All English words - page 1893

Meanings of Kabobs:

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 Kabuki:

noun

A form of traditional japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now performed only by male actors, using exaggerated gestures and body movements to express emotions, and including historical plays, domestic dramas, and dance pieces.

Usage examples:

She studied traditional dance and kabuki in japan but doesn't incorporate it into her work.

Meanings of Kachin:

noun

A member of an indigenous people living in northern burma (myanmar) and adjacent parts of china and india.

Usage examples:

The allies supported burmese guerrillas (largely composed of kachins, karens, shans, chins, lushais…

adjective

Relating to the kachin or their language.

Usage examples:

They sneak over the border with something they have taken from the naga or kachin tribes - a bearsk…

Meanings of Kachina:

noun

A deified ancestral spirit in the mythology of the pueblo people.

Usage examples:

It's not like me telling people; it's the kachina spirits.

Meanings of Kaddish:

noun

An ancient jewish prayer sequence regularly recited in the synagogue service, including thanksgiving and praise and concluding with a prayer for universal peace.

Usage examples:

By being the chazan, i would not only be able to say the mourner's kaddish, but also the additional…

Meanings of Kaddishim:

noun

An ancient jewish prayer sequence regularly recited in the synagogue service, including thanksgiving and praise and concluding with a prayer for universal peace.

Usage examples:

By being the chazan, i would not only be able to say the mourner's kaddish, but also the additional…

Meanings of Kadi:

noun

(in islamic countries) a judge.

Usage examples:

Customary law and muslim law are carried out by the cadis in matters of personal rights and inherit…

Meanings of Kaffirs:

noun

An insulting term for a black african.

Meanings of Kaftans:

noun

A man's long belted tunic, worn in countries of the near east.

Usage examples:

Today's tops borrow heavily from indian high fashion, with long tunics and caftans all prettied up …

Meanings of Kagus:

noun

A crested, almost flightless bluish-grey bird related to the rails, which is found only on the pacific island of new caledonia, and is now endangered.

Usage examples:

The loss of much of new caledonia's native forests has caused the numbers of kagus to decline.

Meanings of Kahawai:

noun

New zealand term for australian salmon (see salmon (sense 2)).

Meanings of Kahikatea:

noun

A tall coniferous new zealand tree used for its timber and resin.

Usage examples:

If you walk up through talbot forest you will be in native forest with fine totara, matai and kahik…

Meanings of Kahuna:

noun

(in hawaii) a wise man or shaman.

Usage examples:

Indeed, a self-appointed kahuna, described a kahuna as a spiritual teacher who acts as a bridge bet…

Meanings of Kai:

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Highlights of the famous tuhoe festival, where hundreds of iwi members gather at te rewarewa marae …

Meanings of Kainga:

noun

A maori village or settlement.

Usage examples:

‘it was quite clear that it was an extraordinary thing,’ he says of the taranaki kainga led by paci…

Meanings of Kainite:

noun

A white mineral consisting of a double salt of hydrated magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride.

Usage examples:

An aqueous solution of kainite contains nothing except potash which, upon evaporation with platinum…

Meanings of Kairos:

noun

A propitious moment for decision or action.

Usage examples:

Or do other phenomena perhaps show that the kairos, the right moment, might have passed us by?

Meanings of Kaiser:

noun

The german emperor, the emperor of austria, or the head of the holy roman empire.

Usage examples:

Kaiser wilhelm

Meanings of Kaiserdom:

noun

The office of german emperor; the rule of the kaiser; = "kaisership".

Meanings of Kaiserism:

noun

Authoritarian or autocratic government, especially that of the german emperor; behaviour characteristic of such government.

Meanings of Kaka:

noun

A large new zealand parrot with olive-brown and dull green upper parts and reddish underparts.

Usage examples:

They attack the birds that nest in holes, so a heavy seeding puts birds such as the kaka, parakeet …

Meanings of Kakapos:

noun

A large flightless new zealand parrot with greenish plumage, which is nocturnal, ground-dwelling, and now endangered.

Usage examples:

The kakapo, a flightless bird, was particularly vulnerable to predators.

Meanings of Kakas:

noun

A large new zealand parrot with olive-brown and dull green upper parts and reddish underparts.

Usage examples:

They attack the birds that nest in holes, so a heavy seeding puts birds such as the kaka, parakeet …

Meanings of Kakemono:

noun

A japanese unframed painting made on paper or silk and displayed as a wall hanging.

Usage examples:

Rainbows and reptiles at the same time, the compositions rub against each other like kakemonos in a…

Meanings of Kakemonos:

noun

A japanese unframed painting made on paper or silk and displayed as a wall hanging.

Usage examples:

Rainbows and reptiles at the same time, the compositions rub against each other like kakemonos in a…