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kettledrum, n. tympano; pl. tympani.
key, n. a.s.sociated 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. a.s.sociated 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, a.s.sa.s.sinate, butcher, despatch, execute, lynch, ma.s.sacre, burke, immolate, guillotine, decimate, destroy, blast; counteract, neutralize; quell, extinguish.
killer, n. slayer, murderer, butcher, a.s.sa.s.sin, a.s.sa.s.sinator, executor, destroyer.
killing, n. slaying, slaughter, butchering, butchery, a.s.sa.s.sination, ma.s.sacre, strangulation, immolation, holocaust, execution, fusillade, carnage, murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, a.s.sideration, destruction, blasting; counteraction, neutralization.
killing, a. fatal, mortal, deadly, destructive; captivating, charming, fascinating.
kilt, n. filibeg.
kilter, n. (Colloq.) condition, order.
kin, n. relations.h.i.+p; relatives, relations, kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen.
kin, a. kindred.
kind, a. indulgent, compa.s.sionate, 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. compa.s.sionate, lenient, clement, kind.
kindle, v. enkindle, fire, ignite, incite, inflame, rouse.
kindling, n. enkindling, incitement, accension.
kindly, a. kind.
kindness, n. compa.s.sion, benignity, benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compa.s.sionateness; favor, service, good turn.
kindred, n. relations.h.i.+p; relatives, relations, kinsfolk, kin, kinsmen.
kindred, a. related, congenial, allied, similar.
kine, n. pl. cows, cattle.
king, n. monarch, sovereign, potentate, regulus. a.s.sociated Words: regicide royalty, 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). a.s.sociated Words: scullion, culinary, olitory.
kith, n. acquaintance.
knack, n. gimcrack, trinket, toy, plaything, knickknack, kickshaws, gewgaw, bauble; skill, readiness, apt.i.tude, proficiency, dexterity, adroitness; trick, device.
knarl, n. knot, gnarl, knag, knurl, node.
