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   ketone group
         n 1: a group having the characteristic properties of ketones

English Dictionary: Kstengewssern by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kidney stone
n
  1. a calculus formed in the kidney [syn: kidney stone, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kidney-shaped
adj
  1. (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
    Synonym(s): reniform, kidney-shaped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kittenish
adj
  1. playful like a lively kitten
    Synonym(s): kittenish, frisky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ketonic \Ke*ton"ic\ (k[esl]*t[ocr]n"[icr]k), a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kid \Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kidded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kidding}.]
      To bring forth a young goat.

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]:
   Kidney \Kid"ney\, n.; pl. {Kidneys}. [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from
      Icel. koi[?]r belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwip
      womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG.
      nioro, Icel. n[?]ra, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to
      Gr. ([?]) Cf. {Kite} belly.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kidney-form \Kid"ney-form`\, Kidney-shaped \Kid"ney-shaped`\, a.
      Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a
      kidney-shaped leaf. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kiteflying \Kite"fly`ing\, n.
      A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the
      use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also
      {kiting}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kittenish \Kit"ten*ish\, a.
      Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
      --Richardson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kotowing}.]
      To perform the kotow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. {Kydde},
      {Kidde} (k[icr]d"de); p. p. {Kythed}, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kything}.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[edh]en, to make known,
      AS. c[ymac][edh]an, fr. c[umac][edh] known. [root]45. See
      {Uncouth}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Kith}.]
      To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or
      Scot.]
  
               For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse.      --Chaucer.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kootenai County, ID (county, FIPS 55)
      Location: 47.67714 N, 116.69680 W
      Population (1990): 69795 (31964 housing units)
      Area: 3225.1 sq km (land), 182.8 sq km (water)
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