kuri-chiku, n.
small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
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<noun.plant>
| Phyllostachys nigra |
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| black bamboo |
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| kuri-chiku |
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kurrajong, n.
(kurrajongs)
widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
| Brachychiton populneus |
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| currajong |
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| kurrajong |
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kurrat, n.
(kurrats)
coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized
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<noun.plant>
| Allium ampeloprasum |
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| Levant garlic |
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| kurrat |
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| wild leek |
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kurta, n.
a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
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| kurta |
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kuru, n.
(kurus)
a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
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<noun.state>
| kuru |
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kurus, n.
kutch, n.
(kutches)
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kuvasz, n.
(kuvaszok)
long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog
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| kuvasz |
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kvass, n.
(kvasses)
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domain of synset (region)
kvetch, n.
(kvetches)
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kvetch, v.
(kvetched, kvetches, kvetching)
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 29
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 29
| complain |
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| kick |
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| kvetch |
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| plain |
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| quetch |
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| sound off |
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"My mother complains all day""She has a lot to kick about"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
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kwacha, n.
(kwachas)
kwai, n.
(kwais)
kwanza, n.
(kwanzas)
kwashiorkor, n.
(kwashiorkors)
severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
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<noun.state>
| kwashiorkor |
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kweek, n.
(kweeks)
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
| Bahama grass |
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| Bermuda grass |
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| Cynodon dactylon |
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| devil grass |
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| doob |
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| kweek |
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| scutch grass |
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| star grass |
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kwela, n.
(kwelas)
a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
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| kwela |
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kyanite, n.
(kyanites)
a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
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<noun.substance>
| cyanite |
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| kyanite |
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kyat, n.
(kyats)
kylie, n.
(kylies)
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kylix, n.
(kylikes, kylixes)
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kymograph, n.
(kymographs)
scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
<noun.artifact>
<noun.artifact>
| cymograph |
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| kymograph |
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kyo-chiku, n.
immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
| Dendrocalamus giganteus |
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| giant bamboo |
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| kyo-chiku |
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kyphosis, n.
(kyphoses)
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kyphotic, adj.
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
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<adj.all>
| crookback |
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| crookbacked |
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| gibbous |
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| humpbacked |
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| humped |
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| hunchbacked |
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| kyphotic |
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