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Monday 23rd of November 2009
Traducement
1: a malicious attack [syn:
{defamation}, {calumny},
{obloquy}, {hatchet job}]

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kamikaze
1: a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II 2: a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
Kammon Strait Bridge
1: a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
Kampala
1: the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria [syn: {capital of Uganda}]
Kampong
1: a native village in Malaysia [syn: {campong}]
Kampuchea
1: a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946 [syn: {Cambodia}, {Kingdom of Cambodia}]
Kampuchean
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language [syn: {Cambodian}] n : a native or inhabitant of Cambodia [syn: {Cambodian}]
Kan River
1: a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang [syn: {Gan Jiang}]
kanaf
1: valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation [syn: {kenaf}, {deccan hemp}, {bimli}, {bimli hemp}, {Indian hemp}, {Bombay hemp}, {Hibiscus cannabinus}]
kanamycin
1: antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections [syn: {Kantrex}]
Kananga
1: a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg [syn: {Luluabourg}]
Kanara
1: a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast [syn: {Canara}]
Kanarese
1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: {Canarese}] 2: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn: {Kannada}]
Kanawha
1: a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia [syn: {Kanawha River}]
Kanawha River
1: a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia [syn: {Kanawha}]
Kanchanjanga
1: a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,146 feet high) [syn: {Kanchenjunga}, {Kinchinjunga}]
Kanchenjunga
1: a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,146 feet high) [syn: {Kanchanjanga}, {Kinchinjunga}]
kanchil
1: small chevrotain of southeastern Asia [syn: {Tragulus kanchil}]
Kandahar
1: a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center [syn: {Qandahar}]
Kandinsky
1: Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944) [syn: {Wassily Kandinsky}]
Kandy
1: a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
kangaroo
1: any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
kangaroo apple
1: Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit [syn: {poroporo}, {Solanum aviculare}]
kangaroo bear
1: sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark [syn: {koala}, {koala bear}, {native bear}, {Phascolarctos cinereus}]
kangaroo court
1: an irregular unauthorized court
kangaroo hare
1: small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth [syn: {hare wallaby}]
kangaroo jerboa
1: brush-tailed rat kangaroo [syn: {jerboa kangaroo}]
kangaroo mouse
1: small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats [syn: {dwarf pocket rat}] 2: leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
kangaroo paw
1: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia [syn: {kangaroo's-foot}, {kangaroo-foot plant}, {Australian sword lily}, {Anigozanthus manglesii}]
kangaroo rat
1: any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae [syn: {desert rat}, {Dipodomys phillipsii}] 2: any of several rabbit-sized r...
kangaroo's-foot
1: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia [syn: {kangaroo paw}, {kangaroo-foot plant}, {Australian sword lily}, {Anigozanthus manglesii}]
kangaroo-foot plant
1: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia [syn: {kangaroo paw}, {kangaroo's-foot}, {Australian sword lily}, {Anigozanthus manglesii}]
Kannada
1: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn: {Kanarese}]
Kannada-speaking
1: able to communicate in Kannada
Kansa
1: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas [syn: {Kansas}] 2: the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa people [syn: {Kansas}]
Kansan
1: a resident of Kansas
Kansas
1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: {Sunflower State}, {KS}] 2: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas [syn: {Kansa}] 3: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows east...
Kansas City
1: a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas 2: a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kan...
Kansas River
1: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River [syn: {Kansas}, {Kaw River}]
Kansu
1: a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia [syn: {Gansu}, {Gansu province}]
Kant
1: influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) [syn: {Immanuel Kant}]
Kantian
1: of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy
Kantrex
1: antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections [syn: {kanamycin}]
kanzu
1: (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa
Kaochlor
1: salt of potassium (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency [syn: {potassium chloride}, {K-Dur 20}, {K-lor}, {Klorvess},...
kaoliang
1: sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)
kaolin
1: a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: {china clay}, {china stone}, {kao...
kaoline
1: a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: {china clay}, {china stone}, {kao...
kaolinite
1: a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin
kaon
1: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision [syn: {kappa-meson}, {k-meson}, {K particle}]
Kaopectate
1: trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient
kapeika
1: 100 kapeikas equal 1 rubel
kaph
1: the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Kaplan Group
1: a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation ...
kapok
1: from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation [syn: {silk cotton}, {vegetable silk}] 2: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered w...
Kaposi's sarcoma
1: a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS; "until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred al...
Kaposi's varicelliform eruption
1: a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles [syn: {eczema vaccinatum}]
kappa
1: the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
kappa-meson
1: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision [syn: {kaon}, {k-meson}, {K particle}]
Kapsiki
1: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad [syn: {Higi}]
kapuka
1: small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental [syn: {Griselinia littoralis}]
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