English words starting with ke

Meanings of Kea:

noun

A new zealand mountain parrot with a long, narrow bill and mainly olive-green plumage, sometimes feeding on carrion.

Usage examples:

All year round visitors are enchanted by the antics of new zealand's high country parrot, the kea.

Meanings of Keas:

noun

A new zealand mountain parrot with a long, narrow bill and mainly olive-green plumage, sometimes feeding on carrion.

Usage examples:

All year round visitors are enchanted by the antics of new zealand's high country parrot, the kea.

Meanings of Keatsian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the english poet john keats or his works.

Usage examples:

The earliest poems express a keatsian sensuousness

noun

A student or admirer of the english poet john keats or his works.

Usage examples:

Many keatsians have taken notice of these differences

Meanings of Kebab:

noun

A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted or grilled on a skewer or spit.

Usage examples:

It's best used when grilling kabobs, burgers, chops and steaks.

Meanings of Kebabs:

noun

A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted or grilled on a skewer or spit.

Usage examples:

It's best used when grilling kabobs, burgers, chops and steaks.

Meanings of Keck:

verb

Feel as if one is about to vomit; retch.

Usage examples:

He stood there almost kecking from disgust

noun

Cow parsley or a similar plant.

Usage examples:

Other names, such as the ugly "keck", or the ominous "devil's oatmeal" have less to recommend them.

Meanings of Kecked:

verb

Feel as if one is about to vomit; retch.

Usage examples:

He stood there almost kecking from disgust

noun

Cow parsley or a similar plant.

Usage examples:

Other names, such as the ugly "keck", or the ominous "devil's oatmeal" have less to recommend them.

Meanings of Kecking:

verb

Feel as if one is about to vomit; retch.

Usage examples:

He stood there almost kecking from disgust

noun

Cow parsley or a similar plant.

Usage examples:

Other names, such as the ugly "keck", or the ominous "devil's oatmeal" have less to recommend them.

Meanings of Kecks:

verb

Feel as if one is about to vomit; retch.

Usage examples:

He stood there almost kecking from disgust

noun

Cow parsley or a similar plant.

plural noun

Trousers, knickers, or underpants.

Usage examples:

The wind howled down the railway tracks from west hampstead, slicing through my leather coat and po…

Meanings of Ked:

noun

A wingless louse fly, especially one that is a parasite of sheep.

Usage examples:

Treatment for sheep ked is easily applied and is often the most effective following spring shearing.

Meanings of Keddah:

noun

(in south asia) an enclosure used for the capture of wild elephants.

Usage examples:

I had a scratch pack of twelve elephants, including some that had been sent forward from the keddahs.

Meanings of Keddahs:

noun

(in south asia) an enclosure used for the capture of wild elephants.

Usage examples:

I had a scratch pack of twelve elephants, including some that had been sent forward from the keddahs.

Meanings of Kedge:

verb

(with reference to a boat) move or be moved by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to a small anchor.

Usage examples:

I kedged the dinghy to the port

noun

A small anchor used for kedging.

Usage examples:

The stern is marked by a small kedge anchor.

Meanings of Kedged:

verb

(with reference to a boat) move or be moved by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to a small anchor.

Usage examples:

I kedged the dinghy to the port

noun

A small anchor used for kedging.

Usage examples:

The stern is marked by a small kedge anchor.

Meanings of Kedgeree:

noun

A european dish consisting chiefly of fish, rice, and hard-boiled eggs.

Usage examples:

Some dishes are british, like the delicious kedgeree (a scottish dish of rice and fish)

Meanings of Kedgerees:

noun

A european dish consisting chiefly of fish, rice, and hard-boiled eggs.

Usage examples:

Some dishes are british, like the delicious kedgeree (a scottish dish of rice and fish)

Meanings of Kedges:

verb

(with reference to a boat) move or be moved by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to a small anchor.

Usage examples:

I kedged the dinghy to the port

noun

A small anchor used for kedging.

Usage examples:

The stern is marked by a small kedge anchor.

Meanings of Kedging:

verb

(with reference to a boat) move or be moved by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to a small anchor.

Usage examples:

I kedged the dinghy to the port

noun

A small anchor used for kedging.

Usage examples:

The stern is marked by a small kedge anchor.

Meanings of Keech:

noun

Excrement.

Usage examples:

Maybe this keech about ‘microclimate’ was true

Meanings of Keek:

verb

Peep surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

He keeked through the window

noun

A surreptitious glance.

Usage examples:

John knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two rob…

Meanings of Keeked:

verb

Peep surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

He keeked through the window

noun

A surreptitious glance.

Usage examples:

John knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two rob…

Meanings of Keeking:

verb

Peep surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

He keeked through the window

noun

A surreptitious glance.

Usage examples:

John knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two rob…

Meanings of Keeks:

verb

Peep surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

He keeked through the window

noun

A surreptitious glance.

Usage examples:

John knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two rob…

Meanings of Keel:

noun

The lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.

Usage examples:

Support the keel with timber blocking to take most of the weight of the hull.

verb

(of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize.

Usage examples:

It's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over

Meanings of Keel over:

phrasal verb

To fall over suddenly

Usage examples:

After running the marathon, jasper keeled over with exhaustion.