kyphosus sectatrix
- n food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
kvass
- n fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley
kvetch
- n (Yiddish) a constant complainer
- n (Yiddish) a nagging complaint
- v express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
kw-hr
- n a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
kwa
- n a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
kwacha
- n the basic unit of money in Zambia
- n the basic unit of money in Malawi
kwajalein
- n an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
- n an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
kwakiutl
- n a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island
- n a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl
kwan-yin
- n (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
kwangchow
- n a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port