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KKeel over.(Colloq.) overturn,capsize, tipover.keen,a.sharp, acute, trenchant;penetrating,shrewd, astute,discerning;piercing,poignant, excruciating, a crimonious, mordacious,bitter,intense,severe; eager,ardent,ravenous,vehement.keep,n.custody,charge;maintenance,support;stronghold, donjon;condition,case.keep,v.detain,restrain,hold,retain,repress,withhold;preserve,conserve;maintain, continue;guard,shield,defend,protect,screen,preserve;entertain,harbor; observe, adhere to,fulfill; commemorate,celebrate, solemnize;support, sustain, provide for.keep back.reserve,withhold;restrain,repress,check.keep company with.associate with,accompany, go with.keep down.hold insubjection,restrain,hinder,subdue.keeper,n.warden;superintendent,curator,custodian,guardian,attendant,defender,overseer.keep from.abstain from, refrain from.keeping,n.holding,restraint,custody,guard,guardianship,protection, tutelage;detention, retention; maintenancesupport, subsistence, board; conformity, congruity,harmony, consistency,correspondence; observance;celebration, commemoration,fulfillment.keeping back.reservation, reserving,withholding;restraint,repression,checking.keep on.proceed, continue,persist.keepsake,n.memento,souvenir.keep to.adhere to.keep under.hold insubjection,subdue,mortify.keep up.maintain, continue.kelter,n.(Colloq.)condition,order.kernel,n.seed,grain;nucleus;gist, core,pith, substance, essence,marrow.Associated words: enucleate, enucleation, exacinate, exacination.kerosene,n.coal oil, petroleum.kettle,n.caldron (a large kettle).kettledrum,n.tympano;pl.tympani.key,n.Associated words: claviger, clavigerous, cleidomancy, escutcheon,lock.key,n.pitch,tone.key,n.clew,solution,guide,explanation, elucidation, clavis;wharf,quay; forelock, cotter,bar,pin; samara.keyboard,n.clavier.kick,v.spurn, calcitrate, recalcitrate, winch;resist,oppose;recoil.kick,n.kicking,opposition.kicking,n.spurning, recalcitration, calcitration, winch;opposition,resistance.kicking,a.recalcitrant, calcitrant,resistant.kiddy,v.(Slang)deceive,outwit, hoax.kidnap,v.abduct.kidnapper,n.abductor,man-stealer.kidnapping,n.abduction.kidney,n.Associated words: nephrology, nephrotomy, nephritis, renal, emunctory, nephritic,loins,reins.kidney,n.sort,kind,variety,disposition.kidney-shaped,a.reniform.kidney stone.nephrite,jade.kill,v.slay,slaughter,murder, assassinate,butcher, despatch,execute, lynch,massacre, burke, immolate, guillotine, decimate,destroy,blast;counteract,neutralize;quell, extinguish.killer,n.slayer,murderer,butcher, assassin, assassinator, executor,destroyer.killing,n.slaying,slaughter, butchering, butchery, assassination,massacre, strangulation, immolation, holocaust,execution, fusillade, carnage,murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, assideration,destruction,blasting;counteraction, neutralization.killing,a.fatal, mortal,deadly,destructive;captivating,charming,fascinating.kilt,n.filibeg.kilter,n.(Colloq.)condition,order.kin,n.relationship; relatives, relations,kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen.kin,a.kindred.kind,a.indulgent, compassionate,merciful,lenient, clement, benignant,gracious,benevolent,kind-hearted,forbearing, benign,beneficent, humane,obliging.kind,n.variety, genus,species,strain,breed,nature, genre,sort,style,character,description,kidney.kind-hearted,a.compassionate,lenient, clement,kind.kindle,v.enkindle,fire, ignite,incite, inflame,rouse.kindling,n.enkindling,incitement, accension.kindly,a.kind.kindness,n.compassion, benignity,benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness;favor,service, goodturn.kindred,n.relationship; relatives, relations, kinsfolk,kin, kinsmen.kindred,a.related,congenial, allied,similar.kine,n. pl.cows,cattle.king,n.monarch,sovereign, potentate, regulus.Associated