kalian

an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" ;

kalif

the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world" ;

kalimantan

3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago ; the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo ;

kalinin

soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946) ;

kaliph

the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world" ;

kaliuresis

the presence of excess potassium in the urine ;

kalka

the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic ; the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia ;

kalki

the 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu ;

kallman's syndrome

hypogonadism with anosmia; a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty ;

kalmia

any plant of the genus Kalmia ;

kalmia angustifolia

North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock ;

kalmia latifolia

a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers ;

kalmia polifolia

laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath ;

kalon tripa

the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile ;

kalotermes

type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees ;

kalotermitidae

primitive termites of warm regions ;

kalpac

a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus ;

kaluga

a city of central Russia south of Moscow ;

kalumpang

large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food ;

kaluresis

the presence of excess potassium in the urine ;

kam-sui

a group of Kadai languages ;

kam-tai

a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia ;

kam muang

a branch of the Tai languages ;

kama

god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara ;

kamarupan

the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma ;

kamasutra

(Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law ;

kamba

a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya ;

kamchatka peninsula

a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk ;

kamchatkan sea eagle

found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific ;

kameez

a long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars) ;

kamehameha i

Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819) ;

kamehameha the great

Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819) ;

kamet

a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high) ;

kami

one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature) ;

kamia

the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia ; a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico ;

kamikaze

a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II ; a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash ;

kammon strait bridge

a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu ;

kampala

the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria ;

kampong

a native village in Malaysia ;

kampuchea

a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946 ;