Ke"no (?), n. [F. quine five winning numbers, fr. L. quini five each,
quinque five. See Five.] A gambling game, a variety of the game of
lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
[U. S.]
Ken`o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. &?; new + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Modified
evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in
consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar
conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.
[Written also cænogenesis.]
Ken`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as,
kenogenetic processes. -- Ken`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly (#), adv.
Ken"spec`kle (?), a. Having so marked an appearance as easily to be
recognized. [Scot.]
Kent" bu"gle (?). [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.] (Mus.) A
curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the
performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also
keyed bugle, and key bugle. Moore.
Ken"tle (?), n. [From Quintal.] (Com.) A hundred weight; a quintal.
Kent"ledge (?), n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See Cant edge,
angle.] (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also
kintlidge.]
Ken*tuck"y (?), n. One of the United States.
Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa
pratensis), found in both Europe and America. See under Blue grass. --
Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus
Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods
containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee.
The timber is very valuable.
Keph"a*lin (kf"*ln), n. [Gr. kefalh` the head.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of
a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum
to exist in brain tissue.
Kept (?), imp. & p. p. of Keep.
Kept mistress, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour.
Ke*ram"ic (?), a. Same as Ceramic.
Ke*ram"ics (?), n. Same as Ceramics.
Ker`a*mo*graph"ic (?), a. [Gr. ke`ramos tile + graph + ic.] Suitable to
be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said
especially of a certain kind of globe. Scudamore.
Ke*ra"na (?), n. (Mus.) A kind of long trumpet, used among the
Persians. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Ke*rar"gy*rite (?), n. See Cerargyrite.
Ker"a*sin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance free from
phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related
to cerebrin.
Ker"a*sine (?), a. [Gr. ke`ras horn.] Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
Ker"a*tin (?), n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in
a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of
epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an
insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by
gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it
yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.
||Ker`a*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + -itis.]
||(Med.) Inflammation of the cornea.
||
Ker"a*tode (?), n. See Keratose.
Ker`a*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + -genous.] Producing
horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse.
||Ker`a*toi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn +
||-oid.] (Zoöl.) Same as Keratosa.
||
Ker"a*tome (?), n. [Gr. ke`ras, horn + &?; to cut.] (Surg.) An
instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.
||Ker`a*to*nyx"is (?), n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + &?; puncture.]
||(Med.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle
||through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.
||
Ker"a*to*phyte (?), n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn + &?; a plant.]
(Zoöl.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
||Ker`a*to"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn.] (Zoöl.)
||An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It
||includes the commercial sponges.
||
Ker"a*tose` (?), n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the
skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.
Ker"a*tose`, a. (Zoöl.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of
keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.
Ke*rau"no*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?; thunderbolt + graph.] A figure or
picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere. --
Ker`au*nog"ra*phy (#), n.
Kerb (?), n. See Curb.
Kerb"stone` (?), n. See Curbstone.