kaolin

a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) ;

kaoline

a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) ;

kaolinite

a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin ;

kaon

an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision ;

kaopectate

trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient ;

kapeika

100 kapeikas equal 1 rubel in Belarus ;

kaph

the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet ;

kaplan group

a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran ;

kapok

massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber ; a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation ;

kaposi's sarcoma

a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS; "until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men" ;

kaposi's varicelliform eruption

a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles ;

kappa

the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet ;

kappa-meson

an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision ;

kapsiki

a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad ;

kapuka

small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental ;

kara kum

a desert in Turkmenistan south of the Aral Sea ;

kara sea

part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia and east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year ;

karabiner

an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes ;

karachi

the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan ;

karaites

a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century ;

karakalpak

the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak ; a member of a Turkic people living near Lake Aral in central Asia ;

karakoram

a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak ;

karakoram range

a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak ;

karakorum range

a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak ;

karakul

hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur ;

karaoke

singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs) ;

karat

the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold ;

karate

a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent ;

karaya gum

exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics ;

karbala

a city of central Iraq south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680 ;

karel capek

Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938) ;

karelia

a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea ;

karelian

a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia ; a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia ;

karelian isthmus

the isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia ;

karen

the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands ;

karen blixen

Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962) ;

karen danielsen horney

United States psychiatrist (1885-1952) ;

karen horney

United States psychiatrist (1885-1952) ;

karenic

the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands ;

karl-marx-stadt

a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing ;