Kindergartner
Kin″der‐gart′ner (?), n. One who teaches in a kindergarten.
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Kindle
Kin″dle (?), v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.] To bring forth young. Shak.The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.
Kindle (2)
Kin′dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Kindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Kindling (?).] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.] 1. To set...
Kindle (3)
Kin″dle (kĭn″d'l), v. i. 1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame ...
Kindler
Kin″dler (?), n. One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire. “Kindlers of riot.” Gay.
Kindless
Kind″less (?), a. Destitute of kindness; unnatural. “Kindless villain.” Shak.
Kindliness
Kind″li‐ness (?), n. 1. Natural inclination; natural course. Milton.2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of di...
Kindling
Kin″dling (kĭn″dlĭng), n. 1. The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.2. pl. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.
Kindly
Kind″ly (kīnd″ly̆), a. [Compar.Kindlier (?); superl.Kindliest.] [AS. cyndelic. See Kind, n.]1. According to the kind or nature; natural.The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of C...
Kindly (2)
Kind″ly, adv. 1. Naturally; fitly. Chaucer.Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language Addison.2. In a kind manner; congenially...
Kindness
Kind″ness (?), n. [From Kind. a.] 1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.I do fear thy nat...
Kindred
Kin″dred (?), n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination -rǣden, akin to AS. rǣdan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. Hatred.] 1. Re...
Kindred (2)
Kin″dred, a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
Kine
Kine (?), n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c�, itself pl. of c� cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.] Cows. “A herd of fifty or sixty kine.” Milton.
Kinematic
{ Kin′e‐mat″ic (?), Kin′e‐mat″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to kinematics.Kinematic curves, curves produced by machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from m...
Kinematics
Kin′e‐mat″ics (?), n. [Gr. (�), (�) motion, fr. κινει̑ν to move.] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the compari...
Kinepox
Kine″pox′ (?), n.(Med.) See Cowpox.Kin"e*scope (�), n. See Kinetoscope.
Kinesiatrics
Kin′e‐si‐at″rics (?), n. [Gr. (�) motion (fr. κινει̑ν to move) + (�) pertaining to medicine, fr. (�) a physician.] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular move...
Kinesipathy
Kin′e‐sip″a‐thy (?), n. [Gr. � motion + πάθοσ suffering.] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics.
Kinesitherapy
Kin′e‐si‐ther″a‐py (?), n.(Med.) See Kinesiatrics.
Kinesodic
Kin′e‐sod″ic (?), a. [Gr. � motion + � way: cf. F. kinésodigue.] (Physiol.) Conveying motion; as, kinesodic substance; — applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable o...
Kinetic
Ki‐net″ic (kĭ‐nĕt″ĭk or kī̍–), a. [Gr. κινητικόσ, from κινει̑ν to move.] (Physics) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.
Kinetics
Ki‐net″ics (–ĭks), n.(Physics) See Dynamics.
Kinetogenesis
Ki‐ne′to‐gen″e‐sis (kī̍‐nē′tō̍‐jĕn″ē̍‐sĭs), n. [Gr. κινητόσ movable + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indi...
Kinetograph
Ki‐ne″to‐graph (?), n. [Gr. � movable + -graph.] (Physics) (a) A camera for making chronophotographs. (b) A machine for the projection of chronophotographs upon a screen for the...
Kinetophone
Ki‐ne″to‐phone (?), n. [See Kinetic, Phone.] A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
Kinetoscope
Ki‐ne″to‐scope (kī̍‐nē′tō̍‐skōp; 277), n. [Gr. κινητόσ movable + -scope.] An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; — called also kinescope. C...