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   Kalimantan
         n 1: the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of
               Borneo [syn: {Indonesian Borneo}, {Kalimantan}]
         2: 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to
            the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain
            forest; part of the Malay Archipelago [syn: {Borneo},
            {Kalimantan}]

English Dictionary: Kalimantan by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kalinin
n
  1. soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946)
    Synonym(s): Kalinin, Mikhail Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kallman's syndrome
n
  1. hypogonadism with anosmia; a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kalmia angustifolia
n
  1. North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock
    Synonym(s): sheep laurel, pig laurel, lambkill, Kalmia angustifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kilimanjaro
n
  1. the highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high
    Synonym(s): Kilimanjaro, Mount Kilimanjaro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Klemens Metternich
n
  1. Austrian statesman (1773-1859) [syn: Metternich, {Klemens Metternich}, Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,
      laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
      1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L.
            nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
            with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
            axils; -- called also {sweet bay}.
  
      Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
               Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks
               to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later
               period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
               laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an
               aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
  
      Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some
               respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
  
      2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
            especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
  
      3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
            the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
  
      {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
            cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
            products carried over in the process.
  
      {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia
            latifolia}. See under {Mountain}.
  
      {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}.
  
      {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under
            {Cherry}.
  
      {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}).
  
      {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus.
  
      {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}.
  
      {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}.
  
      {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}.
  
      {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia},
            smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
            redder flowers.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}.
  
      {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambkill \Lamb"kill`\, n. (Bot.)
      A small American ericaceous shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}); --
      called also {calfkill}, {sheepkill}, {sheep laurel}, etc. It
      is supposed to poison sheep and other animals that eat it at
      times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p,
      sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
      OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
            genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both
            hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
  
      Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size,
               in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
               size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
               domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
               breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
               for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
               long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
               remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
               often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
               which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
               always has four horns.
  
      2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
  
      3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
            and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
  
      {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}.
  
      {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}.
  
      {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
            {Estrus}.
  
      {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
  
      {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
            angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
           
  
      {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina})
            related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
            spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
  
      {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
            and graze.
  
      {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
            Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
            conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
  
      {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana})
            having much the appearance of scabious.
  
      {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
            characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
            the skin.
  
      {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}.
  
      {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends
            of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
            often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
            called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
  
      {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
            Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
            soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
           
  
      {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida
            commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety
            {gossypina}).
  
      {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect
            ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
            its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
            blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and
            {sheep louse}.
  
      {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
  
      {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and
            {O[94]rial}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelman \Keel"man\, n.; pl. -{men}.
      See {Keeler}, 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keeler \Keel"er\, n. [See 3d {Keel}.]
      1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also
            {keelman}.
  
      2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding
            materials for calking ships, or one used for washing
            dishes, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelman \Keel"man\, n.; pl. -{men}.
      See {Keeler}, 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keeler \Keel"er\, n. [See 3d {Keel}.]
      1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also
            {keelman}.
  
      2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding
            materials for calking ships, or one used for washing
            dishes, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Klinometer \Kli*nom"e*ter\, n.
      See {Clinometer}.
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