kennelly

United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939) ;

kennelly-heaviside layer

a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length ;

kennesaw mountain

battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston ;

kenneth bancroft clark

United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-) ;

kenneth clark

United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-) ;

kenneth david kaunda

statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924) ;

kenneth grahame

English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932) ;

kenneth kaunda

statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924) ;

kenneth roberts

United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957) ;

kennewick

a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River ;

kenning

conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry ;

keno

a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards ;

kenogenesis

introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) ;

kent

a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans ; United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) ;

kentan

east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals ;

kentish

a dialect of Middle English ; one of the major dialects of Old English ;

kentuckian

a native or resident of Kentucky ;

kentucky

a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses ;

kentucky black bass

a variety of black bass ;

kentucky blue

valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures ;

kentucky bluegrass

valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures ;

kentucky coffee tree

handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute ;

kentucky derby

an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky ;

kentucky wonder

flat-podded green bean ;

kentucky wonder bean

flat-podded green bean ;

kentucky yellowwood

small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye ;

kentucy blue grass

valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures ;

kenya

a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya ;

kenya fever

a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals ;

kenyan

a native or inhabitant of Kenya ;

kenyan monetary unit

monetary unit in Kenya ;

kenyan shilling

the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents ;

kenyapithecus

extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya ;

kenyata

Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978) ;

kenzo tange

Japanese architect (born in 1913) ;

keogh plan

a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons ;

keokuk

Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848) ;

kepi

a cap with a flat circular top and a visor ;

kepler

German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630) ;

kepler's first law

a law stating that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at one focus of the ellipse ;