Ku·che·an [kü-'chē-ən] -n
- tocharian b
ku·chen ['kü-kən, -k̲ən] -n
- any of various coffee cakes made from sweet yeast dough
ku·do ['kü-(,)dō, 'kyü-] -n
- award, honor
- a score of honorary degrees and...other kudo s -- Time
- compliment, praise
- rarely hear that kind of kudo to men anymore -- Ellen Goodman
ku·dos ['kü-,däs, 'kyü-, -,dōs] -n
- fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement : prestige
- praise given for achievement
ku·du ['kü-(,)dü] -n
- a large grayish brown African antelope ( Tragelaphus strepsiceros) with large annulated spirally twisted horns
- a related antelope ( T. imberbis)
kud·zu ['ku̇d-(,)zü, 'kəd-] -n
- an Asian vine ( Pueraria lobata) of the legume family that is used for forage and erosion control and is often a serious weed in the southeastern U.S.
ku·fi ['kü-fē] -n
- a close-fitting brimless cylindrical or round hat
ku·gel ['kü-gəl] -n
- a baked pudding (as of potatoes or noodles) usu. served as a side dish
Kui·per Belt ['kī-pər-] -n
- a band of small celestial bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune from which many short-period comets are believed to originate
Ku Klux·er ['kü-'klək-sər also 'kyü- or 'klü-] -n
- a member of the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan ['kü-'kləks-'klan also 'kyü- or 'klü-] -n
- an American post-Civil War secret society advocating white supremacy
- a 20th century secret fraternal group held to confine its membership to American-born white Christians
Ku Klux Klansman -n
- ku kluxer
kuk·ri ['ku̇-krē] -n
- a curved short sword with a broad blade used esp. by Gurkhas
ku·lak ['kü-,lak, -,läk, kü-'] -n
- a prosperous or wealthy peasant farmer in 19th century Russia
- a farmer characterized by Communists as having excessive wealth
kul·tur [ku̇l-'tu̇r] -n
- culture
- culture emphasizing practical efficiency and individual subordination to the state
- German culture held to be superior esp. by militant Nazi and Hohenzollern expansionists
Kul·tur·kampf [-,käm(p)f] -n
- conflict between civil government and religious authorities esp. over control of education and church appointments
- a conflict between cultures or value systems
kumiss [kü-'mis, 'kü-məs] -n
(variant of koumiss)
- a beverage of fermented mare's milk made orig. by the nomadic peoples of central Asia
kum·mel ['ki-məl] -n
- a colorless liqueur flavored principally with caraway seeds
kum·quat ['kəm-,kwät] -n
- any of several small yellow to orange citrus fruits with sweet spongy rind and somewhat acid pulp that are used chiefly for preserves
- a tree or shrub (genus Fortunella) of the rue family that bears kumquats
kun·da·li·ni [,ku̇n-də-'lē-nē, ,kən-] -n
- the yogic life force that is held to lie coiled at the base of the spine until it is aroused and sent to the head to trigger enlightenment
Kung ['ku̇ŋ, 'küŋ; in !Kung the initial sound is a type of click] -n
- a member of a people of southern Africa usu. preceded in writing by
- the Khoisan language of the Kung people usu. preceded in writing by
kung fu [,kəŋ-'fü, ,ku̇ŋ-] -n
- any of various Chinese martial arts and related disciplines that are practiced esp. for self-defense, exercise, and spiritual growth
kung pao ['kəŋ-'pau̇, 'küŋ-, 'ku̇ŋ-] -adj
- being stir-fried or sometimes deep-fried and served in a spicy hot sauce usu. with peanuts
kunz·ite ['ku̇n(t)-,sīt] -n
- a pinkish-lilac variety of spodumene used as a gem
Kurd ['ku̇rd, 'kərd] -n, adj
- a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Kurdish -n
- the Iranian language of the Kurds
Kur·di·stan [,ku̇r-də-'stan, ,kər-] -n
- an Oriental rug woven by the Kurds and noted for fine colors
kur·gan [ku̇r-'gän, -'gan] -n
- a burial mound of eastern Europe or Siberia
kur·ra·jong ['kər-ə-,jȯŋ, 'kə-rə-, -,jäŋ] -n
- any of several Australian trees or shrubs (family Sterculiaceae, esp. genus Brachychiton)
- one ( B. populneum) often planted as a shade tree or in windbreaks
kur·ta ['kər-tə, 'ku̇r-tä] -n
- a long loose-fitting collarless shirt of a style originating in India
kur·to·sis [(,)kər-'tō-səs] -n
- the peakedness or flatness of the graph of a frequency distribution esp. with respect to the concentration of values near the mean as compared with the normal distribution
ku·ru ['ku̇r-(,)ü] -n
- a rare progressive fatal prion disease that resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and has occurred among tribespeople in eastern New Guinea who engaged in a form of ritual cannibalism
ku·rus [kə-'rüsh] -n
- see lira at
Kutenai ['kü-tə-,nā, -,nē] -n
(variant of Kootenai)
- a member of an American Indian people of the Rocky Mountains in both the U.S. and Canada
- the language of the Kootenai people