English words starting with ky

Meanings of Ky:

abbreviation

Kentucky.

Meanings of Kyack:

noun

Any of several herrings or shads of the north american east coast; especially the alewife, alosa pseudoharengus.

Meanings of Kyak:

noun

Any of several herrings or shads of the north american east coast; especially the alewife, alosa pseudoharengus.

Meanings of Kyanise:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanised:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanises:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanising:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanite:

noun

A blue or green crystalline mineral consisting of aluminium silicate, used in heat-resistant ceramics.

Usage examples:

Outside we saw large tables covered high with specimens of kyanite in quartz.

Meanings of Kyanize:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanized:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanizes:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyanizing:

verb

Treat (wood) with a solution of mercuric chloride to prevent decay.

Meanings of Kyat:

noun

The basic monetary unit of burma (myanmar), equal to 100 pyas.

Usage examples:

Compensation of only 250 kyats - then about two dollars - was to be paid per property.

Meanings of Kyats:

noun

The basic monetary unit of burma (myanmar), equal to 100 pyas.

Usage examples:

Compensation of only 250 kyats - then about two dollars - was to be paid per property.

Meanings of Kyd:

abbreviation

Cayman islands dollar(s).

Meanings of Kyle:

noun

A narrow sea channel.

Meanings of Kylie:

noun

(in western australia) a boomerang.

Meanings of Kylies:

noun

(in western australia) a boomerang.

Meanings of Kylikes:

noun

An ancient greek cup with a shallow bowl and a tall stem.

Usage examples:

The larger community of participants presumably used clay kylikes of the sort stored in the palatia…

Meanings of Kylin:

noun

A mythical composite animal, often figured on chinese and japanese ceramics.

Meanings of Kylix:

noun

An ancient greek cup with a shallow bowl and a tall stem.

Usage examples:

The larger community of participants presumably used clay kylikes of the sort stored in the palatia…

Meanings of Kyloe:

noun

An animal of a shaggy-haired breed of cattle with long, curved, widely spaced horns; a highland cow.

Usage examples:

One of the varieties, highland cattle, or kyloes, probably carried characteristics from neolithic d…

Meanings of Kymograph:

noun

An instrument for recording variations in pressure, e.g. in sound waves or in blood within blood vessels, by the trace of a stylus on a rotating cylinder.

Usage examples:

To quantify the cortical flow we measured the mean velocity of the myosin foci using kymographs.

Meanings of Kyoto:

proper noun

An industrial city in central japan, on the island of honshu; population 1,389,595 (2007). founded in the 8th century, it was the imperial capital from 794 until 1868.

noun

An agreement made in 1997 among a large number of countries to limit carbon emissions (= carbon dioxide that planes, cars, factories, etc. produce) and reduce the effects of climate change

Usage examples:

His opposition to the kyoto protocol comes from the state's economic dependence on the coal industry.

Meanings of Kyphosis:

noun

Excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.

Usage examples:

Patients with postural kyphosis can generally correct the kyphosis by making a conscious effort to …