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   keelboat
         n 1: river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails;
               used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing

English Dictionary: Klubdisziplin by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kilobit
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1000 bits [syn: kilobit, kbit, kb]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kilobyte
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes [syn: kilobyte, K, KB, kB]
  2. a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
    Synonym(s): kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Klaipeda
n
  1. a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League
    Synonym(s): Klaipeda, Memel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kleptomania
n
  1. an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kleptomaniac
n
  1. someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keel \Keel\, n. [Cf. AS. ce[a2]l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel
      keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kj[omac]ll, and perh. to Gr.
      gay^los a round-built Ph[oe]nician merchant vessel, gaylo`s
      bucket; cf. Skr. g[omac]la ball, round water vessel. But the
      meaning of the English word seems to come from Icel. kj[94]lr
      keel, akin to Sw. k[94]l, Dan. kj[94]l.]
      1. (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers
            scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the
            bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the
            vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side,
            supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a
            combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a
            wooden ship. See Illust. of {Keelson}.
  
      2. Fig.: The whole ship.
  
      3. A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal
            from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one
            tons, four cwt. [Eng.]
  
      4. (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a
            papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens
            and pistil; a carina. See {Carina}.
  
      5. (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat
            or curved surface.
  
      {Bilge keel} (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels,
            extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under
            the bilges. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {False keel}. See under {False}.
  
      {Keel boat}.
            (a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails,
                  used on Western rivers. [U. S.]
            (b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See {Keel}, n., 3.
                 
  
      {Keel piece}, one of the timbers or sections of which a keel
            is composed.
  
      {On even keel}, in a level or horizontal position, so that
            the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same.
            --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelfat \Keel"fat`\, n. [Keel to cool + fat a large tub, a vat.]
      (Brewing)
      A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also
      {keelvat}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelfat \Keel"fat`\, n. [Keel to cool + fat a large tub, a vat.]
      (Brewing)
      A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also
      {keelvat}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelvat \Keel"vat`\, n.
      See {Keelfat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelfat \Keel"fat`\, n. [Keel to cool + fat a large tub, a vat.]
      (Brewing)
      A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also
      {keelvat}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keelvat \Keel"vat`\, n.
      See {Keelfat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kleptomania \Klep`to*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. [?] thief + E. mania.]
      A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does
      not constitute legal irresponsibility. --Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kleptomaniac \Klep`to*ma"ni*ac\, n.
      A person affected with kleptomania.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Klipdas \Klip"das\, Klipdachs \Klip"dachs`\, n. [D. klip cliff +
      das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small mammal ({Hyrax Capensis}), found in South Africa. It
      is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the
      daman. Called also {rock rabbit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Klipdas \Klip"das\, Klipdachs \Klip"dachs`\, n. [D. klip cliff +
      das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small mammal ({Hyrax Capensis}), found in South Africa. It
      is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the
      daman. Called also {rock rabbit}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   kilobaud
  
      1000 {baud}.
  
      (1996-02-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   kilobit
  
      2^10 = 1024 {bit}s of storage (1 Kb).
  
      Compare {kilobits per second}.
  
      (2002-03-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   kilobits per second
  
      (kbps, kb/s) A unit of {data rate} where 1 kb/s = 1000
      bits per second.   This contrasts with units of storage where 1
      Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K).
  
      (2002-03-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   kilobyte
  
      (KB) 2^10 = 1024 {bytes}.
  
      See {prefix}.
  
      (1995-09-29)
  
  
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