kyphosus sectatrix
- n food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
kurta
- n a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
kuru
- n a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
kurus
- n 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
- n a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
kusan
- n a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
- n a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan
kussmaul's coma
- n coma that can develop in inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus
kutch
- n tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
kutuzov
- n Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)
kuvasz
- n long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog
kuwait
- n a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait
- n an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum