KANE
First name KANE's origin is Irish. KANE means "fighter". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with KANE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of kane.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with KANE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming KANE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES KANE AS A WHOLE:
kanelingres belakane kaneilia nekane kanelinqesNAMES RHYMING WITH KANE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ane) - Names That Ends with ane:
berhane gayane agurtzane mafuane allyriane abarrane tzigane kimane doane beltane bane konane duane pivane adriane aintzane alane ariane assane christiane damiane darleane deane diane eliane gezane gloriane gorane ilane isane ivane jane jeane jehane jilliane joelliane jordane katriane kristiane levane liane liliane louisane luane mariane maryjane megane morgane nimiane odiane oihane sarajane seyane tiane viviane zoelane aeccestane ahane ane beldane blane chane coltrane dane durane dwane farlane fontane haldane jermane keane lane leane macfarlane maclane mane rane roane shane sloane thane yardane zane fane roxane gaetane maitane aelfdane orane warrane delaneRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ne) - Names That Ends with ne:
ankine lucine yserone barkarne eguskine hanne jensine larine nielsineNAMES RHYMING WITH KANE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (kan) - Names That Begins with kan:
kana kanaan kanake kandace kandake kandee kanden kandi kandice kandis kandiss kandy kandyce kangee kani kanika kanisha kannan kannelite kannen kannon kano kanoa kanti kantitRhyming 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 kaiNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH KANE:
First Names which starts with 'k' and ends with 'e':
kaidance kailee kailene kailynne kaine kaise kaitlyne kaitlynne kalanie kale kalee kalie kalle kallie kalliope kalonice kamarae kamarre kamille kammie kaprice karlee karlene karlie karline karolee karoline karrae kasidee kasie kassie kate kateline kathe katherine kathlene kathrine katie katlyne katlynne katrice katrine kayce kaycee kaycie kaydance kayde kaydence kaydience kaye kaylee kaylene kaylie kayne kazemde keandre kearne keefe keelee keene kekiokolanee kelcie kele kelile kellee kellie kellsie kelly-anne kelsee kelsie keme kempe kendale kendele kenzie kepe kerianne kermeilde kermillie kermode kerne kerrianne kerrie kerye kesare kesegowaase kessie khloe khrystalline kiele kifle kildaire kildare kile killdaire kimberlie kinnette kippie kloie koleteEnglish Words Rhyming KANE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES KANE AS A WHOLE:
alkanet | noun (n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color. |
noun (n.) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. | |
noun (n.) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon. |
carkanet | noun (n.) A carcanet. |
molokane | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Molokany |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH KANE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ane) - English Words That Ends with ane:
aeroplane | noun (n.) A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it. |
noun (n.) A light rigid plane used in aerial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane slightly inclined and driven forward as a lifting device in some flying machines; hence, a flying machine using such a device. These machines are called monoplanes, biplanes, triplanes, or quadruplanes, according to the number of main supporting planes used in their constraction. Being heavier than air they depend for their levitation on motion imparted by one or more propellers actuated by a gasoline engine. They start from the ground by a run on small wheels or runners, and are guided by a steering apparatus consisting of horizontal and vertical movable planes. There are many varieties of form and construction, which in some cases are known by the names of their inventors. | |
() One unprovided with motive power. |
antemundane | adjective (a.) Being or occurring before the creation of the world. |
arcane | adjective (a.) Hidden; secret. |
avellane | adjective (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. |
bane | noun (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. |
noun (n.) Destruction; death. | |
noun (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. | |
noun (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. | |
verb (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin. |
beltane | noun (n.) The first day of May (Old Style). |
noun (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland. |
bugbane | noun (n.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species. |
butane | noun (n.) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series. |
biplane | noun (n.) An aeroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above the other. |
adjective (a.) Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aerocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder. |
cane | noun (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. |
noun (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. | |
noun (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. | |
noun (n.) A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane. | |
noun (n.) A lance or dart made of cane. | |
noun (n.) A local European measure of length. See Canna. | |
verb (v. t.) To beat with a cane. | |
verb (v. t.) To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs. |
capellane | noun (n.) The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. |
chicane | noun (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. |
noun (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. | |
noun (n.) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. |
chlormethane | noun (n.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride. |
chlorophane | noun (n.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light. |
noun (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane. |
chromophane | noun (n.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina. |
chrysophane | noun (n.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition. |
