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   Karel Capek
         n 1: Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the
               English language (1890-1938) [syn: {Capek}, {Karel Capek}]

English Dictionary: Karl Augustus Menninger by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Augustus Menninger
n
  1. United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)
    Synonym(s): Menninger, Karl Menninger, Karl Augustus Menninger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Czerny
n
  1. Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)
    Synonym(s): Czerny, Karl Czerny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Gauss
n
  1. German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855)
    Synonym(s): Gauss, Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Gjellerup
n
  1. Danish novelist (1857-1919) [syn: Gjellerup, {Karl Gjellerup}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Gunnar Myrdal
n
  1. Swedish economist (1898-1987) [syn: Myrdal, {Gunnar Myrdal}, Karl Gunnar Myrdal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
n
  1. German mathematician (1804-1851) [syn: Jacobi, {Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Jaspers
n
  1. German psychiatrist (1883-1969) [syn: Jaspers, {Karl Jaspers}, Karl Theodor Jaspers]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karl Scheele
n
  1. Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786)
    Synonym(s): Scheele, Karl Scheele, Karl Wilhelm Scheele
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Karol Wojtyla
n
  1. the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
    Synonym(s): John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
karyolysis
n
  1. disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kyriological \Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al\, a. [See {Curiologic}.]
      Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or
      alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
      sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
      the pure elementary sounds. See {Curiologic}. [Written also
      {curiologic} and {kuriologic}.]
  
      Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those
               Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put
               conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle
               by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kyrie eleison \Kyr"i*e e*lei"son\ [Gr. ky`rie 'elei^son .]
      1. (R. C. Ch.) Greek words, meaning [bd]Lord, have mercy upon
            us,[b8] used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany
            of the saints, etc. --Addis & Arnold.
  
      2. The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the
            service of the Church of England and of the Protestant
            Episcopal Church.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kyriolexy \Kyr"i*o*lex`y\, Kyriology \Kyr`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr.
      [?], [?]. See {Curiologic}.]
      The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished
      from the use of figurative or obscure ones. --Krauth-Fleming.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kyriological \Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al\, a. [See {Curiologic}.]
      Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or
      alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
      sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
      the pure elementary sounds. See {Curiologic}. [Written also
      {curiologic} and {kuriologic}.]
  
      Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those
               Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put
               conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle
               by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kyriolexy \Kyr"i*o*lex`y\, Kyriology \Kyr`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr.
      [?], [?]. See {Curiologic}.]
      The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished
      from the use of figurative or obscure ones. --Krauth-Fleming.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Karlsruhe, ND (city, FIPS 41380)
      Location: 48.09078 N, 100.61707 W
      Population (1990): 143 (76 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58744

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Karlstad, MN (city, FIPS 32444)
      Location: 48.57810 N, 96.51558 W
      Population (1990): 881 (380 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56732

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Karluk, AK (CDP, FIPS 37540)
      Location: 57.58606 N, 154.39530 W
      Population (1990): 71 (27 housing units)
      Area: 120.5 sq km (land), 53.4 sq km (water)
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