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   Kandahar
         n 1: a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center
               [syn: {Kandahar}, {Qandahar}]

English Dictionary: Kindergarten by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kantrex
n
  1. antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections
    Synonym(s): kanamycin, Kantrex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kemadrin
n
  1. drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonism
    Synonym(s): procyclidine, Kemadrin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendrew
n
  1. English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917)
    Synonym(s): Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kenneth Roberts
n
  1. United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
    Synonym(s): Roberts, Kenneth Roberts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kind-hearted
adj
  1. having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition; "a generous and kindhearted teacher"
    Synonym(s): kindhearted, kind-hearted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kind-heartedness
n
  1. sympathy arising from a kind heart [syn: kindheartedness, kind-heartedness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindergarten
n
  1. a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindergartener
n
  1. a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten [syn: preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindergartner
n
  1. a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten [syn: preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindhearted
adj
  1. having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition; "a generous and kindhearted teacher"
    Synonym(s): kindhearted, kind-hearted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindheartedness
n
  1. sympathy arising from a kind heart [syn: kindheartedness, kind-heartedness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindred
adj
  1. similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
    Synonym(s): akin(p), kindred
  2. related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans"
n
  1. group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knitter
n
  1. someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knitwear
n
  1. knitted clothing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knitwork
n
  1. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
    Synonym(s): knit, knitting, knitwork
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cantred \Can"tred\, d8Cantref \[d8]Can"tref\, n. [W. cantref;
      cant hundred + tref dwelling place, village.]
      A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales.
      [Written also {kantry}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kanttry \Kant"try\, n.
      Same as {Cantred}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kind \Kind\, a. [Compar. {Kinder}; superl. {Kindest}.] [AS.
      cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the
      root of E. kin. See {Kin} kindred.]
      1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature;
            natural; native. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth
                     the kind taste.                                 --Holland.
  
      2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;
            sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
  
                     Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he
                     bore to learning was his fault.         --Goldsmith.
  
      3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and
            confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;
            benevolent; benignant; gracious.
  
                     He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --Luke
                                                                              vi 35.
  
                     O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to
                     the wretched mortals left behind.      --Waller.
  
                     A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. --Garrick.
  
      4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,
            gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. [bd]Manners so
            kind, yet stately.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
      5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in
            harness.
  
      Syn: Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;
               propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;
               humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild;
               gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See
               {Obliging}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kindergarten \Kin"der*gar`ten\, n. [G., lit., children's garden;
      kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten
      garden.]
      A school for young children, conducted on the theory that
      education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the
      normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation,
      and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a
      German educator, who introduced this method of training, in
      rooms opening on a garden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kindergartner \Kin"der*gart`ner\, n.
      One who teaches in a kindergarten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kilderkin \Kil"der*kin\, n. [OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small
      barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G.
      kind, and to E. kin.]
      A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen
      English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United
      States measure. [Written also {kinderkin}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kind-hearted \Kind"-heart`ed\, a.
      Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a
      humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.
  
               To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kind-heartedness \Kind"-heart`ed*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kindred \Kin"dred\, n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with
      excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination
      -r[aemac]den, akin to AS. r[aemac]dan to advise, G. rathen.
      Cf. {Hatred}.]
      1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity;
            affinity; kin.
  
                     Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. -- Dryden.
  
      2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former;
            relations; persons related to each other.
  
                     I think there's no man is secure But the queen's
                     kindred.                                             --Shak.
  
      Syn: Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations;
               relationship; affinity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kindred \Kin"dred\, a.
      Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
      kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
  
               True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kneader \Knead"er\, n.
      One who kneads.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knee \Knee\, n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne[a2], cne[a2]w; akin to
      OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[c6], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu,
      chneo, Icel. kn[?], Sw. kn[84],Dan. kn[91], Goth. kniu, L.
      genu, Gr. [?], Skr. j[be]nu, [?] Cf. {Genuflection}.]
      1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
  
      2. (Anat.)
            (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh
                  and leg.
            (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint,
                  corresponding to the wrist in man.
  
      3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed
            with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when
            bent.
  
      4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
  
                     Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak.
  
      {Knee breeches}. See under {Breeches}.
  
      {Knee holly}, {Knee holm} (Bot.), butcher's broom.
  
      {Knee jerk} (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or
            sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which
            causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one
            of the so-called tendon reflexes.
  
      {Knee joint}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Knee timber}, timber with knees or angles in it.
  
      {Knee tribute}, or {Knee worship}, tribute paid by kneeling;
            worship by genuflection. [Obs.] [bd]Knee tribute yet
            unpaid.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knitter \Knit"ter\, n.
      One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting
      machine. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knotty \Knot"ty\, a. [Compar. {Knottier}; superl. {Knottiest}.]
      1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty
            timber; a knotty rope.
  
      2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] --Rewe.
  
      3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
  
                     A knotty point to which we now proceed --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knotwort \Knot"wort\ (-w[ucir]rt`), n. (Bot.)
      A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus
      {Illecebrum} ({I. verticillatum}).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kendrick, ID (city, FIPS 42760)
      Location: 46.61390 N, 116.65213 W
      Population (1990): 325 (149 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83537
   Kendrick, OK (town, FIPS 39150)
      Location: 35.78528 N, 96.77487 W
      Population (1990): 171 (60 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74079

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kinder, LA (town, FIPS 39755)
      Location: 30.48647 N, 92.84866 W
      Population (1990): 2246 (902 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70648

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kinderhook, IL (village, FIPS 39922)
      Location: 39.70487 N, 91.15473 W
      Population (1990): 257 (103 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62345
   Kinderhook, NY (village, FIPS 39562)
      Location: 42.39456 N, 73.70407 W
      Population (1990): 1293 (530 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12106

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kindred, ND (city, FIPS 42780)
      Location: 46.65093 N, 97.02106 W
      Population (1990): 569 (246 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58051

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kintyre, ND
      Zip code(s): 58549
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