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Kachaturian
n 1: Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music
(1903-1978) [syn: {Kachaturian}, {Aram Kachaturian}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- keister
- n
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kestrel
- n
- small North American falcon [syn: sparrow hawk, {American
kestrel}, kestrel, Falco sparverius]
- small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
Synonym(s): kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- key stroke
- n
- the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard;
"the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work"
Synonym(s): keystroke, key stroke
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- keystroke
- n
- the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard;
"the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work"
Synonym(s): keystroke, key stroke
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Khachaturian
- n
- Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic
and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978)
Synonym(s): Khachaturian, Aram Khachaturian, Aram Ilich Khachaturian
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kick start
- n
- a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the
foot and the weight of the body
Synonym(s): kick starter, kick start
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kick starter
- n
- a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the
foot and the weight of the body
Synonym(s): kick starter, kick start
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kick turn
- n
- a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the
vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kick-start
- v
- start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[ecr]s"tr[ecr]l), n. [See {Castrel}.]
(Zo[94]l.)
A small, slender European hawk ({Falco alaudarius}), allied
to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
spotted with white and black. Also called {windhover} and
{stannel}. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. [bd]Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
hawks.[b8] --Bacon.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Kiester, MN (city, FIPS 33056)
Location: 43.53664 N, 93.71141 W
Population (1990): 606 (296 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56051
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