cismontane | adjective (a.) On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane. |
cispadane | adjective (a.) On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side. |
counterpane | noun (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. |
noun (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart. |
cowbane | noun (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock. |
crane | noun (n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. |
noun (n.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. | |
noun (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick. | |
noun (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. | |
noun (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. | |
noun (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. | |
noun (n.) Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight. | |
noun (n.) The American blue heron (Ardea herodias). | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. | |
verb (v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. | |
verb (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. |
crepane | noun (n.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer. |
cymophane | noun (n.) See Chrysoberyl. |
dane | noun (n.) A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. |
decane | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications. |
diaphane | noun (n.) A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work. |
dodecane | noun (n.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series. |
dogbane | noun (n.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs. |
dogvane | noun (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. |
doorplane | noun (n.) A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant. |
douane | noun (n.) A customhouse. |
eikosane | noun (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum. |
elecampane | noun (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic. |
noun (n.) A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant. |
endecane | noun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. |
ethane | noun (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl. |
extramundane | adjective (a.) Beyond the material world. |
fane | noun (n.) A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. |
noun (n.) A weathercock. |
filigrane | noun (n.) Filigree. |
fleabane | noun (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria. |
flybane | noun (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric. |
fossane | noun (n.) A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet. |
frangipane | noun (n.) A perfume of jasmine; frangipani. |
noun (n.) A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds. |
germane | adjective (a.) Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. |
glaucophane | noun (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks. |
grane | noun (v. & n.) See Groan. |
hecdecane | noun (n.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane. |
henbane | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus. |
hendecane | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane. |
heptane | noun (n.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc. |
hexadecane | noun (n.) See Hecdecane. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH KANE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (kan) - Words That Begins with kan:
kan | noun (n.) See Khan. |
verb (v. t.) To know; to ken. |
kanacka | noun (n.) Alt. of Kanaka |
kanaka | noun (n.) A native of the Sandwich Islands. |
kanchil | noun (n.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning. |
kand | noun (n.) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners. |
kangaroo | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby. |
kansas | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory. |
kantian | noun (n.) A follower of Kant; a Kantist. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant. |
kantianism | noun (n.) Alt. of Kantism |
kantism | noun (n.) The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy. |
kantist | noun (n.) A disciple or follower of Kant. |
kanttry | noun (n.) Same as Cantred. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH KANE:
English Words which starts with 'k' and ends with 'e':
kabyle | noun (n.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber. |
kaffle | noun (n.) See Coffle. |
kage | noun (n.) A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work. |
kainite | noun (n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony. |
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. |
kakoxene | noun (n.) See Cacoxene. |
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. |
kalsomine | noun (n. & v. t.) Same as Calcimine. |
kame | noun (n.) A low ridge. |
kampylite | noun (n.) A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow. |
kaoline | noun (n.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar. |
kapelle | noun (n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. |
karagane | noun (n.) A species of gray fox found in Russia. |
karaite | noun (n.) A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists. |
karpholite | noun (n.) A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese. |
karstenite | noun (n.) Same as Anhydrite. |
katastate | noun (n.) (Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic. |
kate | noun (n.) The brambling finch. |
keckle | noun (v. i. & n.) See Keck, v. i. & n. |
verb (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. |
kedge | noun (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it. |
verb (v. t.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n. |
kee | noun (n. pl.) See Kie, Ky, and Kine. |
keelage | noun (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. |
keelivine | noun (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen. |
keepsake | noun (n.) Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship. |
keeve | noun (n.) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. |
noun (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier. | |
noun (n.) A large vat used in dressing ores. | |
verb (v. t.) To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation. | |
