kapitia 
'i-a), . [E. Ind.] 
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the coagulated gum of this tree is nearly identical in iu 
properties with gutta-percha^ 
LDitia (ka-pish'i-a), n. [E. Ind.] A resin 
-wLh exude! from"!' Ceylonese tree, Croton ^^^ATStaSete form of carcanet. 
aromaticus(C. lacciferus). karket, An obsolete form of carle. 
kapnographic^kap-no-graf ik),_a. [< ^nos- k , )( ; gee Mfl 
inff'tokai)iio(n-aDhv- 
" ^' 
a - ' 
kapnography (kapWra-fi) . [< Gr. 
cing decorative designs, pictures, etc., with a 
point more or less fine, in a coating of carbon 
way be made to give subtle gradations of tint, as well as 
white or light lines drawn on the dark background. The 
work is fixed finally by the use of some varnish or other 
fixative. 
kapnomor, . See capnomor. 
kapok (ka-pok' ), n. [E. Ind.] The silky wool 
(kiir'ma), n. [Skt. karman (nom. kar- 
ma), act, action, work, fate as the consequence 
of acts (see def.), < -y/fcar, do, perform, cause, 
effect: cf. L. creare. create : see create."] 1. In 
Hindu religion, one's action or acts considered 
as determining his lot after death and in a fol- 
lowing existence; the aggregate of merits and 
demerits of a sentient being in one of his suc- 
cessive existences. 2. In theos.: (a) The doc- 
trine of fate, destiny, or necessity as an invaria- 
ble sequence of cause and effect; the theory of 
kation 
active changes which take place in the nucleus 
of a living cell in the process of division. Also 
written caryocinesis. 
karyokinetic (kar"i-o-ki-net'ik), a. [< karyo- 
kincsis, after kinetic.'] Characterized by or ex- 
hibiting or resulting from karyokinesis. Also 
caryocinetic. 
The latter [the endodermal nuclei] are characterised by 
their angular shape, and by never presenting the fcaryo- 
kiMtic figures characteristic of the ectodermal nuclei. 
A. Sedgvrick, Proc. Royal Soc., XXXIX. 243. 
karyolysis (kar-i-ol'i-sis), n. [NL,, < Gr. napvov, 
a nut, + Maif, dissolution, < hvuv, loose, dis- 
solve.] Same as karyomitosis. 
karyolytic (kar"i-o-lit'ik), a. [< karyolysis 
(-lyt-) + -ic.] Same as karyomitoic. 
Radiating lines of grannies making up the so-called 
karyolytic figure. Ziegler, Path. Anat. (trans.), i. 75. 
tuosum, a species of silk-cotton tree botanically ( wKoffo nvprwhich ""'*"(***) "*" '* c> ] Pertaining to karyomitosis; 
related to tie cotton-plants, found in the East ^S^lSS^STSS^^SSSL^^ exhlbltlDg <**** from ^aryomi osis. 
and the West Indies. Like the wool of some allied 
trees, it is used for stuffing pillows, cushions, etc. It has 
become a considerable article of export from Ceylon. 
kappland (Sw. pron. kap'lant), n. A Swedish 
land-measure, equal to 437i Swedish square ells, 
Karaism (ka'ra-izm), n. [< Kara(ite) + -ism.] 
The doctrines or tenets of the Karaites. 
Karaite (ka'ra-it), n. [Heb. karaim, readers, 
scripturists (Ofcoro, read), + -ite 2 .] A member 
of a Jewish sect which adheres to Scripture as 
contrasted with oral tradition, and consequent- 
ly denies the binding authority of the Talmud. 
The Karaites originated in Bagdad at least as early as the 
middle of the eighth century, and are now scattered in 
Turkey and elsewhere, their chief seat being in the Cri- 
mea. They are distinguished for morality and honesty, 
and have considerable literature. Also spelled Garaitc. 
The Karaites [of Russia] differ entirely from the Jews 
[there] both in worship and in mode of life. 
Encyc. Brit., XXI. 79. 
karamani-resin (kar-a-man'i-rez ;i 'in), n. A 
resin obtained in British Guiana from a guttif- 
erous tree, Symphonia globulifera. See hog-gum 
and resin. 
karat, n. See carat. 
karatas (kar-a'tas), . [S. Amer.] I. Brome- 
lia (Nidularium)' Karatas, a plant allied to the 
pineapple, native in South America and the 
West Indies. It is one of the fiber-yielding spe- 
cies of Bromelia, and is sometimes called silk- 
grass. 2. 
one may exercise any choice or volition. 
The Buddhist theory of karma or "action," which con- 
trols the destiny of all sentient beings, not by judicial re- 
ward and punishment, but by the inflexible result of cause . 
into effect, wherein the present is ever determined by the karyomitOSIS (karl-o-mi-to sis) 
past in an unbroken line of causation, is indeed one of the 
world's most remarkable developments of ethical specula- 
tion. E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 11. 
