<hw>Kal"en*dar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Calendar</er>.</def>
<h1>Kalendarial</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Kal`en*da"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Calendarial</er>.</def>
<h1>Kalender</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Kal"en*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See 3d <er>Calender</er>.</def>
<h1>Kalends</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Kal"ends</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Calends</er>.</def>
<h1>Kali</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>kali</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Cosmog.)</fld> <def>The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun <sc>B. C.</sc> 3102, and to last 432,000 years.</def>
<h1>Kali</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka"li</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>k\'bel\'c6</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>The black, destroying goddess; -- called also <altname>Doorga</altname>, <altname>Anna Purna</altname>.</def>
<h1>Kali</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>qali</ets>. See <er>Alkali</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The glasswort (<spn>Salsola Kali</spn>).</def>
<h1>Kalif</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka"lif</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caliph</er>.</def>
<h1>Kaliform</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka"li*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Kali</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Formed like kali, or glasswort.</def>
<h1>Kaligenous</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka*lig"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Kali</ets> + <ets>-genous</ets>. See <er>Alkali</er>.]</ety> <def>Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.</def>
<h1>Kalium</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Ka"li*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Kali</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.</def>
<h1>Kalki</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Kal"ki</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <def>The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.</def>
<i>Whitworth.</i>
<h1>Kalmia</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Kal"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named in honor of Peter <ets>Kalm</ets>, a Swedish botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also <altname>mountain laurel</altname>, <altname>ivy bush</altname>, <altname>lamb kill</altname>, <altname>calico bush</altname>, etc.</def>
<h1>Kalmuck</h1> <Xpage=808>
<hw>Kal"muck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Calmucks</er>.</def>
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