words: regicideroyalty, regnal, regnant, regnancy,regalia, viceroy, camarilla, dynastic, dynasty.kingdom,n.empire,dominion,sovereignty,monarchy,realm.kingly,a.royal,regal, monarchical;sovereign,august,majestic,grand.Antonyms:servile,mean,abject,slavish, unkingly.king's evil.scrofula.kink,v.snarl, become entangled.kink,n.snarl,knot,entanglement,twist;crotchet,whim,caprice,eccentricity.kinky,a.snarled,tangled,knotted;crotchety,eccentric,capricious.kinsman,n.relative.kiss,v.osculate.kiss,n.osculation, buss,smack; pax (kiss of peace).kissing,n.osculation.--a.osculant, oscillatory.kitchen,n.cookroom, cuisine, scullery (back kitchen); galley (Nautical).Associated words:scullion, culinary, olitory.kith,n.acquaintance.knack,n.gimcrack,trinket,toy,plaything,knickknack, kickshaws,gewgaw,bauble;skill,readiness,aptitude, proficiency,dexterity, adroitness;trick,device.knarl,n.knot, gnarl, knag, knurl, node.knarled,a.knotted, gnarled, knurly, gnarly,knotty, knurled, knarred.knave,n.villain,rascal,scamp. Seescoundrel.knavery,n.villainy,rascality,scoundrelism,chicanery, knavishness,roguery.knavish,a.unprincipled, rascally,villainous.knee,n.Associated words: genuflect, genuflection, ham, hock, gonitis, stifle, geniculate, dib, quadriceps.knee breeches.smallclothes,knickerbockers.kneecap,n.patella, kneepan.kneeling desk.priedieu.knees,n. pl.marrowbones.knickerbockers,n. pl.kneebreeches, smallclothes.knickknack,n.gimcrack,gewgaw,bauble,trinket,knack, curio,bric-a-brac.knife,n.dagger, stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong,sword, billhook, saber; scalpel, lancet, bistoury; jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife.Associated words: cutler, cutlery,sheath, sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang,scale,spring,blade,kick, spatula.knight,n.man-at-arms;champion,partisan,lover,gallant.knighthood,n.chivalry.Associated word: accolade.knightly,a.chivalrous,gallant.knob,n.excrescence,boss,lump, tubercle,knop, stud, hardswelling; finial, knosp.knock,v.rap;clash,bump;strike,beat.--n.blow, stroke;rap.knock about.(Colloq.) wanderabout,saunter,stroll.knock down.fell,floor, prostrate.knockknee,n.inknee.knock under.yield,submit,give in.knoll,n.hillock, mound.knop,n.Seeknob.knot,n.entanglement,snarl,intricacy,complication;cluster,group,band,bevy,gang,company;joint, node, knag, burl, gnarl,knob, nodule, nodosity;tuft,bunch.knot,v.entangle,tie,snarl.Antonyms: disentangle,unravel, untie.knotted,a.knurled, knaggy, gnarled, gnarly; snarled, entangled, interwoven.knotty,a.knotted, gnarled,crossgrained;intricate,difficult,complicated.knowable,a.ascertainable, cognizable, cognoscible, intelligible, recognizable.Antonyms:unknowable, unascertainable, incognoscible, unrecognizable.knowall,n.(Colloq.)wiseacre, quidnunc.knowing,a.intelligent,sagacious,wise,clever; expressive,significant; (Colloq.)artful,sharp,cunning.knowingly,adv.consciously, intelligently, wittingly, designedly, sagely, purposely, sapiently, significantly, expressively.knowledge,n.learning,lore,erudition,culture, enlightenment, attainments,information; cognizance,apprehension, cognition,understanding, ken; omniscience (universal knowledge); prescience (foreknowledge); polymathy.Antonyms: sciolism,ignorance, inerudition, dilettanteism pedantry, unfamiliarity.knuckle bones.dibs.knuckle to.(Colloq.) submit to,yield,cringe,obey.kodak,n.camera (portable).

