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   Kam Muang
         n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Tai Yuan}, {Kam
               Muang}]

English Dictionary: knowingly by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kammon Strait Bridge
n
  1. a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kanamycin
n
  1. antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections
    Synonym(s): kanamycin, Kantrex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kananga
n
  1. a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg
    Synonym(s): Kananga, Luluabourg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kenning
n
  1. conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kenyan shilling
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn: Kenyan shilling, shilling]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kinanesthesia
n
  1. inability to sense movement [ant: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knowing
adj
  1. evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)]
  2. characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
    Synonym(s): intentional, knowing
  3. alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"
    Synonym(s): knowledgeable, knowing
  4. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
    Synonym(s): knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
n
  1. a clear and certain mental apprehension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knowingly
adv
  1. with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references"
    Synonym(s): wittingly, knowingly
    Antonym(s): inadvertently, unknowingly, unwittingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knowingness
n
  1. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
    Synonym(s): awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
    Antonym(s): incognizance
  2. shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ken \Ken\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
      cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
      Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
      kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
      AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be
      able, {Know}.]
      1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
            Scot.]
  
      2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
            [bd]We ken them from afar.[b8] --Addison
  
                     'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kenning \Ken"ning\, n. [See {Ken}, v. t.]
      1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about
            twenty miles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Know \Know\, v. t. [imp. {Knew}; p. p. {Known}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn[84]wan; akin to OHG.
      chn[84]an (in comp.), Icel. kn[84] to be able, Russ, znate to
      know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. [?], Skr. jn[?]; fr. the root
      of E. can, v. i., ken. ([?]). See {Ken}, {Can} to be able,
      and cf. {Acquaint}, {Cognition}, {Gnome}, {Ignore}, {Noble},
      {Note}.]
      1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to
            understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's
            duty.
  
                     O, that a man might know The end of this day's
                     business ere it come!                        --Shak.
  
                     There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
                     it.                                                   --Dryden.
  
                     Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be
                     strong.                                             --Longfellow.
  
      2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
            as, to know things from information.
  
      3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or
            less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to
            possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the
            rules of an organization.
  
                     He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
                                                                              --2 Cor. v.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.
  
      4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
            as, to know a person's face or figure.
  
                     Ye shall know them by their fruits.   --Matt. vil.
                                                                              16.
  
                     And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
                                                                              --Luke xxiv.
                                                                              31.
  
                     To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak.
  
                     At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
                                                                              --Flatman.
  
      5. To have sexual commerce with.
  
                     And Adam knew Eve his wife.               --Gen. iv. 1.
  
      Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an
               infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a
               dependent sentence, etc.
  
                        And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John
                                                                              xi. 42.
  
                        The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
                        In other hands I have known money do good.
                                                                              --Dickens.
  
      {To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to
            have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How
            is sometimes omitted. [bd] If we fear to die, or know not
            to be patient.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knowing \Know"ing\, a.
      1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a
            knowing dog.
  
                     The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knowing \Know"ing\, n.
      Knowledge; hence, experience. [bd] In my knowing.[b8] --Shak.
  
               This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knowingly \Know"ing*ly\, adv.
      1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently;
            consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly
            offend. --Strype.
  
      2. By experience. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knowingness \Know"ing*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent;
      shrewdness; skillfulness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quantity \Quan"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Quantities}. [F. quantite, L.
      quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow,
      E. how, who. See {Who}.]
      1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the
            property of being measurable, or capable of increase and
            decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more
            concretely, that which answers the question [bd]How
            much?[b8]; measure in regard to bulk or amount;
            determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount;
            bulk; extent; size. Hence, in specific uses:
            (a) (Logic) The extent or extension of a general
                  conception, that is, the number of species or
                  individuals to which it may be applied; also, its
                  content or comprehension, that is, the number of its
                  constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.
            (b) (Gram.) The measure of a syllable; that which
                  determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the
                  long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.
            (c) (Mus.) The relative duration of a tone.
  
      2. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured;
            especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical
            processes are applicable.
  
      Note: Quantity is discrete when it is applied to separate
               objects, as in number; continuous, when the parts are
               connected, either in succession, as in time, motion,
               etc., or in extension, as by the dimensions of space,
               viz., length, breadth, and thickness.
  
      3. A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a
            certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount;
            a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in
            quantities, that is, in large quantities.
  
                     The quantity of extensive and curious information
                     which he had picked up during many months of
                     desultory, but not unprofitable, study. --Macaulay.
  
      {Quantity of estate} (Law), its time of continuance, or
            degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years.
            --Wharton (Law Dict. )
  
      {Quantity of matter}, in a body, its mass, as determined by
            its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity.
  
      {Quantity of motion} (Mech.), in a body, the relative amount
            of its motion, as measured by its momentum, varying as the
            product of mass and velocity.
  
      {Known quantities} (Math.), quantities whose values are
            given.
  
      {Unknown quantities} (Math.), quantities whose values are
            sought.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Komenic \Ko*me"nic\, a. [Prob. G. mekonin (by transposition of
      letters) + -ic.] (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from
      meconic acid. [Written also {comenic}.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kenansville, FL
      Zip code(s): 34739
   Kenansville, NC (town, FIPS 35460)
      Location: 34.96195 N, 77.96595 W
      Population (1990): 856 (328 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28349

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kimmins, TN
      Zip code(s): 38462

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Kamin's interpreters
  
      A set of {interpreters} for {Pascal}, {Lisp},
      {APL}, {Scheme}, {SASL}, {CLU}, {Smalltalk}, and {Prolog}.
      Tim Budd implemented them as {subclasses}
      in {C++} sometime before 1991-09-12.
  
      {(ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/budd/kamin/)}.
  
      ["Programming Languages, An Interpreter-Based Approach",
      Samuel Kamin].
  
      (2002-03-14)
  
  
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