<B>kaput</B> or <B>kaputt, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>finished; destroyed; done for. <BR> <I>Ex. politically kaput. Their romance is kaput.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>out of style; outmoded. <BR> <I>Ex. Are westerns now kaput?</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go kaput,</B> </I>to be unsuccessful; fail. <BR> <I>Ex. During the recession our business went kaput.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="karabiner">
<B>karabiner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in mountain climbing) an oval-shaped snap link, used for attaching the climbing rope in various ways. </DL>
<A NAME="karaism">
<B>Karaism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs and practices of the Karaites. </DL>
<A NAME="karaite">
<B>Karaite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Jewish sect that originated in Persia in the 700's A.D. and rejected the rabbinical tradition and Talmudic authority, basing its tenets on a literal interpretation of the Scriptures. </DL>
<A NAME="karakul">
<B>karakul</B> or <B>karakule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a short, flat, curly fur made from the skin of newborn or very young lambs of a breed of Asian sheep. It is called broadtail, Persian lamb, or caracul, according to the age of the lamb. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a breed of robust sheep of Asia, raised for fur or skin. </DL>
<A NAME="karamojong">
<B>Karamojong, </B>noun, pl. <B>-jong</B> or <B>-jongs.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a nomadic, cattle-raising people of northeastern Uganda. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Sudanic language. </DL>
<A NAME="karaoke">
<B>karaoke, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an entertainment in which patrons of a club or bar sing alone or in groups accompanied by recorded music. <BR> <I>Ex. Karaoke ... lets pop fans act out the way they feel about a song ... or becomes a show-off's springboard (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="karat">
<B>karat, </B>noun. <B>=carat.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) kt. </DL>
<A NAME="karate">
<B>karate, </B>noun, verb, <B>-ted,</B> <B>-teing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an Oriental method of fighting without weapons by striking with the hands, elbows, knees, and feet at certain parts of the opponent's body. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to strike or beat with blows used in karate. <BR> <I>Ex. A wolf was bugging me, so I ... karated him, and called the fuzz (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="karatechop">
<B>karate-chop, </B>noun, verb, <B>-chopped,</B> <B>-chopping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a sharp slanting stroke with the hand used in karate. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to strike with a karate-chop. </DL>
<A NAME="karateka">
<B>karateka, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ka</B> or <B>-kas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in karate; karatist. </DL>
<A NAME="karathane">
<B>Karathane, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a chemical used in dusts and sprays for treating mildew and mites on vegetables, fruits, and flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="karatist">
<B>karatist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in karate. </DL>
<A NAME="karaya">
<B>karaya, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gum derived from the sap of a tropical Asian tree of the sterculia family. It is used in place of tragacanth as a stiffening for textiles, in the production of food and cosmetics, and as a laxative. </DL>
<A NAME="kareeboom">
<B>kareeboom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a South African tree of the cashew family found growing in the veld near riverbeds and streams. </DL>
<A NAME="karelian">
<B>Karelian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Karelia (part of Russia, situated east of Finland). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of an eastern division of the Baltic Finns inhabiting Karelia and eastern Finland. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Finnish dialect of the Karelians. </DL>
<A NAME="karen">
<B>Karen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a people living in south and southeast Burma, culturally not related to the native Burmese. <BR> <I>Ex. The most serious rebellion against the government is that of the Karens (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various languages of these people spoken in the different districts where they live. </DL>
<A NAME="karma">
<B>karma, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in Buddhism and Hinduism) all the acts, words, and thoughts of one life, supposed to determine a person's fate in his next stage of existence. <DD><B> 2. </B>fate; destiny; kismet. <DD><B> 3. </B>quality of good or bad feeling emanating from a person, place, or thing; vibrations. <BR> <I>Ex. Disney World alone attracts 1,000,000 visitors a month to its 27,000 acres of fun and games--and school is not even out yet. "It's great karma, man," noted one long-haired California youth (Time). Laid back though they are, Los Angelenos can be as touchy as anyone else when the karma feels wrong (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="karmic">
<B>karmic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or determined by karma. </DL>
<A NAME="karok">
<B>Karok, </B>noun, pl. <B>-rok</B> or <B>-roks.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a tribe of American Indians of the western United States living along the Klamath River. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Hokan language. </DL>
<A NAME="kaross">
<B>kaross, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cloak or sleeveless jacket made of skins, worn by South African natives. </DL>
<A NAME="karri">
<B>karri, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very tall eucalyptus tree of western Australia, valuable as a source of lumber. </DL>
<A NAME="karroo">
<B>karroo</B> or <B>karoo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-roos,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> barren clayey tableland in southern Africa. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or growing in the karroo. <BR> <I>Ex. The waterless desert covered with a species of karoo shrub (H. Rider Haggard).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with an important South African series of rocks of Triassic age, chiefly sandstone mixed with volcanic matter. </DL>
<A NAME="karroo">
<B>Karroo</B> or <B>Karoo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-roos,</B> adjective. <B>=karroo.</B></DL>
<A NAME="karst">
<B>karst, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with limestone topography typified by underground drainage, sinkholes, rolling surfaces, and caverns, as in northern Florida. <BR> <I>Ex. karst plains, a karst feature.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kart">
<B>kart, </B>noun. <B>=go-kart.</B></DL>
<A NAME="karting">
<B>karting, </B>noun. <B>=go-karting.</B></DL>
<A NAME="karyo">
<B>karyo-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) cell nucleus. <BR> <I>Ex. Karyolysis = dissolution of a cell nucleus.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="karyokinesis">
<B>karyokinesis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the division of the cell nucleus, especially in mitosis. </DL>
<A NAME="karyokinetic">
<B>karyokinetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) having to do with karyokinesis. </DL>
<A NAME="karyology">
<B>karyology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of cell nuclei. </DL>
<A NAME="karyolymph">
<B>karyolymph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the more fluid portion of the nucleus of a cell; nuclear sap. </DL>
<A NAME="karyolysis">
<B>karyolysis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the dissolution of a cell nucleus. </DL>
<A NAME="karyomitome">
<B>karyomitome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the network of fibers which forms a constituent of the nucleus of a cell before the process of mitosis begins. </DL>
<A NAME="karyoplasm">
<B>karyoplasm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the protoplasm found in the nucleus of a cell; nucleoplasm. </DL>
<B>karyoplasmic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) of or having to do with karyoplasm. </DL>
<A NAME="karyosome">
<B>karyosome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>any one of certain bodies present in the network of chromatin in the nucleus of a cell, similar to but distinguished from the nucleolus or plasmosome. <DD><B> 2. </B>the nucleus of a cell. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=chromosome.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="karyotheca">
<B>karyotheca, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the nuclear membrane of a cell. </DL>
<A NAME="karyotin">
<B>karyotin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the part of the nucleus of a cell that will take a stain; chromatin. </DL>
<A NAME="karyotype">
<B>karyotype, </B>noun, verb, <B>-typed,</B> <B>-typing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Genetics.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the character of a set of chromosomes as defined by their arrangement, number, size, shape, or other characteristics. <DD><B> 2. </B>a group of chromosome sets having one or more such characteristics in common. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to classify the chromosome sets of (an organism, species, genus, or other grouping) according to their arrangement, number, size, shape, or other characteristics. <BR> <I>Ex. Two to six weeks of growth are required before the culture is ready to be karyotyped ... and examined microscopically to determine the chromosome pattern (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="karyotypic">
<B>karyotypic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with karyotypes or karyotyping. </DL>
<A NAME="kas">
<B>Kas.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Kansas. </DL>
<A NAME="kasbah">
<B>Kasbah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the native quarter of cities with a large Arab population. Also, <B>Casbah.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="kasha">
<B>kasha</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> coarse grains of buckwheat, barley, wheat, or millet, crushed and cooked, and served as a mush. </DL>
<A NAME="kasha">
<B>kasha</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a soft, twilled woolen fabric. <BR> <I>Ex. For sports, he makes a three-quarter length straight coat of ocelot. Red kasha lines the coat and pipes the tailored pockets (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Kasha,</B> a trademark for this fabric. </DL>
<A NAME="kasher">
<B>kasher, </B>adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj., noun </I> <B>=kosher.</B> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to prepare (food) according to Jewish ritual law. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make (utensils) kosher. <BR> <I>Ex. Muslim dietary rules resemble the Jewish ones, but there are no professional priests or rabbis in Islam to kasher (Atlantic).</I> <DD> Also, <B>kosher.</B> </DL>