Keel over.(Colloq.) overturn,capsize, tipover.

keen,a.sharp, acute, trenchant;penetrating,shrewd, astute,discerning;piercing,poignant, excruciating, a crimonious, mordacious,bitter,intense,severe; eager,ardent,ravenous,vehement.

keep,n.custody,charge;maintenance,support;stronghold, donjon;condition,case.

keep,v.detain,restrain,hold,retain,repress,withhold;preserve,conserve;maintain, continue;guard,shield,defend,protect,screen,preserve;entertain,harbor; observe, adhere to,fulfill; commemorate,celebrate, solemnize;support, sustain, provide for.

keep back.reserve,withhold;restrain,repress,check.

keep company with.associate with,accompany, go with.

keep down.hold insubjection,restrain,hinder,subdue.

keeper,n.warden;superintendent,curator,custodian,guardian,attendant,defender,overseer.

keep from.abstain from, refrain from.

keeping,n.holding,restraint,custody,guard,guardianship,protection, tutelage;detention, retention; maintenancesupport, subsistence, board; conformity, congruity,harmony, consistency,correspondence; observance;celebration, commemoration,fulfillment.

keeping back.reservation, reserving,withholding;restraint,repression,checking.

keep on.proceed, continue,persist.

keepsake,n.memento,souvenir.

keep to.adhere to.

keep under.hold insubjection,subdue,mortify.

keep up.maintain, continue.

kelter,n.(Colloq.)condition,order.

kernel,n.seed,grain;nucleus;gist, core,pith, substance, essence,marrow.Associated words: enucleate, enucleation, exacinate, exacination.

kerosene,n.coal oil, petroleum.

kettle,n.caldron (a large kettle).

kettledrum,n.tympano;pl.tympani.

key,n.Associated words: claviger, clavigerous, cleidomancy, escutcheon,lock.

key,n.pitch,tone.

key,n.clew,solution,guide,explanation, elucidation, clavis;wharf,quay; forelock, cotter,bar,pin; samara.

keyboard,n.clavier.

kick,v.spurn, calcitrate, recalcitrate, winch;resist,oppose;recoil.

kick,n.kicking,opposition.

kicking,n.spurning, recalcitration, calcitration, winch;opposition,resistance.

kicking,a.recalcitrant, calcitrant,resistant.

kiddy,v.(Slang)deceive,outwit, hoax.

kidnap,v.abduct.

kidnapper,n.abductor,man-stealer.

kidnapping,n.abduction.

kidney,n.Associated words: nephrology, nephrotomy, nephritis, renal, emunctory, nephritic,loins,reins.

kidney,n.sort,kind,variety,disposition.

kidney-shaped,a.reniform.

kidney stone.nephrite,jade.

kill,v.slay,slaughter,murder, assassinate,butcher, despatch,execute, lynch,massacre, burke, immolate, guillotine, decimate,destroy,blast;counteract,neutralize;quell, extinguish.

killer,n.slayer,murderer,butcher, assassin, assassinator, executor,destroyer.

killing,n.slaying,slaughter, butchering, butchery, assassination,massacre, strangulation, immolation, holocaust,execution, fusillade, carnage,murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, assideration,destruction,blasting;counteraction, neutralization.

killing,a.fatal, mortal,deadly,destructive;captivating,charming,fascinating.

kilt,n.filibeg.

kilter,n.(Colloq.)condition,order.

kin,n.relationship; relatives, relations,kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen.

kin,a.kindred.

kind,a.indulgent, compassionate,merciful,lenient, clement, benignant,gracious,benevolent,kind-hearted,forbearing, benign,beneficent, humane,obliging.

kind,n.variety, genus,species,strain,breed,nature, genre,sort,style,character,description,kidney.

kind-hearted,a.compassionate,lenient, clement,kind.

kindle,v.enkindle,fire, ignite,incite, inflame,rouse.

kindling,n.enkindling,incitement, accension.

kindly,a.kind.

kindness,n.compassion, benignity,benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness;favor,service, goodturn.

kindred,n.relationship; relatives, relations, kinsfolk,kin, kinsmen.

kindred,a.related,congenial, allied,similar.

kine,n. pl.cows,cattle.

