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153 words match “KIT”

KITTLE v. 3 definitions
To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
KITTLISH a.
Ticklish; kittle. Sir W. Scott.
KITTY n. 2 definitions
A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.
KITTYSOL n.
The Chinese paper parasol.
ARKITE a.
Belonging to the ark. [R.] Faber.
BLATHERSKITE n.
A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] Barllett.
BOX KITE n.
A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also Hargrave, or cellular, kite.
BROOKITE n.
A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
DOMEYKITE n.
A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.
EDDY KITE n.
A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the box kite.
FINBAT KITE n.
= Eddy kite. [Eng.]
GIESECKITE n.
A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elæolite.
GREENOCKITE n.
Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
HELLKITE n.
A kite of infernal breed. Shak.
KYTHE; KITHE v.
To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or Scot.] For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
LANARKITE n.
A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
PARAKITE n.
A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem, used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments for meteorological observations or a man for military reconnoissance; also, a kite of such a train.
PEROFSKITE n.
A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals. [Written also Perovskite.]
SAMARSKITE a.
A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
SKIT n. 3 definitions
s given in his "Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;" but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. Leslie Stephen.
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