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Keel over. (Colloq.) overturn, [capsize], tip [over].
keen, a. [sharp], acute, trenchant; [penetrating], [shrewd], astute, [discerning]; [piercing], [poignant], excruciating, a crimonious, mordacious, [bitter], [intense], [severe]; eager, [ardent], [ravenous], [vehement].
keep, n. [custody], [charge]; [maintenance], [support]; [stronghold], donjon; [condition], [case].
keep, v. detain, [restrain], [hold], [retain], [repress], [withhold]; [preserve], [conserve]; [maintain], continue; [guard], [shield], [defend], [protect], [screen], [preserve]; [entertain], [harbor]; observe, adhere to, [fulfill]; commemorate, [celebrate], solemnize; [support], sustain, provide for.
keep back. [reserve], [withhold]; [restrain], [repress], [check].
keep company with. associate with, [accompany], go with.
keep down. hold in [subjection], [restrain], [hinder], [subdue].
keeper, n. [warden]; [superintendent], [curator], [custodian], [guardian], [attendant], [defender], [overseer].
keep from. abstain from, refrain from.
keeping, n. [holding], [restraint], [custody], [guard], [guardianship], [protection], tutelage; [detention], retention; maintenance [support], subsistence, board; conformity, congruity, [harmony], consistency, [correspondence]; observance; [celebration], commemoration, [fulfillment].
keeping back. reservation, reserving, [withholding]; [restraint], [repression], [checking].
keep on. proceed, continue, [persist].
keepsake, n. [memento], [souvenir].
keep to. adhere to.
keep under. hold in [subjection], [subdue], [mortify].
keep up. [maintain], continue.
kelter, n. (Colloq.) [condition], [order].
kernel, n. [seed], [grain]; [nucleus]; [gist], core, [pith], substance, essence, [marrow]. Associated words: enucleate, enucleation, exacinate, exacination.
kerosene, n. [coal oil], petroleum.
kettle, n. caldron (a large kettle).
kettledrum, n. tympano; pl. tympani.
key, n. Associated words: claviger, clavigerous, cleidomancy, escutcheon, [lock].
key, n. clew, [solution], [guide], [explanation], elucidation, clavis; [wharf], [quay]; forelock, cotter, [bar], [pin]; samara.
keyboard, n. clavier.
kick, v. [spurn], calcitrate, recalcitrate, winch; [resist], [oppose]; [recoil].
kick, n. [kicking], [opposition].
kicking, n. spurning, recalcitration, calcitration, winch; [opposition], [resistance].
kicking, a. recalcitrant, calcitrant, [resistant].
kiddy, v. (Slang) [deceive], [outwit], hoax.
kidnap, v. abduct.
kidnapper, n. abductor, [man-stealer].
kidnapping, n. [abduction].
kidney, n. Associated words: nephrology, nephrotomy, nephritis, renal, emunctory, nephritic, [loins], [reins].
kidney, n. [sort], [kind], [variety], [disposition].
kidney-shaped, a. reniform.
kidney stone. nephrite, [jade].
kill, v. slay, [slaughter], [murder], assassinate, [butcher], despatch, [execute], lynch, [massacre], burke, immolate, guillotine, decimate, [destroy], [blast]; [counteract], [neutralize]; [quell], extinguish.
killer, n. slayer, [murderer], [butcher], assassin, assassinator, executor, [destroyer].
killing, n. slaying, [slaughter], butchering, butchery, assassination, [massacre], strangulation, immolation, holocaust, [execution], fusillade, carnage, [murder], manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, assideration, [destruction], [blasting]; [counteraction], neutralization.
killing, a. [fatal], mortal, [deadly], [destructive]; [captivating], [charming], [fascinating].
kilt, n. filibeg.
kilter, n. (Colloq.) [condition], [order].
kin, n. [relationship]; relatives, relations, [kindred], kinsfolk, kinsmen.
kin, a. [kindred].
kind, a. [indulgent], compassionate, [merciful], [lenient], clement, benignant, [gracious], [benevolent], [kind-hearted], [forbearing], benign, [beneficent], humane, [obliging].
kind, n. [variety], genus, [species], [strain], [breed], [nature], genre, [sort], [style], [character], [description], [kidney].
kind-hearted, a. compassionate, [lenient], clement, [kind].
kindle, v. enkindle, [fire], ignite, [incite], inflame, [rouse].
kindling, n. enkindling, [incitement], accension.
kindly, a. [kind].
kindness, n. [compassion], benignity, [benevolence], kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness; [favor], [service], good [turn].
kindred, n. [relationship]; relatives, relations, kinsfolk, [kin], kinsmen.
