Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 41 compound words that contain kata. The most common are listed below. Open kata in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- Kata TjutaA rock formation in central Australia, close to Uluru; formerly, The Olgas and Mount Olga.
- Kata-variA dialect of Kamkata-vari.
- gun kataSynonym of gun fu (a style of balletic gunplay in action films)
- Kata KolokA sign language used in parts of northern Bali, Indonesia.
- kata factorA conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.
- kata thermometerA device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified …
- kata factorsplural of kata factor: A conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.
- kata thermometersplural of kata thermometer: A device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of …
Compound words 41
- katafrontA weak frontal condition in which warm-sector air sinks relative to colder air.
- katepimeronThe lower part of the epimeron.
- KolkataThe capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta.
- katakanaA Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
- katamariSomething which rolls up other objects, growing increasingly large.
- KatangaA region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
- KatayamaA surname from Japanese.
- katatoniaAlternative form of catatonia: A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
- VenkataA male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- kataifiA very fine, vermicelli-like pastry used to make desserts in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, particularly Palestinian.