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   Kamehameha the Great
         n 1: Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule
               (1758-1819) [syn: {Kamehameha I}, {Kamehameha the Great}]

English Dictionary: know nothing by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kinematics
n
  1. the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
know nothing
n
  1. an ignorant person [syn: ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Know-Nothing Party
n
  1. a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
    Synonym(s): American Party, Know-Nothing Party
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
komondor
n
  1. Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kuomintang
n
  1. the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan
    Synonym(s): Kuomintang, Guomindang
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kinematic \Kin`e*mat"ic\, Kinematical \Kin`e*mat"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to kinematics.
  
      {Kinematic curves}, curves produced by machinery, or a
            combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical
            curves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kinematic \Kin`e*mat"ic\, Kinematical \Kin`e*mat"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to kinematics.
  
      {Kinematic curves}, curves produced by machinery, or a
            combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical
            curves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kinematic \Kin`e*mat"ic\, Kinematical \Kin`e*mat"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to kinematics.
  
      {Kinematic curves}, curves produced by machinery, or a
            combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical
            curves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kinematics \Kin`e*mat"ics\, n. [Gr. ([?]),([?]) motion, fr. [?]
      to move.] (Physics)
      The science which treats of motions considered in themselves,
      or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of
      motions.
  
      Note: Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics,
               as involving the mathematical principles which are to
               be applied to its data of forces. --Nichol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cinematograph \Cin`e*mat"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], motion +
      -graph.]
      1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
            features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
            moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
            before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
            vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
            machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
            producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
            the cinematograph are {animatograph}, {biograph},
            {bioscope}, {electrograph}, {electroscope},
            {kinematograph}, {kinetoscope}, {veriscope}, {vitagraph},
            {vitascope}, {zo[94]gyroscope}, {zo[94]praxiscope}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Know-nothing \Know"-noth`ing\, n.
      A member of a secret political organization in the United
      States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of
      foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the
      exclusive choice of native Americans for office.
  
      Note: The party originated in 1853, and existed for about
               three years. The members of it were called
               Know-nothings, because they replied [bd]I don't
               know,[b8] to any questions asked them in reference to
               the party.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Know-nothingism \Know"-noth`ing*ism\, n.
      The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the
      Know-nothings.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kinmundy, IL (city, FIPS 40117)
      Location: 38.77399 N, 88.84958 W
      Population (1990): 879 (402 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62854
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