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   Kendal
         n 1: a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained
               from the woad plant [syn: {Kendal green}, {Kendal}]

English Dictionary: kindling	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendal green n a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant Synonym(s): Kendal green, Kendal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendall n United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972) Synonym(s): Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendall partial rank correlation n a nonparametric measure of partial correlation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendall rank correlation n a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings Synonym(s): tau coefficient of correlation, Kendall's tau, Kendall rank correlation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendall test n any of several nonparametric measures of correlation (used when the assumptions of standard correlational analysis are not met)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kendall's tau n a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings Synonym(s): tau coefficient of correlation, Kendall's tau, Kendall rank correlation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindle v catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" Synonym(s): kindle, inflame cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" Synonym(s): kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" Synonym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindled adj set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire" [syn: ignited, enkindled, kindled]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindliness n friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition Synonym(s): kindliness, helpfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindling n material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk] the act of setting something on fire Synonym(s): ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindly adv in a kind manner or out of kindness; "He spoke kindly to the boy"; "she kindly overlooked the mistake" Antonym(s): unkindly adj showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor" Synonym(s): charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knothole n a hole in a board where a knot came out
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know-it-all n someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others Synonym(s): know-it- all, know-all
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Komodo lizard n 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]:
Kendal green \Ken"dal green`\, [or] Kendal \Ken"dal\ A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kendal green \Ken"dal green`\, [or] Kendal \Ken"dal\ A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kentle \Ken"tle\, n. [From {Quintal}.] (Com.) A hundred weight; a quintal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See {Hundred}, and cf. {Kentle}.] 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. {Cental}. [Sometimes written and pronounced {kentle}.] 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kentle \Ken"tle\, n. [From {Quintal}.] (Com.) A hundred weight; a quintal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See {Hundred}, and cf. {Kentle}.] 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. {Cental}. [Sometimes written and pronounced {kentle}.] 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kentledge \Kent"ledge\, n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See {Cant} edge, angle.] (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also {kintlidge}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindle \Kin"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See {Kind}.] To bring forth young. [Obs.] --Shak. The poor beast had but lately kindled. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21. 2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov. xxvi. 21. Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. --Shak. Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. --Milton. Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. --Dryden. Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindle \Kin"dle\ (k[icr]n"d'l), v. i. 1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame. When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. --Is. xliii. 2. 2. Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated. On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives way. --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21. 2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov. xxvi. 21. Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. --Shak. Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. --Milton. Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. --Dryden. Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindler \Kin"dler\, n. One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire. [bd]Kindlers of riot.[b8] --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindless \Kind"less\, a. Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] [bd]Kindless villain.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindly \Kind"ly\, a. [Compar. {Kindlier}; superl. {Kindliest}.] [AS. cyndelic. See {Kind}, n. ] 1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.] The kindly fruits of the earth. --Book of Com. Prayer. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. --Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. --L. Andrews. 2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly with my kind. --Tennyson. 3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. In soft silence shed the kindly shower. --Pope. Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. --Wordsworth. Note: [bd]Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning.[b8] --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindly \Kind"ly\, a. [Compar. {Kindlier}; superl. {Kindliest}.] [AS. cyndelic. See {Kind}, n. ] 1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.] The kindly fruits of the earth. --Book of Com. Prayer. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. --Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. --L. Andrews. 2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly with my kind. --Tennyson. 3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. In soft silence shed the kindly shower. --Pope. Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. --Wordsworth. Note: [bd]Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning.[b8] --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindliness \Kind"li*ness\, n. 1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words. In kind a father, but not in kindliness. --Sackville. 3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season. Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and kindliness of seasons. --Whitlock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21. 2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov. xxvi. 21. Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. --Shak. Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. --Milton. Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. --Dryden. Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindly \Kind"ly\, adv. 1. Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language --Addison. 2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige. Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love. --Rom. xii. 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindly \Kind"ly\, a. [Compar. {Kindlier}; superl. {Kindliest}.] [AS. cyndelic. See {Kind}, n. ] 1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.] The kindly fruits of the earth. --Book of Com. Prayer. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. --Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. --L. Andrews. 2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly with my kind. --Tennyson. 3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. In soft silence shed the kindly shower. --Pope. Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. --Wordsworth. Note: [bd]Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning.[b8] --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kentledge \Kent"ledge\, n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See {Cant} edge, angle.] (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also {kintlidge}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kintlidge \Kint"lidge\, n. (Naut.) See {Kentledge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kentledge \Kent"ledge\, n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See {Cant} edge, angle.] (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also {kintlidge}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kintlidge \Kint"lidge\, n. (Naut.) See {Kentledge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knittle \Knit"tle\, n. [From {Knit}.] 1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 2. pl. (Naut.) See {Nettles}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knotless \Knot"less\, a. Free from knots; without knots. [bd]Silver firs with knotless trunks.[b8] --Congreve.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendale Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 36062) Location: 25.70782 N, 80.40734 W Population (1990): 48524 (17129 housing units) Area: 21.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendalia, TX Zip code(s): 78027
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendall, FL (CDP, FIPS 36100) Location: 25.66720 N, 80.33971 W Population (1990): 87271 (35271 housing units) Area: 61.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33156 Kendall, KS Zip code(s): 67857 Kendall, NY Zip code(s): 14476 Kendall, WI (village, FIPS 39150) Location: 43.79315 N, 90.36762 W Population (1990): 453 (200 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54638
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendall County, IL (county, FIPS 93) Location: 41.58779 N, 88.43071 W Population (1990): 39413 (13747 housing units) Area: 830.5 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Kendall County, TX (county, FIPS 259) Location: 29.95048 N, 98.70356 W Population (1990): 14589 (6137 housing units) Area: 1715.9 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendall Green, FL (CDP, FIPS 36112) Location: 26.26685 N, 80.12272 W Population (1990): 3815 (1915 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendall Lakes West, FL (CDP, FIPS 36118) Location: 25.69095 N, 80.43857 W Population (1990): 6038 (2753 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendall Park, NJ (CDP, FIPS 36660) Location: 40.41340 N, 74.56260 W Population (1990): 7127 (2535 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08824
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendallville, IN (city, FIPS 39402) Location: 41.44343 N, 85.25809 W Population (1990): 7773 (3163 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46755
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kendleton, TX (city, FIPS 38848) Location: 29.44590 N, 96.00013 W Population (1990): 496 (216 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kennedale, TX (city, FIPS 38896) Location: 32.64753 N, 97.21909 W Population (1990): 4096 (1623 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76060
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kentland, IN (town, FIPS 39546) Location: 40.77277 N, 87.44603 W Population (1990): 1798 (768 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47951 Kentland, MD (CDP, FIPS 43625) Location: 38.91808 N, 76.89401 W Population (1990): 7967 (2791 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
KMODEL An ancestor of Model-K. "Preliminary Results on the BEHAVIOUR Specifications Language KMODEL-0", BEHAVIOUR Memo 5-91, 1991, GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany