kyphosus sectatrix
- n food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
kylix
- n a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
kymograph
- n scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
kyo-chiku
- n immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
kyoto
- n a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
kyrgyz republic
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
kyrgyzstan
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
kyushu
- n the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
kyyiv
- n capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center