keylock
An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
A physical lock on the case of a computer, preventing use of the keyboard until unlocked.
A digital feature used by disc jockeys that locks a track to its original key regardless of changes made to the tempo.

keylocks
plural of keylock

keypad
A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.

keypads
plural of keypad

keyphone
A desk telephone with additional buttons and features.

keyphones
plural of keyphone

keypunch
A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.

keypunches
plural of keypunch

keyseater
An instrument for keyseating.

keyseaters
plural of keyseater

keysender
A device that transmits information about which buttons are pressed.

keysenders
plural of keysender

keyserver
In public key cryptography, the server that stores and distributes the public key files.

keyservers
plural of keyserver

keyset
An input device whose few keys can be pressed in many combinations, often simultaneously, to enter different commands or characters.
A set of keys (unique identifiers) used to distinguish the rows of data being traversed by a cursor.
A collection of keys on a typewriter or keyboard.

keysets
plural of keyset

keyswitches
plural of keyswitch

keyword
Any word used as the key to a code.
Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or listed in the metadata for searches to find.
A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

keywords
plural of keyword

khazi
An outhouse or lavatory: a place used for urination and defecation.
A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation (also figurative).

khazis
plural of khazi.

khipu
Alternative form of quipu.

khipus
plural of khipu

khoa
A South Asian dairy product made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating.

khowa
Alternative form of khoa.

khoya
Alternative form of khoa.

kiap
Tongs, clip; any claw-like tool used to grab objects or hold something in place.

kibbal
Alternative form of kibble (“bucket used for hoisting out of a mine”).

kibbals
plural of kibbal

kibbler
A device that kibbles grain.
A person who operates such a device.

kibblers
plural of kibbler

kickboard
A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer's upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements.
On pianos and organs, a vertical panel located above the pedals.
Synonym of kickplate (“strip at base of door to prevent scuffing”).

kickboards
plural of kickboard

kicksorter
A device for analyzing the amplitudes of electrical pulses.

kicksorters
plural of kicksorter

kickstand
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.

kickstands
plural of kickstand

kickstool
A circular stool with small wheels used in libraries etc to reach high shelves; the wheels are made inoperative when a person stands on it

kickstools
plural of kickstool

kieselguhr
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.

kieselguhrs
plural of kieselguhr

kieselgur
Alternative spelling of kieselguhr.

kieselgurs
plural of kieselgur

killfilter
kill file

killfilters
plural of killfilter

kilodalton
An atomic mass unit equal to 1,000 daltons; usually used to describe the molecular weight of large molecules such as proteins.

kilodaltons
plural of kilodalton

kilogrammeter
Alternative spelling of kilogram-meter.

kilogrammeters
plural of kilogrammeter

kilomaser
An extragalactic water maser that is weaker than a megamaser

kilomasers
plural of kilomaser

kilometer
US spelling of kilometre.

kilometers
plural of kilometer

kimarite
any of the 82 techniques that may be used to win a match

kimograph
Misspelling of kymograph.

kimura
An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.

kimuras
plural of kimura

kinaesthesiometer
Alternative form of kinesthesiometer.

kinaesthesiometers
plural of kinaesthesiometer

kindlings
plural of kindling

kinegram
A type of diffractive optically variable image device used to prevent counterfeiting.
A type of barrier-grid animation.

kinegrams
plural of kinegram

kinematogram
An image whose slow movement is used to investigate aspects of vision

kinematograms
plural of kinematogram

kinemometer
An electromagnetic device, similar to the velocity ballistocardiograph, for measuring contraction and relaxation in a tendon reflex.
A highly sensitive type of tachometer.

kinemometers
plural of kinemometer

kinesimeter
An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
An instrument for exploring the surface of the body to test cutaneous sensibility.

kinesimeters
plural of kinesimeter

kinesiograph
A device used to record the movement of the jaws

kinesiographs
plural of kinesiograph

kinesiometer
Alternative form of kinesimeter.

kinesiometers
plural of kinesiometer

kinesthesiometer
An instrument for measuring the degree of muscular sensation.

kinesthesiometers
plural of kinesthesiometer

kinetid
Any structure, in a eukaryotic cell, that is used for locomotion

kinetids
plural of kinetid

kinetocardiograph
The recording device used in kinetocardiography.

kinetocardiographs
plural of kinetocardiograph

kinetophone
A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.

kinetophones
plural of kinetophone

kinetophonograph
Synonym of kinetophone.

kinetophonographs
plural of kinetophonograph

kinetoplasm
Alternative form of kinoplasm.

kinetoscope
An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.

kinetoscopes
plural of kinetoscope

kinomatogram
Misspelling of kinematogram.

kinoplasm
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.

kinoplasms
plural of kinoplasm

kinspersons
plural of kinsperson

kinterm
A term used to describe one or more kintypes.

kinterms
plural of kinterm

kipe
An osier basket used for catching fish.

kipes
plural of kipe

kipu
Alternative form of quipu.

kipus
plural of kipu

kirbeh
An animal-skin bag used to carry water in the Middle East.

kirbehs
plural of kirbeh

kirikane
A Japanese decorative technique used for Buddhist statues and paintings, consisting of gold leaf, silver leaf or platinum leaf cut into lines, diamonds, and triangles.

kirner
A hand-operated jumper.

kitchenalia
Miscellaneous kitchen utensils, cooking equipment, and other items typically found in kitchens.

kiteboard
A specialized lightweight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.

kiteboards
plural of kiteboard

kittee
A piece of partially split bamboo, once used to crush the hand as a form of torture in India.

kittees
plural of kittee

kleptoplastid
A plastid that is subject to kleptoplastidy

kleptoplastids
plural of kleptoplastid

kleroteria
plural of kleroterion

kleroterion
A device used in sortition, consisting of a stone slab incised with rows of slots and with an attached tube, and operating on tokens representing citizens.

kline
Alternative form of k-line.

klinometer
Archaic form of clinometer.

klinometers
plural of klinometer