Ka*long" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat
(Pteropus edulis).
Ka*loy"er (?), n. See Caloyer.
||Kal"pa (?), n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of the Brahmanic eons, a
||period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is
||annihilated.
||
Kal"so*mine (?), n. & v. t. Same as Calcimine.
Kam (?), a. [From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., & W. cam. Cf. Jamb, n.]
Crooked; awry. [Obs.] "This is clean kam." Shak.
||Ka"ma (?), n. [Skr. kma love, the god of love.] The Hindoo Cupid. He
||is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or
||flowers.
||
Ka*ma"la (?), n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East
Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is
violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written
also kameela.]
Kame (?), n. A low ridge. [Scot.] See Eschar.
||Ka"mi (?), n. pl. [Japanese.] A title given to the celestial gods of
||the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of
||the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes
||still represented by the mikado.
||
Ka"mi*chi (?), n. (Zoöl.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, or
Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long,
slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each
wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous
birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese
(Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.
Kamp*tu"li*con (?), n. [Gr. &?; to bend + &?; material, fr. &?; wood,
matter.] A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber,
gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
Kam"py*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; bent, curved, fr. &?; to bend.] (Min.) A
variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine
orange yellow. [Written also campylite.]
{ Kam*sin", Kham*sin" } (?), n. [Ar. khamsn, fr. khamsn, oblique case
khamsn, fifty; -- so called because it blows for about fifty days, from
April till June.] A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the
Sahara. [Written also Khamseen.]
Kam"tscha*dales (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) An aboriginal tribe inhabiting
the southern part of Kamtschatka.
Kan (?), v. t. To know; to ken. [Obs.] See Ken.
Kan (?), n. See Khan.
{ Ka*nack"a (?), Ka*na"ka (?), } n. [Native name, prop., a man.] A
native of the Sandwich Islands.
Kan"chil (?), n. [Malay canchl.] (Zoöl.) A small chevrotain of the
genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmæus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java,
Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility
and cunning.
Kand (?), n. (Mining) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.
Kan"ga*roo" (?), n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zoöl.) Any one of
numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They
inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and
strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are
comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is
the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in
total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus,
live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit
rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus,
inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.
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Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum
aviculare. -- Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage
grass (Anthistiria australis). -- Kangaroo hare (Zoöl.), the jerboa
kangaroo. See under Jerboa. -- Kangaroo mouse. (Zoöl.) See Jumping
mouse, under Jumping. -- Kangaroo rat (Zoöl.), the potoroo.
Kan"sas (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the
Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now
the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.
Kant"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German
philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical
doctrines of Immanuel Kant.
Kant"i*an, n. A follower of Kant; a Kantist.
{ Kant"i*an*ism, Kant"ism } (?), n. The doctrine or theory of Kant; the
Kantian philosophy.
Kant"ist n. A disciple or follower of Kant.
Kant"try (?), n. Same as Cantred.
{ Ka"o*lin, Ka"o*line } (?), n. [Chin. kao-ling.] (Min.) A very pure
white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to
form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly
derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.
The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire
without discoloration.
Ka`o*lin`i*za"tion (?), n. The process by which feldspar is changed
into kaolin.
Ka"o*lin*ize (?), v. t. To convert into kaolin.
||Ka*pel"le (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra
||of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually
||orchestral. Grove.
||
||Ka*pell"meis`ter (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) See Capellmeister.
||
Ka"pi*a (?), n. [Native name.] (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri
tree of New Zealand.
Kap"no*mar (?), n. (Chem.) See Capnomor.
Kar"a*gane (?), n. [Russ. karagan'] (Zoöl.) A species of gray fox found
in Russia.
Ka"ra*ism (?), n. Doctrines of the Karaites.
Ka"ra*ite (?), n. [Heb. qr to read.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of Jews who
adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law,
and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the
Rabbinists.
Ka*ra"tas (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family
(Nidularium Karatas).
Kar"ma (?), n. [Skr.] (Buddhism) One's acts considered as fixing one's
lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the
inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable
consequence.
