kuaf-ar: (tr.) to dress the hair of (ulu); -isto: hair-dresser, coiffeur. Def.: Aranjar la hararo di ulu. — DEF
kub-o: (geom., arith.) cube; -igar: to c.; radiko: c. root; metro- -o: cubic meter (metre). — DEFIRS
kubeb-o: cubeb (-pepper). — DEFIRS
kubik-o: (math. equation) cubic.
kubit-o: (anat.) cubitus: ulna (bone). — EFIS
kuboid-o: (anat.) cuboid. — EF
kud-o: elbow, knee; -igar, -izar: to make an e. out of (ulo); (fig.) to bend (ulo) in the form of an e.; -pulsar: (od, shokar, frapar per la kudi): to elbow, jostle (with elbows); -mezuro: cubit (-measure); -apogar: to lean on the e., -apog-ilo: e. rest; inter-tushar la kudi: to be e. to e. — FIS
kugl-o: bullet, musket-ball; -ego: cannon-ball; -eto: (small-) shot; -espruva: bullet-proof. V. exp.: vid. balono. — D
kuk-o: cake; -ajo: a pastry; -(if)isto: pastry-cook; -vend-erio: a pastry-selling establishment. — De
kukombr-o: cucumber. — DEFS
kukul-o: (orni.) cuckoo (genus: Cuculus); -horlojo: cuckoo clock. — DEFIRS
kukurbit-o: (bot.) pumpkin; (chem.) cucurbit. — EFIS
kukurbitace-o: cucurbitaceous plant (as cucumber, melon, squash, pumpkin, gourd). — EFIS
kul-o: bottom (of objects); arse, buttocks (of persons); -o di botelo, di lampo: bottom of a bottle, a lamp. V. exp.: vid. sedo. — FIS
kulat-o: breech (of a cannon, musket, etc.); -izar: to cover the breech of. — FIS
kulbut-ar: (intr.) -igar: (tr.) to somersault, turn upside down; (nav.) to capsize; -e: head over heels; (cf. renversar). — F
kulc-o: (ent.) gnat, midge (Culex).
kulebrin-o: (ancient cannon) culverin. — EFIS
«kuli»: coolie, cooly: cheap laborer in the Orient.
kulier-o: spoon; -ego: ladle; -edo: spoonful; kafe- -o: teaspoon. — F
kulis-o: coulisse: (tech.) a groove in which something glides; (theat.) side scene, wing; (finan.) outside stock-exchange, or «curb market»; -isto: stock-jobber, outside-broker; green-room frequenter (theat.). — DEFR
kulmin-ar: (intr.) culminate: to reach its highest altitude or meridian; to reach the highest point, as of rank, number, size, glory, power, etc. — DEFIRS
kulp-ar: (intr.) to commit a fault, to err; -o: fault, blunder: deviation from duty, propriety through human weakness; deviation from rule through indolence or ignorance; (cf. pekar); -anta, -inta, -oza:culpable; sen- -a: faultless, (fig.) guiltless; -eto: petty fault, peccadillo. — EFIS
kult-ar: (tr.) to worship; -o: cult; worship. — DEFIRS
kultel-o: knife; -ego: large knife; cutlass. — FI
kultiv-ar: (tr.) to cultivate: till (land); raise, as plant or crop, by tillage; (of arts, letters, the mind, etc.) to improve and develop by study and training; (of friendship, acquaintance, etc.) to pay assiduous attention to, to foster; -(ad)o, -eso: cultivation, tillage, husbandry; -ebla: cultivable, arable. Ex.: Kultivar agro, viti, flori. Kultivar sua spirito, sua memoro, mem sua korpo (on parolas pri korpala kultivado). Instruktisto, edukisto, anke kultivas la spirito di sua dicipuli, lia atenciveso, lia kurajo, ed altra fakultati e vertui. Individui o populi povas kultivar ca or ta cienco, arto, mestiero; ed on povas anke dicar, pri individuo o populo, ke ol esas plu o min «kultivita»; (IV-349-350). Vu devas kultivar amikeso kun ta bona homulo. — DEFIRS
kultur-o: culture; -ala, -ema: cultural; -oza: cultured. Def.: Etikala, intelektala e sociala parto di civilizeso (kontraste a progreso en la cienci, l’arti: la civilizo). Ex.: On povus dicar, ke Rusia esis kulturlando, pro ke tanta rusa autori, muzikisti, e.c. pruvis la alta stando di la maxim progresinta Rusi, ma ke Rusia esis apene civilizita, quale aparas per la sistemo di guverno e per la nesavo di la amasi; III-561. — DEFIRS
kumin-o: (bot.) cumin; caraway.
«kumis»: kumiss, koumiss: a fermented (or distilled) liquor made from milk.
kumpres-o: (surg.) compress. — DEFIRS
kumul-ar: (tr.) to hold a plurality of (offices). V. exp: Kumular havas specala, quaze teknikal senco: to esas akumular sur su (akaparar) plura ofici, funcioni . . . e salarii; II-645. — F
kumulus-o: (2001) cumulus. — DEFIRS
