Index of English words, starting with "ki"

(1) - Kincob (a.) Of the nature of kincob; brocaded.
(2) - Kincob (n.) India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.

(1) - Kind (v. t.) To beget.
(2) - Kind (a.) Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.
(3) - Kind (a.) Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
(4) - Kind (a.) Nature; natural instinct or disposition.
(5) - Kind (superl.) Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
(6) - Kind (superl.) Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.
(7) - Kind (superl.) Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
(8) - Kind (superl.) Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
(9) - Kind (superl.) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

(1) - Kindergarten (n.) A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.