kyphosus sectatrix
- n food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
krishna
- n 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute
kriss kringle
- n the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
kriti
- n the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
kroeber
- n United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960)
krona
- n the basic unit of money in Sweden
- n the basic unit of money in Iceland
krone
- n the basic unit of money in Norway
- n the basic unit of money in Denmark
kronecker delta
- n a function of two variables i and j that equals 1 when i=j and equals 0 otherwise
kroto
- n British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)