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Knapton railway station Knapton railway station was a minor railway station serving the villages of East Knapton and West Knapton on the York to Scarborough Line and was opened on 5th July 1845 by the York & North Midland Railway. It closed on 22nd September 1930.
Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency) Knaresborough was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Knaresborough the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, and then one MP until its abolition in 1885.
Knarr The knarr (plural: knarrer) or knaar was the generic name for Viking trade and mercantile ships. Typically they were broader in the beam and had a deeper draught than the vessels used for raiding, the longships.
Knarvik Knarvik (or Knarrviki) is the largest town in the region of Nordhordland, Norway and the administrative centre in the municipality of LindĂĄs. It had 4,265 inhabitants as of 2005 town is based around Knarvik Senter], the largest [[shopping centre in the region of Nordhordland.
Knattspyrnudeild UMFG Knattspyrnudeild UMFG, the football subdivision of Icelandic athletic club UngmennafĂ©lag GrindavĂkur, located in the town of GrindavĂk in the south west part of Iceland. The club has established itself as a premiership side in the last few years, but is yet to win any titles.
Knattspyrnufélagið Nörd KF Nörd is a Icelandic television program on Sýn of the FC Nerds format. It is a television show about 16 Icelandic Nerds which have been hand-picked out of the nerds of Iceland to be trained at their fiscal peek and then compete with the winners on Landsbankadeildin ( Icelandic Premier League in Football ), which is already won by Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.
Knäppupp Knäppupp (Swedish: "unbutton") was the collective name of a popular revue series produced by Swedish musician and entertainer Povel Ramel. It was associated with Knäppupp AB, the production company that was set up specifically for the purpose of managing and financing the theatrical performances.
Kneading (cats) Kneading is an activity common to all domestic cats whereby, when in a state of contentment, they push the surface on which they are standing with their front paws. This may have an origin going back to their wild ancestors who would have had to tread down grass or foliage to make a temporary nest in which to rest or possibly a remnant of the newborn kneading of the mother's teat to stimulate milk secretion: kneading is often a precursor to sleeping.
Kneading-trough A Kneading trough is a Bible term for the vessel in which dough, after being mixed and leavened, was left to swell or ferment (; ; ). The dough in the vessels at the time of The Exodus was still unleavened, because the people were compelled to withdraw in haste.
Knebworth railway station Knebworth railway station serves the village of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England on the "London - Cambridge/Peterborough Line" 40 km (25 miles) north of London Kings Cross. The service is operated and the station is maintained by First Capital Connect.
Knedlington Knedlington is a small hamlet located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately two miles from the market town of Howden. Despite having scenic views over countryside, it is only a short drive to the M62 motorway, providing transport links to the surrounding area.
Knee (strike) A knee strike (commonly referred to simply as a knee) is a strike with the knee, either with the kneecap or the surrounding area. Kneeing is a disallowed practice in many combat sports, especially to the head, or to any bodypart of a downed opponent.
Knee Deep in the Hoopla Knee Deep In The Hoopla was the first release by Starship in 1985, the successor band to Jefferson Airplane and later Jefferson Starship. It went platinum, and is best remembered for spawning the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara", which were also the first such hits from any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane.
Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run The Kneeknackering North Shore Trail Run, established in 1990, is a 30 mile ultramarathon trail run in that takes place in British Columbia, in the Greater Vancouver area. Due to its popularity, the field is limited to 200 runners, selected by lottery.
Knee taping Knee taping (also known as patellar taping) is a procedure performed by physicians to treat knee injuries. Knee taping reduces pain and corrects patellar position to allow rehabilitation and the resuming of corrective exercises.
Knee wall In architecture, a knee wall is generally any short wall, usually three to five feet in height and used as a part of the support for a roof structure and found in an attic or loft. Low walls are also used in offices and other rooms to separate an area for storage or for aesthetic reasons.
Knee-on-stomach Knee-on-stomach (alternative names or slight variations include knee-on-belly, knee-on-chest, knee-ride, knee mount and uki-gatame, 浮固, "floating hold"Lewis, Bill. Neil Adams - Armlocks (Book Review).
Kneeboarding (surfsport) Kneeboarding is a discipline of surfing where the rider paddles on his belly into a wave on a kneeboard, then rides the wave face typically on both knees. The typical kneeboard is between five and six and a half feet in length, with a wide round nose and constructed of Glassfibre over a polyurethane foam core.
Kneel to the Rising Sun Kneel to the Rising Sun is a collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell first published in 1935. The seventeen stories, only a few pages each, all deal with various tragedies occurring in the early twentieth century American South, chiefly caused by poverty or racism.
