Kinkajou (n.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidae) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.
Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Kinkle (n.) Same as 3d Kink.
Kinky (a.) Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.
Kinky (a.) Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
Kinnikinic (n.) Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).
Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
Kinology (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies.
Kinone (n.) See Quinone.
Kinoyl (n.) See Quinoyl.
Kinrede (n.) Kindred.
Kinsfolk (n.) Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.
Kinship (n.) Family relationship.
Kinsmen (pl. ) of Kinsman
Kinsman (n.) A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.
Kinsmanship (n.) Kinship.
Kinswomen (pl. ) of Kinswoman
Kinswoman (n.) A female relative.
Kintlidge (n.) See Kentledge.
Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
Kioways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.
Kip (n.) The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.
Kipe (n.) An osier basket used for catching fish.
Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.
Kippered (imp. & p. p.) of Kipper
Kippering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kipper
Kipper (v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
Kipper (a.) Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
Kippernut (n.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.
Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.
Kirk (n.) A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.
Kirked (a.) Turned upward; bent.
Kirkmen (pl. ) of Kirkman
Kirkman (n.) A clergyman or officer in a kirk.
Kirkman (n.) A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion.
Kirkyard (n.) A churchyard.
Kirmess (n.) In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.
Kirschwasser (n.) An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.
Kirsome (a.) Christian; christened.
Kirtle (n.) A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
Kirtled (a.) Wearing a kirtle.
Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.
Kish (n.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
Kismet (n.) Destiny; fate.
Kissed (imp. & p. p.) of Kiss
Kissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kiss
Kiss (v. t.) To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
Kiss (v. t.) To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
Kiss (v. i.) To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
Kiss (v. i.) To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Kiss (v.) A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.
Kiss (v.) A small piece of confectionery.
Kisser (n.) One who kisses.
Kissingcrust (n.) The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.
Kist (n.) A chest; hence, a coffin.
Kist (n.) A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment.
Kistvaen (n.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.
Kitte (imp.) of Kit
Kit (v. t.) To cut.
Kit (n.) A kitten.
Kit (n.) A small violin.
Kit (m.) A large bottle.
Kit (m.) A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel.
Kit (m.) straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
Kit (m.) A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.
Kit (m.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.
Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.
Kitcat (a.) Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcat Club.
Kitcat (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.
Kitchen (n.) A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.
Kitchen (n.) A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
Kitchen (v. t.) To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen.
Kitchener (n.) A kitchen servant; a cook.
Kitchenmaid (n.) A woman employed in the kitchen.
Kitchen middens () Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.
Kitchen-ry (n.) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
Kite (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
Kite (n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
Kite (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
Kite (n.) The brill.
Kite (v. i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
Kite (n.) The belly.
Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
Kiteflier (n.) See Kite, n., 6.
Kith (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.
Kithara (n.) See Cithara.
Kithe (v. t.) See Kythe.
Kitish (a.) Like or relating to a kite.
Kitling (n.) A young kitten; a whelp.
Kitte (imp.) of Kit to cut.
Kittel (v. t.) See Kittle, v. t.
Kitten (n.) A young cat.
Kittened (imp. & p. p.) of Kitten
Kittening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kitten
Kitten (v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.
Kittenish (a.) Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.