definition Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
- English Word Khaya Definition A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.
- English Word Khedive Definition A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
- English Word Khenna Definition See Henna.
- English Word Kholah Definition The Indian jackal.
- English Word Kholsun Definition The dhole.
- English Word Khutbah Definition An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.
- English Word Kiabooca wood Definition See Kyaboca wood.