All English words - page 1928

Meanings of Kudus:

noun

An african antelope that has a greyish or brownish coat with white vertical stripes, and a short bushy tail. the male has long spirally curved horns.

Usage examples:

Afterwards, i sit on my terrace and watch what may be kudus, springboks or oryxes amble to the wate…

Meanings of Kugel:

noun

(in jewish cooking) a kind of savoury pudding of potatoes or other vegetables.

Usage examples:

Their tote bags were laden with vegetables to prepare for chicken soup and potato kugel.

Meanings of Kuku:

noun

Another term for kereru.

Meanings of Kula:

noun

(in some pacific communities) an inter-island system of ceremonial gift exchange as a prelude to or at the same time as regular trading.

Usage examples:

Malinowski found that kula cements social bonds between island groups, and according to anthropolog…

Meanings of Kulaks:

noun

A peasant in russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour. emerging after the emancipation of serfs in the 19th century the kulaks resisted stalin's forced collectivization, but millions were arrested, exiled, or killed.

Usage examples:

Many in the party were now convinced that kulaks were holding the country to ransom.

Meanings of Kulan:

noun

An animal of a race of the asian wild ass, native to the central asian steppes.

Meanings of Kulang:

noun

The common crane, grus grus.

Meanings of Kuli:

noun

A member of a people of gujarat and the north-west of maharashtra in western india.

Meanings of Kumis:

noun

A fermented liquor prepared from mare's milk, used as a drink and medicine by asian nomads.

Usage examples:

Australia's parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, chris gallus, is heading out from the capi…

Meanings of Kumiss:

noun

A fermented liquor prepared from mare's milk, used as a drink and medicine by asian nomads.

Usage examples:

Australia's parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, chris gallus, is heading out from the capi…

Meanings of Kumkum:

noun

A red pigment used by hindu women to make a round mark on the forehead.

Usage examples:

I wore a black shirt and dhoti (a wrap-around waist cloth) and applied sandalwood paste and kumkum …

Meanings of Kummel:

noun

A sweet liqueur flavoured with caraway and cumin seeds.

Usage examples:

He fernet branca comes over heaviest, but the kummel makes its presence felt and the brandy provide…

Meanings of Kummels:

noun

A sweet liqueur flavoured with caraway and cumin seeds.

Meanings of Kumquat:

noun

An orange-like fruit related to the citruses, with an edible sweet rind and acid pulp.

Usage examples:

It went nicely with hazelnut ice cream, or poached kumquats, or even a dribbling of sabayon.

Meanings of Kumquats:

noun

An orange-like fruit related to the citruses, with an edible sweet rind and acid pulp.

Usage examples:

It went nicely with hazelnut ice cream, or poached kumquats, or even a dribbling of sabayon.

Meanings of Kundalini:

noun

(in yoga) latent female energy believed to lie coiled at the base of the spine.

Usage examples:

Muladhara is at the base of the spine, the center for kundalini or primal energy.

Meanings of Kung:

noun

A member of a san (bushman) people of the kalahari desert in southern africa.

adjective

Relating to the kung or their language.

Usage examples:

The kung bushmen of the kalahari revere the praying mantis as a divine messenger.

Meanings of Kunzites:

noun

A lilac-coloured gem variety of spodumene which fluoresces or changes colour when irradiated.

Usage examples:

I visited paolo nercessian and obtained a photograph of him holding up an enormous etched gem cryst…

Meanings of Kuomintang:

proper noun

A nationalist party founded in china under sun yat-sen in 1912, and led by chiang kai-shek from 1925. it held power from 1928 until the communist party took power in october 1949 and subsequently formed the central administration of taiwan.

Meanings of Kurajong:

noun

An australian plant which produces useful tough fibre.

Usage examples:

In addition, those strange looking boab trees, tall livistona palms, beautiful water lilies, colour…

Meanings of Kurbashes:

noun

A whip, typically of hippopotamus hide, formerly used as an instrument of punishment in turkey and egypt.

Usage examples:

Did the museum fear outraged slavers descending on it with kurbashes?

Meanings of Kurd:

noun

A member of a mainly islamic people living in parts of eastern turkey, northern iraq, western iran, and eastern syria.

Usage examples:

Asked to choose between the kurds and the turks we might well become confused.

Meanings of Kurdistan:

proper noun

An extensive region in the middle east south of the caucasus, the traditional home of the kurdish people.

noun

The region in western asia where the kurds live, between the mediterranean, the black sea, and the caspian sea

Meanings of Kurgan:

noun

A prehistoric burial mound of a type found in southern russia and ukraine.

adjective

Relating to the ancient kurgans.

Usage examples:

Early kurgan cave engravings

proper noun

A city in central russia, commercial centre for an agricultural region; population 324,100 (est. 2008).

Meanings of Kurgans:

noun

A prehistoric burial mound of a type found in southern russia and ukraine.

adjective

Relating to the ancient kurgans.

Usage examples:

Early kurgan cave engravings

proper noun

A city in central russia, commercial centre for an agricultural region; population 324,100 (est. 2008).