AK -abbr
- Alaska
aka -abbr
- also known as
Akan ['ä-,kän] -n
- a member of any of the Akan-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti)
- a Kwa language of southern Ghana and the southeast Ivory Coast
AKC -abbr
- American Kennel Club
AK47 ['ā-'kā-,fȯr-tē-'se-vᵊn] -n
- a Soviet-designed 7.62 mm (.30 cal.) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for automatic or semiautomatic fire
akim·bo [ə-'kim-(,)bō] -adj or adv
- having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward
- set in a bent position
- a tailor sitting with legs akim*bo
akin [ə-'kin] -adj
- related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype
- essentially similar, related, or compatible
- his interests are akin to mine
Aki·ta [ə-'kē-tə, ä-] -n
- any of a breed of large muscular dogs of Japanese origin
Ak·ka·di·an [ə-'kā-dē-ən] -n, adj
- an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia
- a Semitic inhabitant of central Mesopotamia before 2000 b.c.