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   kaffir cat
         n 1: widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor [syn:
               {kaffir cat}, {caffer cat}, {Felis ocreata}]

English Dictionary: Kupferazur by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kaffir corn
n
  1. important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
    Synonym(s): great millet, kaffir, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kafir corn
n
  1. important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
    Synonym(s): great millet, kaffir, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kubrick
n
  1. United States filmmaker (born in 1928) [syn: Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kupffer's cell
n
  1. specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water monitor \Wa"ter mon"i*tor\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A very large lizard ({Varanaus salvator}) native of India. It
      frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It
      becomes five or six feet long. Called also {two-banded
      monitor}, and {kabaragoya}. The name is also applied to other
      aquatic monitors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kaffir \Kaf"fir\, Kafir \Ka"fir\, n. [Ar. k[?]fir infidel,
      pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a
      name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf.
      {Giaour}.] (Ethnol.)
      (a) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen,
            inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of
            Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to
            the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the
            Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
      (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
            [Spelt also {Caffre}.]
  
      {Kaffir corn} (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keepership \Keep"er*ship\, n.
      The office or position of a keeper. --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kefir grains \Kefir grains\
      Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus
      region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are
      used as a ferment in preparing kefir.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kefir \Kef"ir\, n.
      An effervescent liquor like kumiss, made from fermented milk,
      used as a food and as a medicine in the northern Caucasus. --
      {Ke*fir"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keverchief \Kev"er*chief\, n.
      A kerchief. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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