Words starting with K

kinethmoidA dermal sesamoid bone in the upper jaw of cypriniform fish
kineticRelating to motion.
kineticalSynonym of kinetic.
kineticallyIn a kinetic manner.
kineticismKinetic art.
kineticistOne who studies kinetics.
kineticonA text-based symbol used in online communication to express an action, such as *kiss* or ~~hugs you~~.
kineticsThe branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies.
kinetidAny structure, in a eukaryotic cell, that is used for locomotion
kinetinA tricyclic heterocyclic plant hormone that promotes cell division
kinetiteAn early form of gelignite
kinetocardiogramA diagnostic image produced by kinetocardiography.
kinetocardiographThe recording device used in kinetocardiography.
kinetocardiographicRelating to kinetocardiography.
kinetocardiographyA noninvasive technique for recording cardiovascular activity.
kinetochoreThe protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
kinetoflagellarRelating to a kinetoplast and a flagellum.
kinetofragminophoranAny member of the Kinetofragminophora.
kinetogenesisThe neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.
kinetogeneticOf or relating to kinetogenesis.
kinetogenicProducing movement.
kinetogramThe image produced by a kinetograph
kinetographA camera for making chronophotographs.
kinetographerA person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographicRelating to kinetography.
kinetographicallyIn a kinetographic manner.
kinetographyLabanotation.
KinetonA small village in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0926).
kinetophoneA machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
kinetophonographSynonym of kinetophone.
kinetoplastA disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
kinetoplasticRelating to a kinetoplast
kinetoplastidAny of a group of parasitic flagellate protozoa, of the class Kinetoplastea, responsible for several diseases in humans and animals
kinetoscopeAn early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
kinetoscopicRelating to the kinetoscope.
kinetoscopyThe technology of the kinetoscope.
kinetosisSynonym of motion sickness.
kinetosomalRelating to a kinetosome
kinetosomeA basal body.
kinetostaticRelating to a pair of opposing kinematic vectors
kinetyA row of granules at the base of a cilium.
KinewA surname
KinfaunsA village and castle east of Perth, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1422).
kinfirmTo conclude that one kins (a species or character).
kinfolkRelatives, relations.
kingA male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
KingaA Bantu language of Tanzania
kingbirdAny of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.
kingboltThe main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
KingboroughA local government area south of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; in full, Kingborough Council.
kingcraftThe skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kingcroakerA weakfish, of species of genus Cynoscion.
kingcupAny of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
kingdomA realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
kingdomedHaving a specified type or number of kingdoms.
kingdomfulEnough to fill a kingdom.
kingdomhoodThe status or period of being a kingdom.
kingdomlessWithout a kingdom.
kingdomletA small kingdom (in various senses).
kingdomshipThe characteristic of being a king or a kingdom.
KingdomtideThe period or season of the Christian church year between the seasons of Pentecost and Advent, or the second half of this period.
KingdonA surname from Old English.
KingennieA locality in Angus council area, Scotland, north of Monifieth (OS grid ref NO4735).
KingeryA surname.
KingfieldA town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.
kingfishAny of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
kingfisherAny of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
kingfisherlikeResembling or characteristic of a kingfisher.
KinghamA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2624).
kingheadAmbrosia trifida, a form of ragweed.
kinghoodThe quality or state of being a king.
KinghornA town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
KinghorneA locality in the Shoalhaven council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
KingianOf or relating to Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the civil rights movement.
kingianosideA particular steroid glycoside.
kingieAny of several Australian game fish, typically an amberjack
kingishLike a king; kingly.
kingisideAn iridoid glycoside related to aucubin
KingitangaA movement among certain Māori tribes in the 1850s, aiming to establish a status similar to monarch so as to halt the alienation of Māori land.
kingiteA triclinic-pinacoidal white mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
kingklipA popular South African food fish; Genypterus capensis.
KinglakeA surname.
KinglassieA village in central Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2298).
kinglessWithout a king.
kinglessnessAbsence of a king.
kingletA petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
kinglihoodkingliness; majesty
kinglikeResembling or characteristic of a king.
kinglilyIn a kingly manner.
kinglinessThe state or quality of being kingly.
kinglingA kinglet; a petty king or ruler.
kinglistA document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer).
kinglyOf or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
KingmaA surname from West Frisian.
kingmakeTo use one's influence to help someone else into a position of political power.
kingmakerSomeone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.
kingmakingThe ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
KingmanA surname.
KingmoorA civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district, which includes the villages of Cargo, Crindledyke and Stainton (OS grid ref NY3858).
KingoA member of the King's Liverpool Regiment, later the King's Regiment.
KingowerA locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia
kingpieceThe central or most important element.
kingpinThe axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place.
KingreyA surname.
kingricA kingdom or realm.
kingsA pair of kings (playing cards).
KingsbarnsA village on the east coast of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5912).
KingsberryA surname.
KingsbridgeA market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7344).
KingsburgA village in Lunenburg district municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
KingsburyA habitational surname from locations.
KingsclereA large village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5258).
KingscliffA suburb of Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.
KingscottA surname.
KingscourtA town in County Cavan, Ireland.
KingsdaleA locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
KingsdownAn inner northern suburb of the City of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5873).
KingseatA settlement east of Newmachar, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9019).
KingsfordA settlement in Wolverley and Cookley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8281).
KingsgateA locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
KingsgroveA suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, Canterbury-Bankstown council area and the Georges River council area, New South Wales, Australia.
KingshillA settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
kingshipThe dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
KingsholmA northern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8319).
KingshouseA hamlet near Balquhidder, Stirling council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire (OS grid ref NN5620).
KingshurstA suburban area and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1788).
kingsideThe side of the chessboard nearest to the king (at the opening position).
KingskerswellA village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8867).
KingskettleA village south of Ladybank, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3008).
KingsknoweA suburb in the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2170).
KingslandA hamlet in Netherbury parish, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY4597).
kingslayerOne who kills a king.
KingsleyA surname.
KingsleyanOf or pertaining to Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), English priest, novelist, and historian.
kingsmanThe lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
KingsmillA habitational surname.
kingsmountiteA monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
KingsmuirA village south-east of Forfar, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4749).
kingsnakeAny of various colubrid snakes of the genus Lampropeltis.
KingsnorthA village and civil parish in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR002393).
KingsolverA surname.
KingsportA city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
KingstandingA suburb of the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0894)
KingsteigntonA town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8773).
KingsthorpeA suburb and civil parish (created in 2020) in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7563).
kingstonmonkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
KingstoneA village and civil parish (served by Kingstone and Thruxton Parish Council) south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4235).
KingstonianOf or relating to Kingston, Jamaica.
KingstownThe capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
KingstreeA city, the county seat of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.

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