Kar*ma"thi*an (?), n. One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth
century by Karmat.
Karn (?), n. [Cornish. Cf. Cairn.] (Mining) A pile of rocks; sometimes,
the solid rock. See Cairn.
Ka"rob (?), n. [Cf. Carat.] The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a
weight used by goldsmiths. Crabb.
Kar"pho*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; rice straw + -lite: cf. F. carpholithe.]
(Min.) A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It
is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.
Kar*roo" (kr*r"), n.; pl. Karroos (-rz"). One of the dry table-lands of
South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.
[Also karoo.]
The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape Colony,
stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about
3,000 feet.
Kar"sten*ite (?), n. Same as Anhydrite.
Kar"vel (?), n. [Obs.] See Carvel, and Caravel.
||Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis (kr`**k*n"ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ka`ryon a nut,
||kernel + kinei^n to move.] (Biol.) The indirect division of cells in
||which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes
||take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear
||fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged
||and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups
||which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter
||nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell.
||
Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic (-nt"k), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to karyokinesis;
as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.
||Kar`y*om"i*ton (-m"*tn), n. [NL., Gr. ka`ryon a nut + mi`tos a
||thread.] (Biol.) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the
||nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton,
||or the network in the body of the cell. W. Flemming.
||
||Kar`y*o*plas"ma (kr`**plz"m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ka`ryon a nut +
||pla`sma a thing molded.] (Biol.) The protoplasmic substance of the
||nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the
||protoplasm of the cell.
||
||Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ka`ryon a nut, kernel + &?;
||a being straitened.] (Biol.) Direct cell division (in which there is
||first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its
||structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the cell); -- in
||opposition to karyokinesis.
[1913 Webster]
Kar`y*o*ste*not"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or connected with,
karyostenosis; as, the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.
Ka*sack" (kt), n. (Ethnol.) Same as Cossack.
Kat (kät), n. (Bot.) An Arabian shrub (Catha edulis) the leaves of
which are used as tea by the Arabs.
Kat`a*bol"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to katabolism; as,
katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of
decreasing complexity and increasing stability.
Ka*tab"o*lism (?), n. [Gr. &?; down + &?; to throw.] (Physiol.)
Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed
to anabolism. See Disassimilation.
Kat"a*state (?), n. [Gr. (&?;) down + (&?;) to cause to stand.]
(Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to
anastate. See Katabolic.
Kate (?), n. (Zoöl.) The brambling finch.
Kath"e*tal (?), a. [Gr. &?; a perpendicular line. See Cathetus.]
(Math.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides
of a triangle, which include a right angle.
Kath`e*tom"e*ter (?), n. Same as Cathetometer.
Kat`ti*mun"doo (?), n. A caoutchouc-like substance obtained from the
milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a
cement.
Ka"ty*did` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous
insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidæ, common in the
United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the
front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males
make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination
Katy-did, whence the name.
||Ka"u*ri (?), n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New
||Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber
||and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie,
||and cowrie.]
||
Ka"va (?), n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of Macropiper (M.
methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating
beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also,
the beverage itself. [Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
Ka*vass" (?), n.; pl. Kavasses (#) [Turk. kvvs] An armed constable;
also, a government servant or courier. [Turkey]
Kaw (?), v. i. & n. See Caw.
Ka*wa"ka (?), n. (Bot.) a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar
(Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.
Kawn (?), n. An inn. [Turkey] See Khan.
Kay"ak (?), n. (Naut.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a
frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits
amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the
Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
Kay"ak*er (?), n. One who uses a kayak.
Kay"ko (?), n. (Zoöl.) The dog salmon.
Kayles (?), n. pl. [Akin to Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G. kegel, OHG.
kegil, whence F. quille.] A game; ninepins. [Prov Eng.] Carew.
Kay"nard (?), n. [F. cagnard.] A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Keck (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kecking.]
[Cf. dial. G. köcken, köken.] To heave or to retch, as in an effort to
vomit. [R.] Swift.