{ "kuru":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a rare progressive fatal prion disease that resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and has occurred among tribespeople in eastern New Guinea who engaged in a form of ritual cannibalism":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u00fc", "\u02c8ku\u0307(\u0259)r-(\u02cc)\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For a late breakfast or early lunch, meander over to Mimar Sinan, one of several nearby restaurants specializing in kuru fas\u00fclye, white beans stewed in olive oil and tomato sauce and served with rice pilaf. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 28 Dec. 2018", "At least, with kuru , the cannibalism comes at the beginning. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 25 Jan. 2018", "When Prusiner started work on them, it had been established that Creutzfeldt-Jakob, kuru and a sheep disease called scrapie could be transmitted by infected brains, but nobody knew what caused it. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 6 Oct. 2017", "But there are other infectious forms: scrapie in sheep, kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. \u2014 Michael Nedelman, CNN , 19 Sep. 2017", "The disease predominantly struck women and children, who customarily handled the brains and organs of dead kuru victims during Fore funerals. \u2014 Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 6 Apr. 2017", "These mysterious misfolded proteins are thought to cause kuru , scrapie, and mad cow disease, as well as the fatal insomnia referred to in the title. \u2014 Wired Staff, WIRED , 1 Oct. 2006", "In the 1950s, D. Carleton Gajdusek, an American research scientist, traveled to Papua New Guinea to study a disease called kuru that infected as many as 2,500 natives in the highlands. \u2014 Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 July 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Fore (language of eastern highland Papua New Guinea)":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1957, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112433" }, "kurtosis":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the peakedness or flatness of the graph of a frequency distribution especially with respect to the concentration of values near the mean as compared with the normal distribution":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u0259r-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek kyrt\u014dsis convexity, from kyrtos convex \u2014 more at curve":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1905, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202415" }, "kure atoll":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "island of the central Pacific in Hawaii; westernmost of the Leeward Islands":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kyu\u0307r-", "\u02c8k\u00fc-(\u02cc)r\u0101", "\u02c8ku\u0307r-\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215444" }, "Kurdistan":{ "type":[ "geographical name", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an Oriental rug woven by the Kurds and noted for fine colors":[], "region of eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria that is largely inhabited by Kurds population 28,000,000":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccku\u0307r-d\u0259-\u02c8stan", "\u02cck\u0259r-", "-\u02c8st\u00e4n", "-\u02ccst\u00e4n", "\u02c8k\u0259r-d\u0259-\u02ccstan" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Kurdistan , Asia":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1904, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014737" }, "kurgan":{ "type":[ "geographical name", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a burial mound of eastern Europe or Siberia":[], "city on the Tobol River and the Trans-Siberian Railroad in southwestern Russia in Asia population 333,600":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "ku\u0307r-\u02c8gan", "ku\u0307r-\u02c8g\u00e4n", "-\u02c8g\u00e4n", "-\u02c8gan" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Trifonov and his team suggest that the Maikop people who built the kurgan used the tubes to drink beer from a communal vessel. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Jan. 2022", "The straws, along with one of the beer vessels, were found at the Maikop kurgan , a prehistoric burial mound in the northern Caucasus in Russia. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022", "For the past four years, a joint Russian-Swiss team of archaeologists has been excavating a kurgan , or burial mound, in the Russian republic of Tuva in southern Siberia. \u2014 Andrew Curry, National Geographic , 22 Sep. 2020", "University of Sydney archaeologist Gino Caspari and his colleagues searched for Scythian burial mounds, or kurgans , in high-resolution satellite images of a 110 square kilometer (68.4 square mile) area of the Xinjiang province in northwestern China. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2018", "An ancient problem Looting is an old tradition on the steppe\u2014as old as the oldest kurgans themselves. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2018", "The two apparent plague victims were buried together in a kurgan : a wooden chamber beneath a mound of earth. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 12 June 2018", "That group consisted of herders from the Asian steppes, whose skeletons and genes are known from their burial mounds called kurgans . \u2014 Jared Diamond, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2018", "The preliminary dig suggests the structure is the relatively undisturbed kurgan \u2014a tomb of a Scythian prince. \u2014 Mika Mckinnon, Smithsonian , 22 Jan. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Russian, of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish kurgan fortress, castle":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1889, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025741" }, "Kuruba":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of a pastoral people in Mysore and other parts of southern India":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259\u02c8r\u00fcb\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085729" }, "Kurukh":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an indigenous people of central India who antedate the Dravidians in India":[], ": a member of such people":[], ": the Dravidian language of the Kurukh people":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r\u0259k" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183317" }, "kurtorachic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having the lumbar region of the spinal column concave dorsally":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6k\u0259rt\u0259\u00a6rakik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "kurto- (irregular from Greek kyrtos bulging, convex) + rach- (from Greek rhachis spine) + -ic":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214514" }, "kurta":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a long loose-fitting collarless shirt of a style originating in India":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0259", "\u02c8ku\u0307r-t\u00e4" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In one clinic, a tall man in an olive-green kurta with a stethoscope around his neck was examining a baby. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2021", "The space would soon be filled with dozens of actors in shimmering saris and kurtas . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2020", "Dressed in a pink shirt and fawn pants, the 24-year-old sat operating his sewing machine by the side of the road, surrounded by kurtas and shirts waiting to be altered. \u2014 Amanat Khullar, Quartz India , 17 Mar. 2020", "Singh, dressed in a fawn kurta , bright blue turban, and a kirpan (a traditional sword) slung across his chest, said softly. \u2014 Amanat Khullar, Quartz India , 28 Feb. 2020", "First up was an airy cream kurta \u2014a loose, long shirt commonly worn in South Asian countries, including Pakistan. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Oct. 2019", "Her first outfit included a white kurta designed by Pakistani brand \u00c9lan, while her second featured an black coat by Beulah London. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Oct. 2019", "Smartly-dressed students, young women in artsy saris and silver jewellery, and young men in long kurtas and chappals were everywhere. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 20 Sep. 2019", "In the chapter dedicated to Sarabhai, his kurta -pyjama and the bicycles in the backdrop of large rockets present a commentary on the socio-political reality of a newly independent, emerging nation state. