Name Report For First Name KAY:
KAY
First name KAY's origin is Arthurian Legend. KAY means "son of ector". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with KAY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of kay.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arthurian Legend) with KAY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with KAY - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming KAY
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES KAY AS A WHOLE:
fukayna kaya wihakayda kayin kayah kayana kayanna kayce kaycee kayci kaydance kaydence kaydience kaye kayiyn kayla kaylana kaylea kaylee kayleen kaylei kayleigh kaylen kayley kayli kaylie kaylin kaylynn kaytlyn mackayla mackaylie makaylah makaylyn maykayla mckayla mckaylah mikayla nakayla nikayla kayde kayden kaydin kayleb kaylyn kayne mackay kaycie kaylah kaylan kayleneNAMES RHYMING WITH KAY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ay) - Names That Ends with ay:
sisay adjatay barclay galloway bay aanjay anevay chantay chardonnay elliemay fay gay jeanay jenay jennay jonay kevay lindsay linsay lyndsay may mishay nuray shamay tamay thursday ajay barday bodaway corday courtnay delray diondray dontay enapay finlay garroway gillivray gray hay jay lay macaulay macgillivray macray montay murray o'shay otaktay ouray pay pranay ramsay ray shay tiernay treadway vernay galway tredway thay stanway clay tuesday suhay kenway ordway conway courtenayNAMES RHYMING WITH KAY (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 KAY:
First Names which starts with 'k' and ends with 'y':
kaity kaley kally kaly kandy karley karly karney karoly kasey kassidy kathy kealy kearney keary keavy keeley keely kelby kelcey kelcy kelley kellsey kelly kelsey kelsy kendry kenley kenly kennedy kennelly kenney kenny kenzy kerry ketty key khairy khoury kieley kiley kim-ly kimberley kimberly kimssy kingsley kinney kinny kinsey kinsley kirby kirkley kirkly kirsty kitty kloey koby kody kolby koofrey kopecky korey kortniey kosey kosmy krany krzy kundryEnglish Words Rhyming KAY
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES KAY AS A WHOLE:
kayak | noun (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes. |
kayaker | noun (n.) One who uses a kayak. |
kayko | noun (n.) The dog salmon. |
kayles | noun (n. pl.) A game; ninepins. |
kaynard | noun (n.) A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. |
skayles | noun (n.) [Ã159.] Skittles. |
tockay | noun (n.) A spotted lizard native of India. |
tokay | noun (n.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color. |
noun (n.) A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes. |
twankay | noun (n.) See Note under Tea, n., 1. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH KAY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ay) - English Words That Ends with ay:
abay | noun (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. |
allay | noun (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check. |
noun (n.) Alloy. | |
verb (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions. | |
verb (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. | |
verb (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. | |
verb (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. |
alleyway | noun (n.) An alley. |
archway | noun (n.) A way or passage under an arch. |
array | noun (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. |
noun (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. | |
noun (n.) An imposing series of things. | |
noun (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. | |
noun (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. | |
noun (n.) The panel itself. | |
noun (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. | |
noun (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. | |
noun (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. | |
noun (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. |
assay | noun (n.) Trial; attempt; essay. |
noun (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine. | |
noun (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried. | |
noun (n.) Tested purity or value. | |
noun (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin. | |
noun (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed. | |
verb (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply. | |
verb (v.) To affect. | |
verb (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink. | |
verb (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition. | |
verb (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor. |
backstay | noun (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. |
noun (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion. |
barway | noun (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts. |
bay | noun (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. |
noun (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc. | |
noun (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. | |
noun (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers. | |
noun (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks. | |
noun (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. | |
noun (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel. | |
noun (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. | |
noun (n.) A tract covered with bay trees. | |
noun (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water. | |
adjective (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. | |
verb (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. | |
verb (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. | |
verb (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking. | |
verb (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. | |
verb (v. t.) To bathe. | |
verb (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back. |
birthday | noun (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. |
noun (n.) The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities. |
blay | adjective (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n. |
bobstay | noun (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl. |
bray | noun (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. |
noun (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. | |
verb (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. | |
verb (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. | |
verb (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. |
byplay | noun (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds. |
byway | noun (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. |
breakaway | noun (n.) A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. |
noun (n.) An animal that breaks away from a herd. |
caraway | noun (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative. |
noun (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. |
carpetway | noun (n.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. |
carraway | noun (n.) See Caraway. |
cartway | noun (n.) A way or road for carts. |
castaway | noun (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. |
noun (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. | |
adjective (a.) Of no value; rejected; useless. |
cathay | noun (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.) |
causeway | noun (n.) Alt. of Causey |
cay | noun (n.) See Key, a ledge. |
clay | noun (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities. |
noun (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles. | |
verb (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay. | |
verb (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar. |
cokenay | noun (n.) A cockney. |
coothay | noun (n.) A striped satin made in India. |
countersway | noun (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. |
cray | noun (n.) Alt. of Crayer |
crossway | noun (n.) See Crossroad. |