Karmathian (kar-ma'thi-an), n. [So named 
from Karmat, the principal apostle of the sect, 
a poor laborer, who professed to be a prophet.] 
Abundant evidence of the occurrence of karyomitoic 
figures in [columnar epithelium-cells]. 
Proc. Royal Soc., XXXVIII. 91. 
pi. karyo- 
key 
Karmathians regarded the Koran as an allegorical book, 
rejected all revelation, fasting, and prayer, and were com- 
munistic, even in the matter of wives. They carried on 
wars against the califate particularly in the tenth century, 
but soon after disappeared. According to some accounts 
the Druses developed from them. 
mitoses (-sez). [NL.,'< Gr. tcapwv, a nut, + NL. 
mitosis.] In biol., the splitting of the chroma- 
tin fibers of a nucleus ; also, a figure resulting 
from such splitting. 
The cells of lymphoid tissue multiply abundantly by 
karyomitorix. Proc. Royal Soc., XXXVIII. 91. 
Th _ karyoplasm (kar'i-o-plazm), n. [< Gr. ndpvov, 
a nut, kernel, + vlaa/ia, anything formed.] 
The substance of which the more definitely 
formed portions of the nucleus of a cell, includ- 
ing the nuclear wall, the nucleoli, and the 
,, ru uc,,,-. ^ ....... intranucleolar network are composed The 
As to the special tenets professed by the Karmathians, remaining substance of the cell is called the 
they were, in their ultimate expression, pantheistic in the- nuclear matrix or nuclear fluid. Also called 
ory and socialistic in practice. Encyc. Brit., II. 269. nucleoplasm. 
karmic (kar'mik), a. [< karma + -ic.] 1. Of Kashmirian (kash-mir'i-an), a. See Cash- 
or pertaining to the doctrine of karma : as, kar- merian. 
mie laws or principles. 2. Affected or deter- kasintu(ka-sin'to). H. [E. Ind.] The common 
mined by karma : as, the karmic consequences red jungle-fowl of India, Gallus bankivus. See 
of an action. Gallus^. 
Thus, on a careful examination of the matter, the Kar. kaSSU (kas'6), w. [E. Ind.] A kind of catechu 
mix law ... will be seen not only to reconcile itself to ma de from the fruit of the betelnut-palm, Areca 
the sense of justice, but to constitute the only imaginable Cutec ^ u serving in India the same purposes as 
method of natural action that would do this. 
A. P. Sinnett, Esoteric Buddhism, xi. the true catechu. 
I-// sf. mi ~\ in kassydonyt, . See casstdony, chalcedony. 
*iu ? An obsolete spelling of kestrel 
(kiirn), n. 
telia, and is sometimes called silk- " V"W> " "' " -"; -J "' fcastrilt, n. An obsolete spelling of kestrel. 
[eap.1 A genus of monocotyledo- & ! -. or heap of rocks, some- gJ^O, . The principa \ au< f ient Egyptian 
nous plants of the natural order Bromeliaceai, jSJJS'/wS 'vS^T. fnt ,v>fc 1 Amnno. <lr1 unit of weight, equal almost to one fiftieth of 
closely related to Bromelia, from which it differs karpb (kar ob), , . [Cf. ea> <ob. J Among golc - avoirdupois, according to several well- 
chiefly in having the flowers in dense, sessile, ""h8. %* twenty-fourth part of a gram. Com- pr ^ gerved standa ; ds : Also j& 
terminal heads among the upper leaves. The P , ,. r owi fHof w^t kata-. A form of cata-, in closer following of 
genus is now restricted to two or three West Indian spe- karOO, kaiTOO (ka-ro ), n. [bald to be rrom riot- J T?"'V k 
cies, the more numerous Brazilian species formerly refer- tentot karwQ, hard, with ref. to the hardness -TV',;. ~~t n iujti. 
red to it being placed in the genus Nidularium. Theyare o f the soil under drought.] In nhys. neon., the f ataDOilC, a. S6( 
low terrestrial plants with the habit of the pineapple, the . hnmanSs barren tracts of rlavev katabollSm, . See catabolism. 
si3ttCT&:3S9&: ^^Esrs; ^<*^*?^<$^w&^^$^ 
i, K. Plumieri terrace-like to the height of 2,000 feet above the "> 1- V 'J 
sea-level. It is only the want of water which prevents 
them from being highly productive. In the wet season 
they are covered with grasses and flowers, but on the re- 
turn of the dry season they become hard and steppe-like. 
