{ "Kiritimati":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "island (atoll) in the Line Islands area 234 square miles (608 square kilometers), population 674":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259-\u02c8ri-sm\u0259s\u2014 sic" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190356", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Kiriwina":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an Austronesian language of the Trobriand islands":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u0113r\u0113\u02c8v\u0113n\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083609", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Kirkcaldy":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "royal burgh and port on the Firth of Forth, eastern Scotland, north of Edinburgh population 50,000":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8k\u022fl-", "(\u02cc)k\u0259r-\u02c8k\u022f-d\u0113", "-\u02c8k\u00e4-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100754", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Kirkcudbright":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "former county of southern Scotland; capital Kirkcudbright":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u0259r-\u02c8k\u00fc-br\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173556", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Kirker":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a member or adherent of the Church of Scotland \u2014 see auld kirker , free kirker":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1651, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "kirk entry 1 + -er":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259rk\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013030", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "kirk":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": church":[], ": the national church of Scotland as distinguished from the Church of England or the Episcopal Church in Scotland":[] }, "examples":[ "an elder of the Kirk", "left Edinburgh early in the morning for St. John's Kirk in Perth" ], "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English (northern dialect), from Old Norse kirkja , from Old English cirice \u2014 more at church":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kirk", "\u02c8k\u0259rk" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "church", "tabernacle", "temple" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110434", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "kirk keeper":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one that attends a kirk regularly":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1644, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125603", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "kirkinhead":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": jerkinhead":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259rk\u0259\u0307n\u02cched" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps irregular from kirk entry 1 + head":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1793, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035645" }, "Kirlian photography":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a process in which an image is obtained by application of a high-frequency electric field to an object so that it radiates a characteristic pattern of luminescence that is recorded on photographic film":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kir-l\u0113-\u0259n-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Sem\u00ebn D. 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"synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English (Scots dialect) kirktoun , from kirke, kirk + toun town":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004507" }, "Kirundi":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": RUNDI":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00fcnd\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030644" }, "kirve":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to undercut coal in a mine":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259rv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "probably alteration of carve":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034948" }, "Kirwan":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Richard 1733\u20131812 Irish chemist":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259r-w\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035038" }, "kirov":{ "type":[ "biographical name", "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Sergey Mironovich 1886\u20131934 Soviet politician":[], "city on the Vyatka River in east central Russia in Europe population 473,700":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0113-\u02ccr\u022ff", "-\u02ccr\u022fv", "-r\u0259f" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082045" }, "kirombo":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a crested conspicuously colored coraciiform bird ( Leptosomus discolor ) of Madagascar related to the rollers":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4m(\u02cc)b\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Malagasy kir\u00f2mbo":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084820" }, "kirkshot":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": churchscot":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259rk\u02ccsh\u00e4t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of Old English ciricsceat":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104449" }, "kirn baby":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": harvest doll":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "kirn entry 3":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110026" }, "Kirkpatrick, Mount":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "mountain 14,856 feet (4528 meters) high in the Queen Alexandra Range of eastern Antarctica south of the Ross Sea":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u0259rk-\u02c8pa-trik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114924" }, "kirovite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mineral Fe,MgSo 4 7H 2 O consisting of a hydrous sulfate of iron and magnesium isomorphous with melanterite and pisanite":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0113r\u0259\u02ccv\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Russian kirovit , from Sergei M. Kirov \u20201934 Russian revolutionary leader + Russian -it -ite":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120216" }, "Kirovograd":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city in south central Ukraine population 234,000":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "ki-\u02c8r\u014d-v\u0259-\u02ccgrad", "-\u02ccgr\u00e4t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120527" }, "Kirov":{ "type":[ "biographical name", "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Sergey Mironovich 1886\u20131934 Soviet politician":[], "city on the Vyatka River in east central Russia in Europe population 473,700":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0113-\u02ccr\u022ff", "-\u02ccr\u022fv", "-r\u0259f" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120624" }, "kirn":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": churn entry 1":[], ": churn entry 2":[], ": harvest home sense 2":[ "the good old custom of the kirn", "\u2014 J. G. Lockhart" ], ": the last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259rn", "\u02c8kirn", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English (northern dialect) kirne , from Old Norse kirna ; akin to Old Norse kjarni churn":"Noun", "perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse korn grain":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144049" }, "kirkman":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": churchman":[], ": a member or adherent of the Church of Scotland":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259r-", "\u02c8kirkm\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English (northern dialect), from kirk + man":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161801" }, "kirpan":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the sacred dagger of the Sikhs":[ "the right of every Sikh \u2026 to wear a kirpan", "\u2014 J. C. Archer" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259r-", "kir\u02c8p\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Panjabi & Hindi kirp\u0101\u1e47 , from Sanskrit k\u1e5bp\u0101\u1e47a sword":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163303" }, "Kirkland":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city in western Washington state on an inlet of Puget Sound northeast of Seattle population 48,787":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259rk-l\u0259nd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100525" }, "kirsch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a dry colorless brandy distilled from the fermented juice of the black morello cherry":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kirsh" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Apple or plum brandy, or even a kirsch (cherry brandy) provides complexity. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2020", "Each layer was filled twice with apricot marmalade and a kirsch flavored Bavarian cream. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 18 Apr. 2018", "His 2015 Cabernet is round and more open-structured than some of his clients\u2019 interpretations of the vineyard, tasting of kirsch and briar patch with gamey, savory tones. \u2014 Bryce Wiatrak, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2018", "Topping \u00bd cup kirsch 3 T confectioners' sugar 3 cups fresh sweet cherries, pitted \u00be cup heavy cream 1 3-oz. \u2014 Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor , 19 Apr. 2016", "Stir in the kirsch and season with salt and 4 grinds of pepper (or to taste), and add the nutmeg. \u2014 Daniel Silverman, Town & Country , 4 Dec. 2012", "Active Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Serves: 8 \u00bd pound or 2 cups sweet cherries, pitted and halved 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, kirsch or brandy \u00bc cup... \u2014 Gabriella Gershenson, WSJ , 19 July 2017", "Meanwhile, combine the vanilla extract, kirsch and strawberries in a separate, large mixing bowl, letting the berries macerate for a few minutes. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 6 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "German, short for Kirschwasser , from Kirsche cherry + Wasser water":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1869, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191637" }, "Kirschner value":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a value similar to a Reichert value that indicates the content in a fat of the water-soluble fatty acids (as butyric acid) having soluble silver salts":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kirshn\u0259r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from the name Kirschner":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210941" }, "kirsebaer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a Danish cherry liqueur":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kirs\u0259\u02ccba(a)(\u0259)r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Danish kirseb\u00e6r , short for kirseb\u00e6rbr\u00e6ndevin , from kirseb\u00e6r cherry + br\u00e6ndevin brandy":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214457" }, "Kiribati":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "island nation along the Equator in the western Pacific south-southeast of the Marshalls comprising the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix groups and Banaba; its capital is on Tarawa area 313 square miles (811 square kilometers), population 109,400":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kir-\u0259-\u02ccbas\u2014 sic" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225922" }, "Kirikkale":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city in central Turkey east of Ankara population 192,500":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259-\u02c8ri-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234023" }, "kiri":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a paulownia ( Paulownia tomentosa )":[], ": the light soft straight-grained pale brown wood of the kiri that is easily worked and very resistant to shrinking and swelling and that is used in Japan especially as a base for lacquer work and in lining fine cabinetry":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0113r\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Japanese":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235947" }, "Kirillitsa":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": cyrillic alphabet":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259\u0307\u02c8ril\u0259\u0307ts\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Russian, from Kirill (Cyril)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005910" }, "kirimon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the two imperial badges of Japan consisting of three leaves of the paulownia surmounted by three budding stems \u2014 compare chrysanthemum sense 3":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kir\u0259\u02ccm\u00e4n", "\u02c8k\u0113r\u0113\u02ccm-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Japanese, from kiri + mon badge, crest":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011253" } }