kaftan

a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant ; a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East ;

kahane chai

a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel ;

kahikatea

New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood ;

kahlil gibran

United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) ;

kahlua

coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico ;

kahn

United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) ;

kahoolawe

an island of south-central Hawaii ;

kahoolawe island

an island of south-central Hawaii ;

kai apple

South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves ;

kail

coarse curly-leafed cabbage ; a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head ;

kainite

a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer ;

kainogenesis

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) ;

kaiser

the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918 ;

kaiser bill

grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941) ;

kaiser roll

rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center ;

kaiser wilhelm

grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941) ;

kakatoe

a genus of Psittacidae ;

kakatoe galerita

white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest ;

kakatoe leadbeateri

white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage ;

kakemono

a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom ;

kaki

blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt ; small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit ;

kakke disease

the endemic form of beriberi ;

kala-azar

leishmaniasis of the viscera ;

kala azar

sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies ;

kalaallit nunaat

the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark ;

kalahari

a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana ;

kalahari desert

a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana ;

kalamazoo

a town in southwest Michigan ;

kalansuwa

a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders ;

kalantas

Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood ;

kalapooia

a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon ;

kalapooian

a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya ;

kalapuya

a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon ;

kalapuyan

a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya ;

kalashnikov

a type of submachine gun made in Russia ;

kalashnikov culture

the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan" ;

kale

coarse curly-leafed cabbage ; a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head ; informal terms for money ;

kaleidoscope

an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors ; a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes ;

kalemia

the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood ;

kali

wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black" ; bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash ;