n. 1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; distributed from Arabia to Africa.
Syn. -- Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a resident of Alaska. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.
Syn. -- methane series, alkane series, paraffin [ WordNet 1.5 PC ]

n. [ Dim. of Sp. alcana, alheña, in which al is the Ar. article. See Henna, and cf. Orchanet. ] 1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. (b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
Syn. -- amine, alkyl amine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a resident of Arkansas.
Syn. -- Arkansawyer [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a resident of Arkansas.
Syn. -- Arkansan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint. ] Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.
Syn. -- askance, sidelong. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. 1. to divide a territory into small, hostile states. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. pl. 1. The countries occupying the Balkan Peninsula.
Syn. -- Balkan countries, Balkan nations, Balkan states. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The Balkan mountains. [ PJC ]

n. Same as Barkentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carcanet. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Clinquant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as coracan.
Syn. -- finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. (Mining) See Flucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Flucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes. ] [ Written also jackanape. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A monkey; an ape. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To know; to ken. [ Obs. ] See Ken. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Khan.

{ } n. [ Native name, prop., a man. ] A native of the Sandwich Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The Kanawha River, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Syn. -- Kanawha River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. same as Kanchenjunga.
Syn. -- Kanchenjunga, Kinchinjunga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A mountain in India and Nepal, 28, 146 feet high. [ proper name ]
Syn. -- Kanchanjanga, Kinchinjunga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Malay canchīl. ] (Zool.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. Tragulus pygmæus, or Tragulus kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be the native name. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare. --
Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass (Anthistiria australis). --
Kangaroo hare (Zool.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under Jerboa. --
Kangaroo mouse. (Zool.) See Jumping mouse, under Jumping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. [ PJC ]

2. (Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys. [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) a small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo. [ PJC ]

n. A sedgelike spring-flowering herb (Anigozanthus manglesii) of Australia, having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs.
Syn. -- kangaroo paw, kangaroo-foot plant, Australian sword lily, Anigozanthus manglesii. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. of or pertaining to Kansas. [ PJC ]

prop. n. a resident of Kansas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A state of the central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the west. [ PJC ]

prop. n. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher (1724-1804).
Syn. -- Immanuel Kant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of Kant; a Kantist.

{ } n. The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disciple or follower of Kant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cantred.

‖n. (Zool.) [ Native name. ] The slow lemur. See Lemur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An East Indian cereal grass (Eleusine coracana) whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
Syn. -- finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ }, n. pl. [ Russ. molokane. ] See Raskolnik. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. A resident of the state of Nebraska.
Syn. -- Cornhusker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Neo-Kantianism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An adherent of Neo-Kantianism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow Kant in his general theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophers including F. A. Lange, H. Cohen, Paul Natorp, and others. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ From Oriskany, in New York. ] (Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oriskany period, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or transitional in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pekan. ] (Zool.) See Fisher, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]