Name Report For First Name KAT:
KAT
First name KAT's origin is English. KAT means "english abbreviation of katherine. pure". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with KAT below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of kat.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with KAT and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with KAT - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming KAT
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES KAT AS A WHOLE:
katura katariina katharina katinka kato katarina katchen kate katelin kateline katelyn katelynn kathalina kathe katherina katherine katheryn kathleen kathleena kathlene kathrine kathryn kathrynn kathy kathyayini katie katie-tyler katilyn katja katlin katlyn katlynn katriane katrice katriel katrine kattrina katlyne mokatavatah katakin kath ekaterina katri kateb katelinn katlynne katrina kathlynnNAMES RHYMING WITH KAT (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (at) - Names That Ends with at:
effiwat talawat hayat najat ni'mat sirvat anat maat tamirat sadaqat ameretat beat dat nhat astolat cat desirat enat feenat gilat gobnat gubnat keenat kinnat omat rinat akshat ayawamat benat etlelooaat gilmat lamorat nat nawat pat payat plat skeat wat wemilat xabat siolat carlat donat ailat angharat khayyat rahimat ronat efratNAMES RHYMING WITH KAT (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ka) - Names That Begins with ka:
ka'im kaage kaaria kaarl kaarle kaarlo kabaka kacee kacey kachada kachina kaci kacia kacie kacy kada kadalynn kadan kadar kade kadee kadeen kadeer kaden kaden-scott kadence kadi kadia kadian kadie kadience kadienne kadija kadin kadir kadison kadmus kado kadru kady kadyn kadyriath kaede kaedee kaeden kaedence kaela kaelah kaeleb kaelee kaeleigh kaelen kaelene kaeley kaeli kaelie kaelin kaelyn kaelynn kaemon kaerae kaesha kafele kafka kaga kagan kagen kaherdin kahil kahla kahleil kahli kahlil kahlima kai kaia kaiah kaici kaidan kaidance kaiden kaikala kaila kailan kailani kailasa kailea kailee kailen kailene kailey kaili kailin kailoken kailyn kailynne kaimana kaimi kaine kaiolohiaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH KAT:
First Names which starts with 'k' and ends with 't':
kalanit kantit karmelit karmit keket kellett kent kermit kinneret kit knight kohkahycumest kolt kort kuhlbert kulbart kulbert kurtEnglish Words Rhyming KAT
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES KAT AS A WHOLE:
cockateel | noun (n.) An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novae-Hollandiae); -- so called from its note. |
cockatoo | noun (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus. |
cockatrice | noun (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. |
noun (n.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. | |
noun (n.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. | |
noun (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing. |
debarkation | noun (n.) Disembarkation. |
demarkation | noun (n.) Same as Demarcation. |
disembarkation | noun (n.) The act of disembarking. |
embarkation | noun (n.) The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops. |
noun (n.) That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. |
kat | noun (n.) An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs. |
katabolic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability. |
katabolism | noun (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation. |
katastate | noun (n.) (Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic. |
kate | noun (n.) The brambling finch. |
kathetal | adjective (a.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle. |
kathetometer | noun (n.) Same as Cathetometer. |
kattinumdoo | noun (n.) A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement. |
katydid | noun (n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, 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. |
knickknackatory | noun (n.) A collection of knickknacks. |
meerkat | noun (n.) A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons. |
muskat | noun (n.) See Muscat. |
reembarkation | noun (n.) A putting, or going, on board a vessel again. |
shackatory | noun (n.) A hound. |
skate | noun (n.) A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice. |
noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose. | |
verb (v. i.) To move on skates. |
skating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skate |
skater | noun (n.) One who skates. |
noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating. |
skatol | noun (n.) A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N. |
suckatash | noun (n.) See Succotash. |
skat | noun (n.) A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores. |
noun (n.) A widow of two cards. |
talkative | adjective (a.) Given to much talking. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH KAT (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (at) - English Words That Ends with at:
acrobat | noun (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats. |
aegrotat | noun (n.) A medical certificate that a student is ill. |
aerostat | noun (n.) A balloon. |
noun (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut. | |
noun (n.) A passive balloon; a balloon without motive power. |
amadavat | noun (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. |
annat | noun (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease. |
aristocrat | noun (n.) One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble. |
noun (n.) One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. | |
noun (n.) One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. |
assignat | noun (n.) One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state. |
attentat | noun (n.) An attempt; an assault. |
noun (n.) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed. | |
noun (n.) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge. |
autocrat | adjective (a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). |
adjective (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. |
avadavat | noun (n.) Same as Amadavat. |
avocat | noun (n.) An advocate. |
aeroboat | noun (n.) A form of hydro-aeroplane; a flying boat. |
aeronat | noun (n.) A dirigible balloon. |
aleuronat | noun (n.) Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons. |
alternat | noun (n.) A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations. |
baccarat | noun (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters. |
bakemeat | noun (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat |
banat | noun (n.) The territory governed by a ban. |
bat | noun (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc. |
noun (n.) Shale or bituminous shale. | |
noun (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. | |
noun (n.) A part of a brick with one whole end. | |
noun (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire. | |
noun (n.) Same as Tical, n., 1. | |
noun (n.) In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. | |
noun (n.) A stroke; a sharp blow. | |
noun (n.) A stroke of work. | |
noun (n.) Rate of motion; speed. | |
noun (n.) A spree; a jollification. | |
noun (n.) Manner; rate; condition; state of health. | |
verb (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. | |
verb (v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To bate or flutter, as a hawk. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To wink. |
beat | noun (n.) A stroke; a blow. |
noun (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse. | |
noun (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit. | |
noun (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament. | |
noun (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8. | |
noun (n.) One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. | |
noun (n.) The act of one that beats a person or thing | |
noun (n.) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop. | |
