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| aspirate |
in phonetics, a speech sound pronounced with an audible release or rush of air, such as the initial "h," "t," "p," or "k" sounds in English. [1/5 definitions] |
| consonant |
a sound in a language made by stopping or restricting the flow of air through the mouth with the tongue, teeth, lips, or other organs of speech. The sounds represented by the letters "k," "b," "s," and "m" are examples of consonants in English. [1/2 definitions] |
| fluid dram |
in the U.K., a unit of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce or 3.5516 milliliters. [1/2 definitions] |
| Harry Potter |
the main character in a fantasy fiction series written by British author J. K. Rowling. The character is a young wizard, and the series relates his trials and magical adventures. |
| kaon |
in physics, a meson that is positive, negative, or neutral and that is the product of a high-energy collision; K meson. |
| kilobyte |
a unit of measurement equal to 1,024 bytes. Kilobytes are used to measure the amount of electronic information that can be stored by a computer. (abbreviated: k) |
| minim |
in the U.K., a unit of capacity equal to one sixtieth of a fluid dram, 0.05919 milliliter, or approximately a drop. [1/3 definitions] |
| potassium |
a soft, silver-white metal that is one of the chemical elements. Potassium is used in making fertilizer, soap, glass, and explosives. It occurs in nature only in compounds with other elements. (symbol: K) |
| Q-Celtic |
the branch of the Celtic languages that includes Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, in which a "k" sound replaced the Proto-Indo-European "kw" sound. |
| velar |
pronounced with the back of the tongue close to or touching the soft palate, as the "g" sound in "gone" and the "k" sound in "cut". [1/3 definitions] |
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