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101Kawabata — /kah weuh bah teuh/; Japn. /kah wah bah tah/, n. Yasunari /yah soo nah rddee/, 1899 1972, Japanese novelist and short story writer: Nobel prize 1968. * * * …
102khaddar — /kah deuhr/, n. a handloomed plain weave cotton fabric produced in India. Also, khadi /kah dee/. [1920 25; < Hindi khadar] * * * …
103kahmen — kah|men 〈V. intr.; hat〉 eine Kahmhaut bekommen [→ Kahm] * * * kah|men <sw. V.; hat: eine Kahmhaut bilden, bekommen …
104Kahler's law — Kah·ler s law (kahґlərz) [Otto Kahler, German physician, 1849–1893] see under law …
105cabochon — (KAH boh shon, kah boh SHONH) [French, from Latin caput: head] A highly polished hemispherical or oval cut gem with a smooth, unfaceted surface …
106canard — (kah NARD, kah NAHR) [French: a duck] A story, often disparaging and usually false, based upon rumor or innuendo and used to discredit someone or something; a hoax. a speech for Secretary McNamara which would, inter alia, once and for all… …
107carillon — (KAH rih lon, kah ree YONH) [French, from Latin] A set of church bells mounted in an open tower, played by means of a keyboard installed in a room just below …
108carioca — (kah ree OH kah) [Brazilian Portuguese] A form of samba made suitable for ballroom dancing. Not to be confused with karaoke …
109kamikaze — (kah mee KAH zee) [Japanese: divine wind] Formerly, the typhoons that destroyed much of the fleet of Mongols, Chinese, and Koreans attempting to invade Japan on two occasions in the latter half of the 13th century. In World War II, the… …
110Kanaka — (kah NAH kah) [Hawaiian: a person] A native of Hawaii or of the South Sea Islands …
