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   Kenneth David Kaunda
         n 1: statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as
               Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president
               (1924-1999) [syn: {Kaunda}, {Kenneth Kaunda}, {Kenneth
               David Kaunda}]

English Dictionary: knotted marjoram by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keynote address
n
  1. a speech setting forth the keynote [syn: keynote speech, keynote address]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knitted
adj
  1. made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving; "knitted garments"; "a hand-knitted sweater"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knotted
adj
  1. tied with a knot; "his carefully knotted necktie"
  2. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
    Synonym(s): gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knotted marjoram
n
  1. aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe
    Synonym(s): sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, Origanum majorana, Majorana hortensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Komodo dragon
n
  1. the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands
    Synonym(s): Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, dragon lizard, giant lizard, Varanus komodoensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knead \Knead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kneaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kneading}.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G.
      kneten, Sw. kn[?]da, Icel. kno[?]a; cf. OSlav. gnesti.]
      1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands;
            esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles,
            into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake,
            etc.; as, to knead dough.
  
                     The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of
                     the oven, and the baking.                  --Shak.
  
      2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
  
                     I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak.
  
      {Kneading trough}, a trough or tray in which dough is
            kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knit \Knit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr.
      cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn[?]ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte.
      See {Knot}.]
      1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
            cord; to fasten by tying.
  
                     A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
                                                                              11.
  
                     When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher
                     about your brows.                              --Shak.
  
      2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn
            or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of
            needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
            stockings.
  
      3. To join; to cause to grow together.
  
                     Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
                     under a discharge.                              --Wiseman.
  
      4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
            together in love.
  
                     Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.
  
                     Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light
                     fantastic round.                                 --Milton.
  
                     A link among the days, toknit The generations each
                     to each.                                             --Tennyson.
  
      5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
  
                     He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knotted \Knot"ted\, a.
      1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord;
            the knotted oak. --Dryden.
  
      2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
  
                     Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
  
                     The west corner of thy curious knotted garden.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly
            composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the
            rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered
            surface; as, knotted rocks. --Percival.
  
      5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
  
                     They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knot \Knot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Knotting}.]
      1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form
            a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. [bd]Knotted curls.[b8]
            --Drayton.
  
                     As tight as I could knot the noose.   --Tennyson.
  
      2. To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon.
  
      3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knotweed \Knot"weed"\ (n>ocr/t"w[emac]d`), n. (Bot.)
      See {Knot[?]rass}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kennedy Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 39332)
      Location: 40.47618 N, 80.10189 W
      Population (1990): 7152 (2683 housing units)
      Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kentwood, LA (town, FIPS 39545)
      Location: 30.93466 N, 90.51526 W
      Population (1990): 2468 (995 housing units)
      Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70444
   Kentwood, MI (city, FIPS 42820)
      Location: 42.88238 N, 85.59219 W
      Population (1990): 37826 (16337 housing units)
      Area: 54.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49508, 49512, 49548
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