verb (v. t.) To heave; to tilt, as a cart. |
kelpie | noun (n.) Alt. of Kelpy |
kelpware | noun (n.) Same as Kelp, 2. |
kempe | adjective (a.) Rough; shaggy. |
kenspeckle | adjective (a.) Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized. |
kentle | noun (n.) A hundred weight; a quintal. |
kentledge | noun (n.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. |
kerargyrite | noun (n.) See Cerargyrite. |
kerasine | adjective (a.) Resembling horn; horny; corneous. |
keratode | noun (n.) See Keratose. |
keratome | noun (n.) An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract. |
keratophyte | noun (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis. |
keratose | noun (n.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode. |
adjective (a.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa. |
kerbstone | noun (n.) See Curbstone. |
kerite | noun (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy. |
kermesse | noun (n.) See Kirmess. |
kerolite | noun (n.) Same as Cerolite. |
kerosene | noun (n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series. |
kerse | noun (n.) A cress. |
kerseymere | noun (n.) See Cassimere. |
kerseynette | noun (n.) See Cassinette. |
ketine | noun (n.) 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. |
ketmie | noun (n.) The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage. |
ketone | noun (n.) 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. |
kettle | noun (n.) A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids. |
keyage | noun (n.) Wharfage; quayage. |
keyhole | noun (n.) A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key. |
noun (n.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them. | |
noun (n.) a mortise for a key or cotter. |
keynote | noun (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone. |
noun (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon. |
keystone | noun (n.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. |
khanate | noun (n.) Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan. |
khedive | noun (n.) A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt. |
kibble | noun (n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines. |
verb (v. t.) To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. |
kibe | noun (n.) A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain. |
kickable | adjective (a.) Capable or deserving of being kicked. |
kickshoe | noun (n.) A kickshaws. |
kiddle | noun (n.) A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish. |
kie | noun (n. pl.) Kine; cows. |
kieserite | noun (n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony. |
kieve | noun (n.) See Keeve, n. |
killdee | noun (n.) Alt. of Killdeer |
killesse | noun (n.) A gutter, groove, or channel. |
noun (n.) A hipped roof. |
kilnhole | noun (n.) The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. |
kilogramme | noun (n.) A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39¡ Fahrenheit. |
kilogrammetre | noun (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris. |
kilolitre | noun (n.) A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches. |
kilometre | noun (n.) A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile. |
kilostere | noun (n.) A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet. |
kinate | noun (n.) See Quinate. |
kine | noun (n. pl.) Cows. |
(pl. ) of Cow | |
() The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. |
kingstone | noun (n.) The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel. |
kinkle | noun (n.) Same as 3d Kink. |
kinone | noun (n.) See Quinone. |
kinrede | noun (n.) Kindred. |
kintlidge | noun (n.) See Kentledge. |
kipe | noun (n.) An osier basket used for catching fish. |
kirsome | adjective (a.) Christian; christened. |
kirtle | noun (n.) A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women. |
kite | noun (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail. |
noun (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious. | |
noun (n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string. | |
noun (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light. | |
noun (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. | |
noun (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill. | |
noun (n.) The brill. | |
noun (n.) The belly. | |
noun (n.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also sentry. | |
verb (v. i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6. |
kittiwake | noun (n.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes. |
kittle | adjective (a.) Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable. |
verb (v. i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. | |
verb (v. t.) To tickle. |
kive | noun (n.) A mash vat. See Keeve. |
klinkstone | noun (n.) See Clinkstone. |
knapbottle | noun (n.) The bladder campion (Silene inflata). |
knave | noun (n.) A boy; especially, a boy servant. |
noun (n.) Any male servant; a menial. | |
noun (n.) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. | |
noun (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. |
kneadable | adjective (a.) That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass. |
knebelite | noun (n.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese. |
knee | noun (n.) In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg. |
noun (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. | |
noun (n.) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man. | |
noun (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent. | |
noun (n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy. | |
verb (v. t.) To supplicate by kneeling. |
kneepiece | noun (n.) A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat. |
knife | noun (n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.. |
noun (n.) A sword or dagger. | |
verb (v. t.) To prune with the knife. | |
verb (v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife. | |
verb (v. t.) Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party). |
knightage | noun (n.) To body of knights, taken collectively. |
knittle | noun (n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag. |
noun (n.) See Nettles. |