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   keenly
         adv 1: in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware
                  of his own shortcomings"

English Dictionary: knell by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kennel
n
  1. outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog [syn: kennel, doghouse, dog house]
v
  1. put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kennelly
n
  1. United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)
    Synonym(s): Kennelly, A. E. Kennelly, Arthur Edwin Kennelly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knawel
n
  1. widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
    Synonym(s): knawel, knawe, Scleranthus annuus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kneel
n
  1. supporting yourself on your knees [syn: kneel, kneeling]
v
  1. rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knell
n
  1. the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
v
  1. ring as in announcing death
  2. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
    Synonym(s): ring, knell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knoll
n
  1. a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
know-all
n
  1. someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
    Synonym(s): know-it- all, know-all
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kummel
n
  1. liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.)
      The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree
      ({Mallotus Philippinensis}) used for dyeing silk. It is
      violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.
      [Written also {kameela}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.)
      The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree
      ({Mallotus Philippinensis}) used for dyeing silk. It is
      violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.
      [Written also {kameela}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keenly \Keen"ly\, adv.
      In a keen manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [See {Channel}, {Canal}.]
      The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a
      gutter; also, a puddle. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil,
      LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. {Canine}.]
      1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
  
                     A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to
                     describe his kennel.                           --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. --Shak.
  
      3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kenneled}or {Kennelled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Kennelling}.]
      To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
  
               The dog kenneled in a hollow tree.         --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. t.
      To put or keep in a kennel. --Thomson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kimnel \Kim"nel\, n.
      A tub. See {Kemelin}. [Obs.]
  
               She knew not what a kimnel was               --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kinoyl \Ki"noyl\, n. (Chem.) [Obs.]
      See {Quinoyl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quinoyl \Qui"noyl\, n. [Quinone + -yl.] (Chem.)
      A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to
      phenyl. [Written also {kinoyl}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kinoyl \Ki"noyl\, n. (Chem.) [Obs.]
      See {Quinoyl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quinoyl \Qui"noyl\, n. [Quinone + -yl.] (Chem.)
      A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to
      phenyl. [Written also {kinoyl}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knawel \Knaw"el\, n. [Akin to G. knauelk, kn[84]uel,prop., a
      ball of thread, coil. Cf. {Clew}.] (Bot.)
      A low, spreading weed ({Scleranthus annuus}), common in sandy
      soil.

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]:
   Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG.
      bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G.
      brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
            sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
            scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
            long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
            and large yellow flowers.
  
                     No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
            the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
            attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
            originally made of the twigs of the broom.
  
      {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax
            family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
            -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}.
  
      {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}),
            used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
  
      {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}.

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]:
   Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG.
      bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G.
      brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
            sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
            scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
            long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
            and large yellow flowers.
  
                     No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
            the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
            attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
            originally made of the twigs of the broom.
  
      {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax
            family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
            -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}.
  
      {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}),
            used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
  
      {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kneel \Kneel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelt}or {Kneeled} ([?]); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Kneeling}.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D.
      knielen, Dan. kn[91]le. See {Knee}.]
      To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes
      with down.
  
               And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord,
               lay not this sin to their charge.            --Acts vii.
                                                                              60.
  
               As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's
               Prayer.                                                   --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knell \Knell\, v. t.
      To summon, as by a knell.
  
               Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a
               world of death.                                       --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knell \Knell\, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to
      sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw.
      knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack.
      Cf. {Knoll}, n. & v.]
      The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a
      person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively,
      a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of
      anything.
  
               The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
               The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knell \Knell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Knelling}.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See {Knell},
      n.]
      To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or
      funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
  
               Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee.
                                                                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
               Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes
               laid waste, knells in that word, [bd]alone[b8]. --Ld.
                                                                              Lytton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knoll \Knoll\, n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod,
      lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. kn[94]l, Dan.
      knold.]
      A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the
      top or crown of a hill.
  
               On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge,
               the giant oak.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knoll \Knoll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Knolling}.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See {Knell}.]
      To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to
      proclaim, or summon, by ringing. [bd]Knolled to church.[b8]
      --Shak.
  
               Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours.   --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knoll \Knoll\, v. i.
      To sound, as a bell; to knell. --Shak.
  
               For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and
               the hollow bells knoll.                           --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knoll \Knoll\, n.
      The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Know-all \Know"-all`\, n.
      One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to
      great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or
      R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kummel \Kum"mel\, n. [G. k[81]mmel cumin, caraway seed, L.
      cuminum. Cf. {Cumin}.]
      A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened
      spirit flavored with caraway seeds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kyanol \Ky"a*nol\, n. [See {Cyanite}.] (Chem.)
      (a) Aniline. [Obs.]
      (b) A base obtained from coal tar. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kymnel \Kym"nel\, n.
      See {Kimnel}. [Obs.] --Chapman.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kamuela, HI
      Zip code(s): 96743

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kenly, NC (town, FIPS 35540)
      Location: 35.59342 N, 78.12527 W
      Population (1990): 1549 (717 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27542

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kimmell, IN
      Zip code(s): 46760

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   KQML
  
      {Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Kemuel
      helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor
      (Gen. 22:21).
     
         (2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of
      Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24).
     
         (3.) A Levite (1 Chr. 27:17).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Kemuel, God hath raised up, or established him
  
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