noun (n.) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. | |
noun (n.) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. | |
adjective (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. | |
verb (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. | |
verb (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash. | |
verb (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. | |
verb (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. | |
verb (v. t.) To tread, as a path. | |
verb (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass. | |
verb (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. | |
verb (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. | |
verb (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc. | |
verb (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. | |
verb (v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing. | |
verb (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do. | |
verb (v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt. | |
verb (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters. | |
verb (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. | |
verb (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat. | |
verb (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort. | |
verb (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. | |
(imp.) of Beat | |
(p. p.) of Beat |
bedagat | noun (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. |
bellycheat | noun (n.) An apron or covering for the front of the person. |
blackcoat | noun (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat. |
bleat | noun (n.) A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. |
verb (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. |
bloat | noun (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. |
adjective (a.) Bloated. | |
verb (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness. | |
verb (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. | |
verb (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. | |
verb (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote. |
bluecoat | noun (n.) One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc. |
bluethroat | noun (n.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler. |
boat | noun (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. |
noun (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats. | |
noun (n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. | |
verb (v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. | |
verb (v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. | |
verb (v. i.) To go or row in a boat. |
brat | noun (n.) A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. |
noun (n.) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. | |
noun (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. | |
noun (n.) The young of an animal. | |
noun (n.) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime. |
brickbat | noun (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4. |
buat | noun (n.) A lantern; also, the moon. |
buckwheat | noun (n.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. |
noun (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc. |
bumboat | noun (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore. |
bureaucrat | noun (n.) An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. |
bodhisat | noun (n.) Alt. of Bodhisattwa |
callat | noun (n.) Same as Callet. |
carat | noun (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed. |
noun (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold. |
cat | noun (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat. |
noun (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. | |
noun (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. | |
noun (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. | |
noun (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. | |
noun (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below. | |
verb (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. |
catboat | noun (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix. |
caveat | noun (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. |
noun (n.) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention. | |
noun (n.) Intimation of caution; warning; protest. |
cedrat | noun (n.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume. |
cervelat | noun (n.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone. |
chat | noun (n.) Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. |
noun (n.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat. | |
noun (n.) A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit. | |
noun (n.) Small stones with ore. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. | |
verb (v. t.) To talk of. |
cheat | noun (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. |
noun (n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. | |
noun (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess. | |
noun (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. | |
noun (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. | |
noun (n.) To beguile. | |
noun (n.) Wheat, or bread made from wheat. | |
verb (v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards. |
chitchat | noun (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle. |
chopboat | noun (n.) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. |
cleat | noun (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. |
noun (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope. | |
verb (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat. |
coat | noun (n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. |
noun (n.) A petticoat. | |
noun (n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. | |
noun (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. | |
noun (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. | |
noun (n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below. | |
noun (n.) A coat card. See below. | |
verb (v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment. | |
verb (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling. |
cockboat | noun (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore. |
combat | noun (n.) A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. |
noun (n.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. | |
verb (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. | |
verb (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH KAT (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ka) - Words That Begins with ka:
kaama | noun (n.) The hartbeest. |
kabala | noun (n.) See Cabala. |
kabassou | noun (n.) See Cabassou. |
kabob | noun (n. & v. t.) See Cabob, n. & v. t. |
kabook | noun (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon. |
kabyle | noun (n.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber. |
kadder | noun (n.) The jackdaw. |
kadi | noun (n.) Alt. of Kadiaster |
kadiaster | noun (n.) A Turkish judge. See Cadi. |
kafal | noun (n.) The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood. |
kaffir | noun (n.) Alt. of Kafir |
kafir | noun (n.) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs. |
noun (n.) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. |
kaffle | noun (n.) See Coffle. |
kafilah | noun (n.) See Cafila. |
kage | noun (n.) A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work. |
kagu | noun (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern. |
kaguan | noun (n.) The colugo. |
kahani | noun (n.) A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant. |
kahau | noun (n.) A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. |
kail | noun (n.) A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1. |
noun (n.) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. | |
noun (n.) A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner. |
kaimacam | noun (n.) Same as Caimacam. |
