king penguin
- n large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
killifish
- n small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control
killing field
- n (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)
killing zone
- n an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
kiln
- n a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
kilo
- n one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds
kilobyte
- n a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
- n a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes