kwela
— Noun
– English
~ a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
Kwell
— Noun
– English
~ a preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo
KY
— Noun
– English
~ a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
kyanite
— Noun
– English
~ a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
kyat
— Noun
– English
~ the basic unit of money in Myanmar
kyd
— Noun
– English
~ English dramatist (1558-1594)
kylie
— Noun
– English
~ an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
kylix
— Noun
– English
~ a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
kymograph
— Noun
– English
~ scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
kyo-chiku
— Noun
– English
~ immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
kyoto
— Noun
– English
~ a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
kyphosis
— Noun
– English
~ an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
Kyphosus
— Noun
– English
~ type genus of the Kyphosidae
kyphotic
— Adjective
– English
~ characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyrgyzstan
— Noun
– English
~ a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
Kyrgyzstani
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or characteristic of Kyrgyzstan or its people or culture
kyushu
— Noun
– English
~ the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
Kyyiv
— Noun
– English
~ capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
Kyzyl Kum
— Noun
– English
~ a desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea