Kalendarial () See Calendarial.

Kalender () See 3d Calender.

Kalends () Same as Calends.

Kali () The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years.

Kali () The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna.

Kali () The glasswort (Salsola Kali).

Kalif () See Caliph.

Kaliform () Formed like kali, or glasswort.

Kaligenous () Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.

Kalium () Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.

Kalki () The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.

Kalmia () A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.

Kalmuck () See Calmucks.

Kalmuck () A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.

Kalmuck () A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.

Kalong () A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).

Kaloyer () See Caloyer.

Kalpa () One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.

Kalsomine () Same as Calcimine.

Kam () Crooked; awry.

Kama () The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.

Kamala () The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.

Kame () A low ridge.

Kami () A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado.

Kamichi () A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.

Kamptulicon () A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.

Kampylite () A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow.

Kamsin () Alt. of Khamsin

Khamsin () A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.

Kamtschadales () An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of Kamtschatka.

Kan () To know; to ken.

Kan () See Khan.

Kanacka () Alt. of Kanaka

Kanaka () A native of the Sandwich Islands.

Kanchil () A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.

Kand () Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.

Kangaroo () Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.

Kansas () A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

Kantian () Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant.

Kantian () A follower of Kant; a Kantist.

Kantianism () Alt. of Kantism

Kantism () The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.

Kantist () A disciple or follower of Kant.

Kanttry () Same as Cantred.

Kaolin () Alt. of Kaoline

Kaoline () A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.

Kaolinization () The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.

Kaolinize () To convert into kaolin.

Kapelle () A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.

Kapellmeister () See Capellmeister.

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