cutaway | adjective (a.) Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. |
chambray | noun (n.) A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish. |
day | noun (n.) The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine. |
noun (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below. | |
noun (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work. | |
noun (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. | |
noun (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc. |
decay | noun (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. |
noun (n.) Destruction; death. | |
noun (n.) Cause of decay. | |
verb (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair. | |
verb (v. t.) To destroy. |
delay | noun (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. |
noun (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. | |
noun (n.) To allay; to temper. | |
verb (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. | |
verb (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. |
denay | noun (n.) Denial; refusal. |
verb (v. t.) To deny. |
deray | noun (n.) Disorder; merriment. |
disarray | noun (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. |
noun (n.) Confused attire; undress. | |
verb (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of. | |
verb (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe. |
display | noun (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. |
noun (n.) Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. | |
verb (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. | |
verb (v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. | |
verb (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. | |
verb (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. | |
verb (v. t.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type. | |
verb (v. t.) To discover; to descry. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. |
domesday | noun (n.) A day of judgment. See Doomsday. |
doomsday | noun (n.) A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. |
noun (n.) The day of the final judgment. |
doorway | noun (n.) The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. |
dray | noun (n.) A squirrel's nest. |
noun (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. | |
noun (n.) A kind of sledge or sled. |
driftway | noun (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. |
noun (n.) Same as Drift, 11. |
driveway | noun (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven. |
dugway | noun (n.) A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. |
essay | noun (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. |
noun (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. | |
noun (n.) An assay. See Assay, n. | |
noun (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. | |
noun (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. |
estray | noun (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. |
verb (v. i.) To stray. |
everyday | adjective (a.) Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes. |
fairway | noun (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH KAY (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 KAY:
English Words which starts with 'k' and ends with 'y':
kanttry | noun (n.) Same as Cantred. |
kecksy | noun (n.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. |
kecky | adjective (a.) Resembling a kecksy. |
kelotomy | noun (n.) See Celotomy. |
kelpy | noun (n.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. |
kempty | noun (n.) Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality. |
kentucky | noun (n.) One of the United States. |
kernelly | adjective (a.) Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels. |
kersey | noun (n.) A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple. |
key | noun (n.) 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. |
noun (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc. | |
noun (n.) 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. | |
noun (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem. | |
noun (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position. | |
noun (n.) A piece of wood used as a wedge. | |
noun (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down. | |
noun (n.) A keystone. | |
noun (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place. | |
noun (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock. | |
noun (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc. | |
noun (n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit. | |
noun (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key. | |
noun (n.) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote. | |
noun (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance. | |
noun (n.) A metallic lever by which the circuit of the sending or transmitting part of a station equipment may be easily and rapidly opened and closed; any device for closing or opening an electric circuit. | |
noun (n.) A simplified version or analysis which accompanies something as a clue to its explanation, a book or table containing the solutions to problems, ciphers, allegories, or the like, or a table or synopsis of conspicuous distinguishing characters of members of a taxonomic group. | |
verb (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. | |
() A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters. |
keyway | noun (n.) See Key way, under Key. |
kiby | adjective (a.) Affected with kibes. |
kiddy | noun (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief. |
verb (v. t.) To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. |
kidney | noun (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland. |
noun (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind. | |
noun (n.) A waiter. |
kimry | noun (n.) See Cymry. |
kindly | noun (n.) According to the kind or nature; natural. |
noun (n.) Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. | |
noun (n.) Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. | |
adverb (adv.) Naturally; fitly. | |
adverb (adv.) In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige. |
kinesipathy | noun (n.) See Kinesiatrics. |
noun (n.) See Kinesiatrics. |
kinesitherapy | noun (n.) See Kinesiatrics. |
kinky | adjective (a.) Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair. |
adjective (a.) Queer; eccentric; crotchety. |
kinology | noun (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies. |
knacky | adjective (a.) Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. |
knaggy | adjective (a.) Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. |
knappy | adjective (a.) Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby. |
knarry | adjective (a.) Knotty; gnarled. |
knavery | noun (n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. |
noun (n.) Roguish or mischievous tricks. |
knickknackatory | noun (n.) A collection of knickknacks. |
knickknackery | noun (n.) Knickknacks. |
knightly | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit. |
adverb (adv.) In a manner becoming a knight. |
knobby | adjective (a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. |
adjective (a.) Irregular; stubborn in particulars. | |
adjective (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. |
knotberry | noun (n.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems. |
knurry | adjective (a.) Full of knots. |
kritarchy | noun (n.) The rule of the judges over Israel. |
kyley | noun (n.) A variety of the boomerang. |
kymry | noun (n.) See Cymry. |
kyriolexy | noun (n.) Alt. of Kyriology |
kyriology | noun (n.) The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones. |
kitty | noun (n.) A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat. |
noun (n.) The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for the expenses of the table. |
kolinsky | noun (n.) Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are red sable and Tatar sable. |