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 11 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Hindi & Urdu kurt\u0101 , from Persian kurta":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1913, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-040608" }, "Kure Atoll":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "island of the central Pacific in Hawaii; westernmost of the Leeward Islands":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u00fc-(\u02cc)r\u0101", "\u02c8ku\u0307r-\u0113", "\u02c8kyu\u0307r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063909" }, "kuruma":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": jinrikisha":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r\u0259m\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Japanese":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090356" }, "Kurds":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307rd", "\u02c8k\u0259rd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1595, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121107" }, "Kurd":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307rd", "\u02c8k\u0259rd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1595, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132506" }, "Kursk":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city of southwestern Russia in Europe on the Seym River population 414,900":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307rsk" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150925" }, "Kurumba":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of a jungle people living on the slopes of the Nilgiri hills of southern India":[], ": a member of a shepherd caste of southern India who are known for a variety of blanket that they weave":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259\u02c8r\u00fcmb\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152712" }, "Kurrol's salt":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u0259r|\u0259lz-", "\u02c8ku\u0307r|" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps from the name Kurrol":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174206" }, "kurchee bark":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a Tellicherry bark from a tree ( Holarrhena antidysenterica ) of the family Apocynaceae that contains conessine and other alkaloids":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "kurchee, kurchi perhaps of Indic origin; akin to Sanskrit k\u016brca beard, bunch, bundle of grass":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174229" }, "kurrajong leaf roller":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the destructive larva of an Australian pyralidid moth ( Sylepta clytalis ) feeding on kurrajong foliage":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184421" }, "kurbash":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a lash or whip of hide used as an instrument of punishment":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Turkish kirba\u00e7":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211016" }, "Kurdish":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the Iranian language of the Kurds":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r-dish", "\u02c8k\u0259r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1813, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234331" }, "kurume azalea":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of certain garden azaleas of variable hardiness with white, pink, rose, scarlet, or lavender flowers originating in Japan chiefly by selection from or hybridization of a native Japanese azalea ( Rhododendron obtusum ) with hairy shoots and evergreen or deciduous leaves":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r\u0259\u02ccm\u0101-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from Kurume , city in northern Kyushu, Japan":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030604" }, "kurrajong":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccj\u00e4\u014b", "\u02c8k\u0259-r\u0259-", "\u02c8k\u0259r-\u0259-\u02ccj\u022f\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "His preferred wood is from the kurrajong tree, which grows on his farm in the state of New South Wales. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 5 July 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) garaju\u014b , literally, fishing line":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1823, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055844" }, "Kurosawa":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Akira 1910\u20131998 Japanese filmmaker":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccku\u0307r-\u0259-\u02c8sau\u0307-\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073729" }, "kuru\u015f":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ "a monetary subunit of the lira \u2014 see lira at Money Table":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fcsh" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Turkish kuru\u015f":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1882, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112325" }, "kurus":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ "a monetary subunit of the lira \u2014 see lira at Money Table":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fcsh" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Turkish kuru\u015f":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1882, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115416" }, "Kuropatkin":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Aleksey Nikolayevich 1848\u20131921 Russian general":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccku\u0307r-\u0259-\u02c8pat-k\u0259n", "-\u02c8p\u00e4t-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130436" }, "kurvey":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to carry goods about in an ox wagon in southern Africa":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u0259(r)\u02c8v\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Afrikaans karwei , probably from Dutch karweien to do odd jobs, from karwei job, task, from Middle Dutch corweye corv\u00e9e, from Middle French corvee":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135845" }, "kurveyor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a traveling trader in southern Africa who carries goods about in a large ox wagon":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0101\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "modification (influenced by English -or ) of Afrikaans karweier , from karwei to kurvey + -er (from Dutch, akin to Old English -ere -er)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140351" }, "Kurashiki":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city in southwestern Honshu, Japan population 475,513":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccku\u0307r-\u00e4-\u02c8sh\u0113-k\u0113", "ku\u0307-\u02c8r\u00e4-sh\u0113-k\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160533" }, "kurnakovite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mineral Mg 2 B 6 O 11 .13H 2 O consisting of hydrous borate of magnesium":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "ku\u0307r\u02c8n\u00e4k\u0259\u02ccv\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Russian kurnakovit , from N. S. Kurnakov \u20201941 Russian mineralogist + Russian -it -ite":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165957" }, "Kurnai":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a people of the southeastern coast of Australia living in permanent villages":[], ": a member of such people":[], ": the language of the Kurnai people":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307(\u0259)r\u02ccn\u012b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-183033" }, "Kurmi":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of an important agricultural caste distributed throughout India with the exception of the extreme south":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307rm\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Hindi Kurmi":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184849" }, "Kurku":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": korku":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307(\u0259)r(\u02cc)k\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202541" }, "Kura":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "river 941 miles (1514 kilometers) long in western Asia flowing from northeastern Turkey east-southeast through Georgia and Azerbaijan into the Caspian Sea":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r-\u0259", "k\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011754" }, "Kura clover":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a perennial clover ( Trifolium ambiguum ) native to the Caucasus and Romania and introduced into America":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ku\u0307r\u0259-", "k\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps from Kura , river in Georgia and Azerbaidzhan, U.S.S.R.":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012033" } }