kindred, a. [related], [congenial], allied, [similar].
kine, n. pl. cows, [cattle].
king, n. [monarch], [sovereign], potentate, regulus. Associated words: regicide [royalty], regnal, regnant, regnancy, [regalia], viceroy, camarilla, dynastic, dynasty.
kingdom, n. [empire], [dominion], [sovereignty], [monarchy], [realm].
kingly, a. [royal], [regal], monarchical; [sovereign], [august], [majestic], [grand]. Antonyms: [servile], [mean], [abject], [slavish], unkingly.
king's evil. [scrofula].
kink, v. [snarl], become entangled.
kink, n. [snarl], [knot], [entanglement], [twist]; [crotchet], [whim], [caprice], [eccentricity].
kinky, a. snarled, [tangled], [knotted]; [crotchety], [eccentric], [capricious].
kinsman, n. [relative].
kiss, v. osculate.
kiss, n. osculation, buss, [smack]; pax (kiss of peace).
kissing, n. osculation.--a. osculant, oscillatory.
kitchen, n. cookroom, cuisine, scullery (back kitchen); galley (Nautical). Associated words: [scullion], culinary, olitory.
kith, n. [acquaintance].
knack, n. [gimcrack], [trinket], [toy], [plaything], [knickknack], kickshaws, [gewgaw], [bauble]; [skill], [readiness], [aptitude], proficiency, [dexterity], adroitness; [trick], [device].
knarl, n. [knot], gnarl, knag, knurl, node.
knarled, a. [knotted], gnarled, knurly, gnarly, [knotty], knurled, knarred.
knave, n. [villain], [rascal], [scamp]. See scoundrel.
knavery, n. [villainy], [rascality], [scoundrelism], [chicanery], knavishness, [roguery].
knavish, a. [unprincipled], rascally, [villainous].
knee, n. Associated words: genuflect, genuflection, ham, hock, gonitis, stifle, geniculate, dib, quadriceps.
knee breeches. smallclothes, [knickerbockers].
kneecap, n. patella, kneepan.
kneeling desk. priedieu.
knees, n. pl. marrowbones.
knickerbockers, n. pl. knee [breeches], smallclothes.
knickknack, n. [gimcrack], [gewgaw], [bauble], [trinket], [knack], curio, [bric-a-brac].
knife, n. [dagger], stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong, [sword], billhook, saber; scalpel, lancet, bistoury; jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife. Associated words: cutler, cutlery, [sheath], sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang, [scale], [spring], [blade], [kick], spatula.
knight, n. man-at-arms; [champion], [partisan], [lover], [gallant].
knighthood, n. [chivalry]. Associated word: accolade.
knightly, a. [chivalrous], [gallant].
knob, n. excrescence, [boss], [lump], tubercle, [knop], stud, hard [swelling]; finial, knosp.
knock, v. [rap]; [clash], [bump]; [strike], [beat].--n. [blow], stroke; [rap].
knock about. (Colloq.) wander [about], [saunter], [stroll].
knock down. fell, [floor], prostrate.
knockknee, n. inknee.
knock under. [yield], [submit], [give in].
knoll, n. [hillock], mound.
knop, n. See knob.
knot, n. [entanglement], [snarl], [intricacy], [complication]; [cluster], [group], [band], [bevy], [gang], [company]; [joint], node, knag, burl, gnarl, [knob], nodule, nodosity; [tuft], [bunch].
knot, v. [entangle], [tie], [snarl]. Antonyms: disentangle, [unravel], untie.
knotted, a. knurled, knaggy, gnarled, gnarly; snarled, entangled, interwoven.
knotty, a. [knotted], gnarled, [crossgrained]; [intricate], [difficult], [complicated].
knowable, a. ascertainable, cognizable, cognoscible, intelligible, recognizable. Antonyms: [unknowable], unascertainable, incognoscible, unrecognizable.
knowall, n. (Colloq.) [wiseacre], quidnunc.
knowing, a. [intelligent], [sagacious], [wise], [clever]; expressive, [significant]; (Colloq.) [artful], [sharp], [cunning].
knowingly, adv. consciously, intelligently, wittingly, designedly, sagely, purposely, sapiently, significantly, expressively.
knowledge, n. [learning], [lore], [erudition], [culture], enlightenment, attainments, [information]; cognizance, [apprehension], cognition, [understanding], ken; omniscience (universal knowledge); prescience ([foreknowledge]); polymathy. Antonyms: sciolism, [ignorance], inerudition, dilettanteism pedantry, unfamiliarity.
knuckle bones. dibs.
knuckle to. (Colloq.) submit to, [yield], [cringe], [obey].
kodak, n. camera (portable).