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   katamorphism
         n 1: metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface;
               breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones [ant:
               {anamorphism}]

English Dictionary: ketonuria by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ketonuria
n
  1. excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
    Synonym(s): ketonuria, ketoaciduria, acetonuria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kidney wort
n
  1. widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
    Synonym(s): coyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
      1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other
            waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
  
      Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
               each side of vertebral column in the back part of the
               abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder
               by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is
               constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically
               discharged.
  
      2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak.
  
                     There are in later other decrees, made by popes of
                     another kidney.                                 --Barrow.
  
                     Millions in the world of this man's kidney.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
  
                     Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
                     kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
                     prudence.                                          --Burns.
  
      Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
               the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of
               the condition of an animal as to fatness. [bd]Think of
               that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to
               heat as butter.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.
  
      {Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}.
           
  
      {Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its
            shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See
            under {Bean}.
  
      {Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron
            sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
  
      {Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}.
  
      {Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia
            ({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or
            yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,
            and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;
            lady's-fingers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kidneywort \Kid"ney*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
      (b) The navelwort.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Navelwort \Na"vel*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A European perennial succulent herb ({Cotyledon umbilicus}),
      having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; --
      also called {pennywort}, and {kidneywort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kidneywort \Kid"ney*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
      (b) The navelwort.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Navelwort \Na"vel*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A European perennial succulent herb ({Cotyledon umbilicus}),
      having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; --
      also called {pennywort}, and {kidneywort}.
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