king,n.monarch,sovereign, potentate, regulus.Associated words: regicideroyalty, regnal, regnant, regnancy,regalia, viceroy, camarilla, dynastic, dynasty.

kingdom,n.empire,dominion,sovereignty,monarchy,realm.

kingly,a.royal,regal, monarchical;sovereign,august,majestic,grand.Antonyms:servile,mean,abject,slavish, unkingly.

king's evil.scrofula.

kink,v.snarl, become entangled.

kink,n.snarl,knot,entanglement,twist;crotchet,whim,caprice,eccentricity.

kinky,a.snarled,tangled,knotted;crotchety,eccentric,capricious.

kinsman,n.relative.

kiss,v.osculate.

kiss,n.osculation, buss,smack; pax (kiss of peace).

kissing,n.osculation.--a.osculant, oscillatory.

kitchen,n.cookroom, cuisine, scullery (back kitchen); galley (Nautical).Associated words:scullion, culinary, olitory.

kith,n.acquaintance.

knack,n.gimcrack,trinket,toy,plaything,knickknack, kickshaws,gewgaw,bauble;skill,readiness,aptitude, proficiency,dexterity, adroitness;trick,device.

knarl,n.knot, gnarl, knag, knurl, node.

knarled,a.knotted, gnarled, knurly, gnarly,knotty, knurled, knarred.

knave,n.villain,rascal,scamp. Seescoundrel.

knavery,n.villainy,rascality,scoundrelism,chicanery, knavishness,roguery.

knavish,a.unprincipled, rascally,villainous.

knee,n.Associated words: genuflect, genuflection, ham, hock, gonitis, stifle, geniculate, dib, quadriceps.

knee breeches.smallclothes,knickerbockers.

kneecap,n.patella, kneepan.

kneeling desk.priedieu.

knees,n. pl.marrowbones.

knickerbockers,n. pl.kneebreeches, smallclothes.

knickknack,n.gimcrack,gewgaw,bauble,trinket,knack, curio,bric-a-brac.

knife,n.dagger, stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong,sword, billhook, saber; scalpel, lancet, bistoury; jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife.Associated words: cutler, cutlery,sheath, sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang,scale,spring,blade,kick, spatula.

knight,n.man-at-arms;champion,partisan,lover,gallant.

knighthood,n.chivalry.Associated word: accolade.

knightly,a.chivalrous,gallant.

knob,n.excrescence,boss,lump, tubercle,knop, stud, hardswelling; finial, knosp.

knock,v.rap;clash,bump;strike,beat.--n.blow, stroke;rap.

knock about.(Colloq.) wanderabout,saunter,stroll.

knock down.fell,floor, prostrate.

knockknee,n.inknee.

knock under.yield,submit,give in.

knoll,n.hillock, mound.

knop,n.Seeknob.

knot,n.entanglement,snarl,intricacy,complication;cluster,group,band,bevy,gang,company;joint, node, knag, burl, gnarl,knob, nodule, nodosity;tuft,bunch.

knot,v.entangle,tie,snarl.Antonyms: disentangle,unravel, untie.

knotted,a.knurled, knaggy, gnarled, gnarly; snarled, entangled, interwoven.

knotty,a.knotted, gnarled,crossgrained;intricate,difficult,complicated.

knowable,a.ascertainable, cognizable, cognoscible, intelligible, recognizable.Antonyms:unknowable, unascertainable, incognoscible, unrecognizable.

knowall,n.(Colloq.)wiseacre, quidnunc.

knowing,a.intelligent,sagacious,wise,clever; expressive,significant; (Colloq.)artful,sharp,cunning.

knowingly,adv.consciously, intelligently, wittingly, designedly, sagely, purposely, sapiently, significantly, expressively.

knowledge,n.learning,lore,erudition,culture, enlightenment, attainments,information; cognizance,apprehension, cognition,understanding, ken; omniscience (universal knowledge); prescience (foreknowledge); polymathy.Antonyms: sciolism,ignorance, inerudition, dilettanteism pedantry, unfamiliarity.

knuckle bones.dibs.

knuckle to.(Colloq.) submit to,yield,cringe,obey.

kodak,n.camera (portable).


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