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   kaffir
         n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem
               form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
               leaves [syn: {great millet}, {kaffir}, {kafir corn},
               {kaffir corn}, {Sorghum bicolor}]
         2: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
            {kaffir}, {kafir}, {caffer}, {caffre}]

English Dictionary: kaffir by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kafir
n
  1. an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn: kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre]
  2. a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kafiri
n
  1. a Dardic language spoken by the Kafir in northeastern Afghanistan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keeper
n
  1. someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
  2. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
    Synonym(s): custodian, keeper, steward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Khepera
n
  1. Egyptian god of the morning sun; creator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kipper
n
  1. salted and smoked herring [syn: kipper, {kippered herring}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kuiper
n
  1. United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)
    Synonym(s): Kuiper, Gerard Kuiper, Gerard Peter Kuiper
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]:
   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]:
   Keeper \Keep"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which,
            holds or has possession of anything.
  
      2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a
            prison and the charge of prisoners.
  
      3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
            anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of
            a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property; hence, one
            who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
  
                     The Lord is thy keeper.                     --Ps. cxxi. 6.
  
      4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
  
                     Discreet; chaste; keepers at home.      --Titus ii. 5.
  
      5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object
            in place; as:
            (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock
                  protrudes, when shot.
            (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger.
            (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end
                  of the strap.
  
      6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good
            keeper. -- Downing.
  
      {Keeper of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the
            principal government of all things relating to the forest.
           
  
      {Keeper of the great seal}, a high officer of state, who has
            custody of the great seal. The office is now united with
            that of lord chancellor. [Eng.]
  
      {Keeper of the King's conscience}, the lord chancellor; -- a
            name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.]
           
  
      {Keeper of the privy seal} (styled also lord privy seal), a
            high officer of state, through whose hands pass all
            charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great
            seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called
            {clerk of the privy seal}. [Eng.]
  
      {Keeper of a magnet}, a piece of iron which connects the two
            poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power
            undiminished; an armature.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keever \Keev"er\, n.
      See {Keeve}, n.

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]:
   Kever \Kev"er\, v. t. &
      i. To cover. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf.
      {Kipe}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A salmon after spawning.
  
      2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so
            called because salmon after spawning were usually so
            cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]
  
      {Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is
            forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Kippering}.]
      To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. [bd]Kippered
      salmon.[b8] --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kipper \Kip"per\, a.
      Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
      [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kiver \Kiv"er\, v. t.
      To cover. -- n. A cover. [Disused except in illiterate
      speech.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kiefer, OK (town, FIPS 39750)
      Location: 35.94412 N, 96.05262 W
      Population (1990): 962 (355 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kieffer, WV
      Zip code(s): 24950
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