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- English Word Kess Definition To kiss.
- English Word Kest Definition of Cast.
- English Word Kestrel Definition A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.
- English Word Ket Definition Carrion; any filth.
- English Word Ketch Definition An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
- English Word Ketch Definition A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
- English Word Ketch Definition To catch.
- English Word Ketchup Definition A sauce. See Catchup.
- English Word Ketine Definition One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor.
- English Word Ketmie Definition The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage.
- English Word Ketol Definition One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.
- English Word Ketone Definition One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.
- English Word Ketonic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.
- English Word Kettle Definition A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.
- English Word Kettledrum Definition A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.
- English Word Kettledrum Definition An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.
- English Word Kettledrummer Definition One who plays on a kettledrum.
- English Word Keuper Definition The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart of Geology.
- English Word Keved Definition of Key
- English Word Kevel Definition A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
- English Word Kevel Definition A stone mason's hammer.
- English Word Kevel Definition Alt. of Kevin
- English Word Kever Definition i. To cover.
- English Word Keverchief Definition A kerchief.
- English Word Kevin Definition The gazelle.
- English Word Kex Definition A weed; a kecksy.
- English Word Kex Definition A dry husk or covering.
- English Word Key Definition An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.
- English Word Key Definition An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.
- English Word Key Definition That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter.