Kr -symbol

  1. krypton

kraal ['krȯl, 'kräl] -n

  1. a village of southern African natives
  2. the native village community
  3. an enclosure for animals esp. in southern Africa
  4. to pen in a kraal

kraft ['kräft, 'kraft] -n

  1. a strong paper or cardboard made from wood pulp produced from wood chips boiled in an alkaline solution containing sodium sulfate

krait ['krīt] -n

  1. any of a genus ( Bungarus) of brightly banded extremely venomous nocturnal elapid snakes of Pakistan, India, southeastern Asia, and adjacent islands

kra·ken ['krä-kən] -n

  1. a fabulous Scandinavian sea monster

kra·ter ['krā-tər, krä-'ter] -n

  1. a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water

kraut ['krau̇t] -n

  1. sauerkraut
  2. german

Krebs cycle ['krebz-] -n

  1. a sequence of reactions in the living organism in which oxidation of acetic acid or acetyl equivalent provides energy for storage in phosphate bonds (as in ATP) called also citric acid cycle tricarboxylic acid cycle

krem·lin ['krem-lən] -n

  1. the citadel of a Russian city
  2. the Russian government

krem·lin·ol·o·gy [,krem-lə-'nä-lə-jē] -n

  1. the study of the policies and practices of the former Soviet government

krep·lach ['krep-lək̲, -,läk̲] -n

  1. square or triangular dumplings filled with ground meat or cheese, boiled or fried, and usu. served in soup

kreu·zer ['krȯit-sər] -n

  1. a small coin formerly used in Austria and Germany

krewe ['krü] -n

  1. a private organization staging festivities (as parades) during Mardi Gras in New Orleans

krill ['kril] -n

  1. planktonic crustaceans and their larvae (order or suborder Euphausiacea and esp. genus Euphausia) that constitute the principal food of baleen whales

Krio ['krē-ō] -n

  1. an English-based creole spoken in Sierra Leone

kris ['krēs] -n

  1. a Malay or Indonesian dagger with a ridged serpentine blade

Krish·na ['krish-nə, 'krēsh-] -n

  1. a deity or deified hero of later Hinduism worshipped as an incarnation of Vishnu

Krish·na·ism [-,i-zəm] -n

  1. a widespread form of Hindu religion characterized by the worship of Krishna

Kriss Krin·gle ['kris-'kriŋ-gəl] -n

  1. santa claus
  2. the basic monetary unit of Austria from 1892 to 1925
  3. a coin representing one krone

Kro·neck·er delta ['krō-,ne-kər-] -n

  1. a function of two variables that is 1 when the variables have the same value and is 0 when they have different values

Kru·ger·rand ['krü-gə(r)-,rand, -,ränd, -,ränt] -n

  1. a one-ounce gold coin of the Republic of So. Africa

krumm·holz ['kru̇m-,hōlts] -n

  1. stunted forest characteristic of timberline

krumm·horn ['krəm-,hȯrn] -n

  1. a Renaissance double-reed woodwind instrument consisting of a curved boxwood tube and having a pierced cap covering the reed

kryp·ton ['krip-,tän] -n

  1. a colorless relatively inert gaseous element found in air in trace amounts and used esp. in electric lamps