AK -abbr

  1. Alaska

aka -abbr

  1. also known as

Akan ['ä-,kän] -n

  1. a member of any of the Akan-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti)
  2. a Kwa language of southern Ghana and the southeast Ivory Coast

AKC -abbr

  1. American Kennel Club

akee ['a-,kē, a-'kē] -n

(variant of ackee)

  1. the fruit of an African tree ( Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family grown in the Caribbean area, Florida, and Hawaii for its white or yellowish fleshy aril that is edible when ripe but is poisonous when immature or overripe and that has a toxic pink raphe attaching the aril to the seed
  2. the tree

AK47 ['ā-'kā-,fȯr-tē-'se-vᵊn] -n

  1. 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

  1. having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward
  2. set in a bent position
    • a tailor sitting with legs akimbo

akin [ə-'kin] -adj

  1. related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype
  2. essentially similar, related, or compatible
    • his interests are akin to mine

Aki·ta [ə-'kē-tə, ä-] -n

  1. any of a breed of large muscular dogs of Japanese origin

Ak·ka·di·an [ə-'kā-dē-ən] -n, adj

  1. an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia
  2. a Semitic inhabitant of central Mesopotamia before 2000 b.c.

akvavit ['ä-kwə-,vēt] -n

(variant of aquavit)

  1. a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds