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   Kachinic
         n 1: Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and
               adjacent China and India [syn: {Kachin}, {Kachinic}]

English Dictionary: kicking by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kick one's heels
v
  1. wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely; be kept waiting; "She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy"
    Synonym(s): kick one's heels, cool one's heels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kicking
n
  1. a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
    Synonym(s): kick, kicking
  2. the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
    Synonym(s): kick, boot, kicking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kissing
n
  1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
    Synonym(s): caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kissing bug
n
  1. large bloodsucking bug [syn: conenose, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kissing cousin
n
  1. a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
    Synonym(s): kissing cousin, kissing kin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kissing disease
n
  1. an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
    Synonym(s): infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, mono, glandular fever, kissing disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kissing kin
n
  1. a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
    Synonym(s): kissing cousin, kissing kin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kissinger
n
  1. United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)
    Synonym(s): Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keck \Keck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kecking}.] [Cf. dial. G. k[94]cken, k[94]ken.]
      To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Khaya \Kha"ya\, n. (Bot.)
      A lofty West African tree ({Khaya Senegalensis}), related to
      the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood.
      The bark is used as a febrifuge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, n. [From the South American name.]
      1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S.
            Mahogoni}), found in tropical America.
  
      Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like
               mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany
               ({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany
               ({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia
               apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela
               Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and
               {Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}),
               Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula
               lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of
               California and the Rocky Mountains.
  
      2. The wood of the {Swietenia Mahogoni}. It is of a reddish
            brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and
            susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the
            manufacture of furniture.
  
      3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
  
      {To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen
            under the table. [Eng.]
  
      {To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with
            him. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
      To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
      horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
  
               He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
               judges.                                                   --Macaulay.
  
      {To kick the beam}, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of
            the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
            wanting in weight. --Milton.
  
      {To kick the bucket}, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. &
            Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kiss \Kiss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kissed};p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kissing}.] [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss;
      of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]
      1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection,
            reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
  
                     He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous
                     smack, That at the parting all the church echoed.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
  
                     When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kissing bug \Kiss"ing bug`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous
      Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the
      human body, causing painful sores, as the cone-nose
      ({Conorhinus sanguisuga}). [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cone-nose \Cone"-nose`\, n.
      A large hemipterous insect of the family {Reduviid[91]},
      often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western
      United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species
      called {kissing bugs}. It is also called {big bedbug}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kiss \Kiss\, v. i.
      1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love,
            respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
  
      2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
  
                     Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp
                     and kiss.                                          --Tennyson.
  
      {Kissing comfit}, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath.
            [Obs or Prov. End.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kissing strings \Kiss"ing strings`\
      Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin.
  
               One of her ladyship's kissing strings, once pink and
               fluttering and now faded and soiled.      --Pall Mall
                                                                              Mag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kissingcrust \Kiss"ing*crust`\, n. (Cookery)
      The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched
      another loaf in baking. --Lamb.
  
               A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs
               like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf.
                                                                              --W. Howitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kosmos \Kos"mos\, n.
      See {Cosmos}. --Gladstone.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kachemak, AK (city, FIPS 36550)
      Location: 59.67400 N, 151.43104 W
      Population (1990): 365 (175 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kicking Horse, MT (CDP, FIPS 40580)
      Location: 47.46058 N, 114.07417 W
      Population (1990): 281 (19 housing units)
      Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kokhanok, AK (CDP, FIPS 41270)
      Location: 59.40751 N, 154.74417 W
      Population (1990): 152 (41 housing units)
      Area: 56.3 sq km (land), 20.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99606
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