kain | noun (n.) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. |
kainit | noun (n.) Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers. |
kainite | noun (n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony. |
kainozoic | adjective (a.) See Cenozoic. |
kaique | noun (n.) See Caique. |
kairine | noun (n.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine. |
kairoline | noun (n.) An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine. |
kaiser | noun (n.) The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871. |
kaka | noun (n.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis). |
kakapo | noun (n.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka. |
kakaralli | noun (n.) A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle. |
kakistocracy | noun (n.) Government by the worst men. |
kakoxene | noun (n.) See Cacoxene. |
kalan | noun (n.) The sea otter. |
kalasie | noun (n.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head. |
kale | noun (n.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. |
noun (n.) See Kail, 2. |
kaleege | noun (n.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks. |
kaleidoscope | noun (n.) An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design. |
kaleidoscopic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Kaleidoscopical |
kaleidoscopical | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated. |
kalendar | noun (n.) See Calendar. |
kalendarial | adjective (a.) See Calendarial. |
kalender | noun (n.) See 3d Calender. |
kalends | noun (n.) Same as Calends. |
() A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. |
kali | noun (n.) The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years. |
noun (n.) The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna. | |
noun (n.) The glasswort (Salsola Kali). |
kalif | noun (n.) See Caliph. |
kaliform | adjective (a.) Formed like kali, or glasswort. |
kaligenous | adjective (a.) Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals. |
kalium | noun (n.) Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH KAT:
English Words which starts with 'k' and ends with 't':
kantist | noun (n.) A disciple or follower of Kant. |
keelfat | noun (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. |
keelvat | noun (n.) See Keelfat. |
kelt | noun (n.) See Kilt, n. |
noun (n.) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. | |
noun (n.) A salmon after spawning. | |
noun (n.) Same as Celt, one of Celtic race. |
kerchieft | adjective (a.) Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief. |
ket | noun (n.) Carrion; any filth. |
kidneywort | noun (n.) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris). |
noun (n.) The navelwort. |
kilowatt | noun (n.) One thousand watts. |
kilt | noun (n.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. |
verb (v. t.) To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. | |
() p. p. from Kill. |
kingbolt | noun (n.) A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts. |
kingcraft | noun (n.) The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. |
kinglet | noun (n.) A little king; a weak or insignificant king. |
noun (n.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae. |
kinkhaust | noun (n.) Whooping cough. |
kippernut | noun (n.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds. |
kismet | noun (n.) Destiny; fate. |
kissingcrust | noun (n.) The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. |
kist | noun (n.) A chest; hence, a coffin. |
noun (n.) A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment. |
kit | noun (n.) A kitten. |
noun (n.) A small violin. | |
verb (v. t.) To cut. | |
(m.) A large bottle. | |
(m.) A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. | |
(m.) straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. | |
(m.) A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like. | |
(m.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them. |
kitcat | noun (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat. |
adjective (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies. | |
adjective (a.) Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcat Club. |
klicket | noun (n.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties. |
kneejoint | noun (n.) The joint of the knee. |
noun (n.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent. |
knight | noun (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant. |
noun (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life. | |
noun (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. | |
noun (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover. | |
noun (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head. | |
noun (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. | |
verb (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---. |
knit | noun (n.) Union knitting; texture. |
verb (v. t.) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. | |
verb (v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings. | |
verb (v. t.) To join; to cause to grow together. | |
verb (v. t.) To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. | |
verb (v. t.) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. | |
verb (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops. | |
verb (v. i.) To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound. | |
(imp. & p. p.) of Knit |
knitchet | noun (n.) A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. |
knot | noun (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling. |
noun (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself. | |
noun (n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon. | |
noun (n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie. | |
noun (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem. | |
noun (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. | |
noun (n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. | |
noun (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth. | |
noun (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. | |
noun (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant. | |
noun (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. | |
noun (n.) See Node. | |
noun (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. | |
noun (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots. | |
noun (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot. | |
noun (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne. | |
verb (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. | |
verb (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together. | |
verb (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. | |
verb (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled. | |
verb (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming. | |
verb (v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads. |
knotwort | noun (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum). |
knout | noun (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh. |
verb (v. t.) To punish with the knout. |
kobalt | noun (n.) See Cobalt. |
krait | noun (n.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish. |
kumquat | noun (n.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves. |
kilovolt | noun (n.) A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts. |
kinit | noun (n.) A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second; -- proposed by J.D.Everett, an English physicist. |
knockabout | noun (n.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout. |
noun (n.) A knockabout performer or performance. | |
noun (n.) A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. | |
adjective (a.) Marked by knocking about or roughness. | |
adjective (a.) Of noisy and violent character. | |
adjective (a.) Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither. | |
adjective (a.) That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. |