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1: Hindu god of bravery [syn: {Kartikeya}]

1: organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis

1: of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis

1: a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed

1: disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies

1: a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction [syn: {nucleus}, {cell nucleus}]

1: the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell [syn: {nucleoplasm}]

1: the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)

1: a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into ...

1: a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into ...

1: an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located [syn: {casbah}]

1: boiled or baked buckwheat

1: the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile

1: an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India [syn: {Cashmere}, {Jammu and Kashmir}]

1: Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool [syn: {Cashmere goat}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its people or culture; "the Kashmiri mountains"; "Kashmiri love poems" n 1: a member of the people of Kashmir 2: the official state language of Kas...

1: German anatomist (1733-1794) [syn: {Wolff}]

1: Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) [syn: {Gary Kasparov}, {Gary Weinstein}]

1: a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC [syn: {Cassite}] 2: an ancient language spoken by the Kassite people [syn: {Cassite}]

1: French physicist (1902-1984) [syn: {Alfred Kastler}]

1: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: {khat}, {qat}, {q...

{katabasis}

1: of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night [syn: {catabatic}] [ant: {anabatic}]

1: a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air [syn: {catabatic wind}]

1: relating to or characterized by catabolism [syn: {catabolic}] 2: characterized by destructive metabolism [syn: {catabolic}] [ant: {anabolic}]

1: breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy [syn: {catabolism}, {dissimilation}, {destructive metabolism}] [ant: {anabolism}]

1: metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface; breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones [ant: {anamorphism}]

1: an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: {Qatar}, {State of Qatar}, {State of Katar}] 2: a peninsula e...

1: a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf [syn: {Qatar}, {Qatar Peninsula}, {Katar}]

1: of or concerning Qatar; "the Qatari rulng family"; "Qatari oil wells" [syn: {Qatari}] n : a native or inhabitant of Qatar [syn: {Qatari}]

1: United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904) [syn: {Chopin}, {Kate O'Flaherty Chopin}]

1: United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904) [syn: {Chopin}, {Kate Chopin}]

1: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) [syn: {Smith}, {Kathryn Elizabeth Smith}]

1: literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine

1: United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (born in 1909) [syn: {Hepburn}, {Katharine Houghton Hepburn}]

1: United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (born in 1909) [syn: {Hepburn}, {Katharine Hepburn}]

1: an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter

1: of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter

1: measures thermal conductivity

1: purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels [syn: {catharsis}, {purgation}] 2: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: {catharsis}, {abreaction}]

1: United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980) [syn: {Porter}]

1: United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974) [syn: {Cornell}]

1: New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923) [syn: {Mansfield}, {Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp}]

1: New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923) [syn: {Mansfield}, {Katherine Mansfield}]

1: the capital and largest city of Nepal [syn: {Katmandu}, {capital of Nepal}]

1: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) [syn: {Smith}, {Kate Smith}]

1: a national park in Alaska featuring mountains

1: the capital and largest city of Nepal [syn: {Kathmandu}, {capital of Nepal}]

1: a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people

1: rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn [syn: {Cercidip...

1: Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849) [syn: {Hokusai}]

1: in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos [syn: {family Kasuwonidae}]

1: oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae [syn: {genus Katsuwonus}]

1: fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna [syn: {bonito}, {oceanic bonito}]

1: a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak

1: large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

1: disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) [syn: {hangover}] 2: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: {hubbub}, {uproar}, {brouhaha}]

1: an island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu [syn: {Kauai Island}]

1: an island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu [syn: {Kauai}]

1: United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961) [syn: {George S. Kaufman}, {George Simon Kaufman}]

1: a city in central Lithuania [syn: {Kovna}, {Kovno}]

1: statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924) [syn: {Kenneth Kaunda}, {Kenneth David Kaunda}]

1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum [syn: {kauri copal}, {kauri resin}, {kauri gum}] 2: tall timber tree of New Zeal...

1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum [syn: {kauri}, {kauri resin}, {kauri gum}]

1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum [syn: {kauri}, {kauri copal}, {kauri resin}]

1: any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin [syn: {dammar pine}]

1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum [syn: {kauri}, {kauri copal}, {kauri gum}]

1: tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood [syn: {kauri}, {Agathis australis}]

1: an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub [syn: {kavakava}]

1: an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub [syn: {kava}]

1: an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive [syn: {papaverine}]

1: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River [syn: {Kansas}, {Kansas River}]

1: New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress [syn: {Libocedrus plumosa}]

1: an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause [syn: {mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome}]

1: United States writer (1902-1992) [syn: {Boyle}]

1: a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos v : travel in a small canoe; "we kayaked down the river"

1: knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" [syn: {knock cold}, {knock out}]

1: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: {knocked out(p)}, {KO'd}, {out(p)}, {stunned}]

1: a pigmented ring at the outer edge of the cornea of the eye; a symptom of Wilson's disease

1: a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan) [syn: {Kazakh}] 2: a landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-...

1: a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan) [syn: {Kazak}] 2: a landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-s...

1: a landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn:...

1: of or pertaining to Kazakhstan or to the Kazakhs or their culture n : a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan

1: monetary unit in Kazakhstan

1: a landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn:...

1: an industrial city in the European part of Russia

1: Russian abstract painter (1878-1935) [syn: {Malevich}, {Kazimir Severinovich Malevich}]

1: Russian abstract painter (1878-1935) [syn: {Malevich}, {Kazimir Malevich}]

1: a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece

1: a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes [syn: {kilobyte}, {K}]

1: one thousand periods per second [syn: {kilohertz}, {kHz}, {kilocycle per second}, {kilocycle}]

1: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: {Nestor notabilis}]

1: English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) [syn: {Edmund Kean}]

1: United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) [syn: {Buster Keaton}, {Joseph Francis Keaton}]

1: Englishman and Romantic poet (1795-1821) [syn: {John Keats}]

1: Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis [syn: {Geb}]

1: cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables [syn: {kabob}, {shish kebab}]

1: English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford Movement (1792-1866) [syn: {John Keble}]

1: a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire [syn: {Quechua}] 2: the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas [syn: {Quechua...

1: of or relating to the Quechua people or their language [syn: {Quechuan}] n : the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas [syn: {Quechua}, {Quechuan}, {Quechuan language}, {Kechua}]

1: a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish

1: the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly 2: one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability v :...

1: a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides [syn: {ogee arch}]

1: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attck and keeled over"

1: river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing

1: having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" [syn: {ridged}, {carinate}, {carinated}] 2: having or shaped like a carina or keel [syn: {carinate}, {carinated}, {ri...

1: Eurasian bulbous plant [syn: {Allium carinatum}]

1: a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it

1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as th...

1: having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat" [syn: {argus-eyed}, {hawk-eyed}, {lynx-eyed}, {quick-sighted}, {sharp-eyed}, {sharp-sighted}] 2: capable of seeing to a great distance [syn: {eagle...

1: in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings"

1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: {acuteness}, {acuity}, {sharpness}] 2: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead...

1: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn: {support}, {livelih...

1: keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" [syn: {keep up}, {follow}]

1: follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" [syn: {watch}, {observe}, {follow}, {watch over}]

1: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" [syn: {sequester}, {sequestrate}, {set apart}, {isolate}]

1: prevent from coming close; "I tried to keep the child away from the pool"

1: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: {restrain}, {suppress}, {keep}, {hold back}] 2: secure and keep for possible future use or applicat...

1: be a companion to somebody [syn: {company}, {companion}, {accompany}]

1: place a limit on the number of [syn: {number}] 2: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The ri...