- Karoo series, in yeol., an important group of rocks in 
South Africa, consisting largely of sandstone, with much 
volcanic matter intercalated and overlying. The geologi- 
cal age of this group has been the object of much study, 
and it is generally believed to represent both the Permian 
andTriassic. The fossils of the upper division of the Ka- katalysis, n. See catalysis. 
roo are peculiar and remarkable. Among them are laby- Kataphrveian. See Cataphrygian. 
itc. The formation is CT*I3u.*l" S c 
upper cauline leaves. The principal species, 
(Bromelia Karatas), is the karatas or Jamaica silk-grass, 
and yields a valuable fiber. 
karat-seed (kar'at-sed), n. See karat-tree. 
karatto, . Same as keratto. 
karat-tree (kar'at-tre), n. An Abyssinian legu- 
minous tree, Eri/thrina Abyssinica, whose small 
equal seeds share with those of the carob the re- 
pute of being the original of the carat- weight. 
karchesion (kar-ke'si-on), . ; pi. karchesia (-a). 
[< Gr. Kapx/ia'ov: see carchesium.] In Gr. ar- 
choeol., same as carchesium, 1. 
karectt, Same as charact. 
karelinite (kar'e-lin-it), . [After M. Karelin, 
the discoverer.] Arare oxysulphid of bismuth, 
ing the syllabary of 48 letters in use among 
the Japanese, the other being hirugana. The 
katakana letters are said to have been invented by Kibi 
Daishi, about the middle of the eighth century, are formed 
of apart one side of square Chinese characters used 
phonetically, and are confined almost exclusively to the 
writing of proper names and foreign words. In katakana 
there is but one form for each letter, whereas in hiragana 
many of the letters may be written in a variety of ways. 
rinthodonta, dinosaurs, theriodonts, etc. Tne formation is fa i"a ata t" '<*pn 
alsoof importance, because in this rock are found the dia- f- d '!; d 'f l "*V ei . 1 V-/ .... rwr / fi 
monds for which South Africa is famous. These occur katatonia (kat-a-to ni-a), n. [ML., < (jr. Kara, 
in a peculiar much-altered volcanic tuff which has come down, + Tovof, tone, tension : see tone."] A form 
up from below through chimney-like orinces, an entirely o f i ngan ity characterized by periods of acute 
unique mode of occurrence tor this gem._ m&nia ^ melancho u ai a nd by cataleptoid and 
[< katatonia + 
with katatonia. 
, jig 30 katatoniaa. 
Alien, and Neural., IX. 458. 
katchung-oil(ka-chung'oil), H. [E. Ind.] Ara- 
ly used as food by the natives of the southern karphosiderite (kar-fo-sid'e-rit), n. See car- 
borders of the Sahara, phosiderite. - . 
kareynet, . An obsolete form of can-ton. karrawant,"- An obsolete spelling of caravan, c Ms-oil (which see, under Arachis). 
kargas (kar'gas), . [E. Ind.] A dagger with From thence by karrawans to Coptos. katchup, . See catchup. 
a curved blade, used in northern India ; a sacri- Sterne, Tristram Shandy, v. 12. katelectrotonus, . bee catelectrotonus. 
ficial knife. karroo, n. See karoo. kathenotheism (ka-then'o-the-izm), . [< Gr. 
karinghota (kar-ing-go'ta), . [Malay.] A karrowt, n. See carrow^-. Kara, according to, + elf (ev-), one, + 6?6f, god, 
small tTee,S<imandura(Sai>iadera)Indica,of the karst, karset, . Obsolete variants of cress. + -tsm.] Same as lienotlieism. 
fiimanibacece, found in Hindustan and Ceylon, karstenite (kars'ten-it), n. [Named from kathetal, kathetometer, etc. bee eatMtal, 
Its bark yields a tonic and febrifuge, and its seed an oil D. L. G. Karsten (1768-1810), a mineralogist.] etc. 
used for rheumatism. Its wood is light, but durable. Same as anhydrite. 
karite (kar'i-te), n. [Native name.] A sapo- karvet, v. An obsolete spelling of cane^. 
taceous tree, Butyrospermum (Bassia) Parkii, karvelt, . An obsolete form of caravel. 
abounding in central Africa. Its seeds, when karynt, karynet, Same as carenel. 
treated, yield a butter-like substance, which is used by the toT-TTnlrinooiQ CVui-*; n Vi tl5'ia^ n TNT, ( (lr 
natives as food, and is now, under the name of shea-bidter, KaryokmeSlS (kar i-o-ki-ne SO), n. \_1L,.,^ UT. 
imported into Europe in considerable quantities for the K^pvov, a nut (nucleus)_, + KtVJ/atf, movement. 
manufacture of soap. Recent investigations indicate that change : see kinesis.'] In embryol., the series of kation, ". See cation. 
kathodal, kathode, etc. See cafliodal, etc. 
kathodic (ka-thod'ik), a. [< Gr. Kara, against, 
+ oAif, way.] In hot., turned away from the di- 
rection in which the genetic spiral runs: said of 
that half of a leaf which has this characteristic. 
The opposite half is anodic. Gobel. 