Kneeland Youngblood Dr. Kneeland Youngblood (born Dec 13, 1955), is the co-founder of the Texas and Tennessee based venture capital firm Pharos Capital Group, which specializes in raising private equity for undercapitalized businesses in underserved regions across the nation.
Kneeling bus A kneeling bus is a bus equipped with an accessibility feature that lowers the entrance of the bus to curb-side-level, so that a person in a wheelchair may smoothly board the bus. These buses are often equipped with lifts that help the disabled get on the bus' raised platform.
Kneeling chair A kneeling chair is a type of chair for sitting in a position with the thighs dropped to an angle of about 60 to 70 degrees from vertical (as opposed to 90 degrees when sitting in a normal chair), with some of the body's weight supported by the shins.
Kneen Kneen, (pronounced 'neen' with the 'K' silent) is family Surname of Manx origin tracing its routes back to the time of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Primarily being found in the north of the Isle of Man, and being prominent in the northern parishes of the Isle where the family and their holdings were situated.
Kneeskin A kneeskin is a type of competitive swimwear worn by both male and female athletes. Kneeskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased drag resistance in the water.
Kneeton Kneeton is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The village lies on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark, and is on the escarpment of the Trent Hills that sit above the flood plain of the River Trent.
Kneiff Kneiff is a hill in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg. At 560 metres, it is the highest point in the country; it is 1 m taller than Buurgplaatz, which is often erroneously considered Luxembourg's highest point.
Kneight Riduz The Kneight Riduz are a rap group consiting of Krayzie Bone and other unnamed members. Their group features on the song "Kneight Riduz Wuz Here", which is on Krayzie Bone's 2001 album, Thug On Da Line.
Kneiphof Kneiphof (Polish Knipawa) is the name of one of the three cities in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, that became the city of Königsberg. Kneiphof was originally Knypabe (Kneip-ape), meaning in Old Prussian language 'area flushed by water - surrounded by a stream, river (ape).
Kneller Hall Kneller Hall is a stately home in the Twickenham area of west London, and takes its name from Sir Godfrey Kneller, court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I. Today it houses the Royal Military School of Music, training musicians for the British Army’s 29 military bands, having been acquired by the Army in the mid-19th century.
Kneser graph In graph theory, the Kneser graph KG_{n,k} is the graph whose vertices correspond to the k-element subsets of a set of n elements, and where two vertices are connected if and only if the two corresponding sets are disjoint. Kneser graphs are named after Martin Kneser, who first investigated them in 1955.
Knesset Christian Allies Caucus The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus is a caucus within the Israeli Knesset that seeks to build a direct line of communication, cooperation and coordination between the Knesset and Christian leaders around the world.
Knettishall Heath Knettishall Heath is an area of common land in Norfolk, England about 7km east of Thetford near the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Popular with dog walkers and ramblers, it is the site where 4 long-distance footpaths meet: Angles Way, Icknield Way, Iceni Way and Peddars Way (part of the Peddars Way & North Norfolk Coastal Path National Trail).
Knez Mihailova Knez Mihailova ulica (Prince Mihailo Street) is the main pedestrian street in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is protected by law as one of the oldest and most valuable monumental complexes of the city, with a large number of representative buildings and urban houses built at the end of 1870s.
Knezha Knezha () is a town in Pleven Province in northern Bulgaria. The town's name is most probably derived from the Slavic word knyaz ("prince, duke"), most likely after a local ruler that defended the population in the area during the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria.
Knickebein (navigation) Knickebein ("crooked leg" in German, but also the name of a magic raven in a German fairy tale) was a radio navigation system used by the Luftwaffe early in World War II to aid bomber navigation. It was replaced with the X-Gerät (navigation) system.
Knickerbocker Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and a type of clothing. It is a name often cited in reference to New York City--an allusion to the fictional character "Father Knickerbocker" who, according to the tale told by Washington Irving, was the head of the first socially prominent family in New York.
Knickerbocker Holiday Knickerbocker Holiday was a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); it was directed by Joshua Logan. It opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 19 1938 and closed on March 11 1939 after 168 performances.
Knickerbocker Hotel The Knickerbocker Hotel (also Knickerbocker on the Lake) is a low-rise building located in the Yankee Hill neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles) The Knickerbocker Hotel, now senior home Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments, (1714 Ivar Ave, Los Angeles, CA) is one of the old historic Los Angeles Hotels that has had its share of notoriety and was the scene for some of Hollywood’s most famous dramatic moments, including suicides, séances and deaths.
Knickpoint A knickpoint is a term in geomorphology to describe a location in a river or channel where there is a sharp change in channel slope, such as a waterfall or lake, resulting from differential rates of erosion above and below the knickpoint. Sharp changes in channel slope caused by faulting or in-channel construction are not considered knickpoints.
Knicks-Nuggets brawl The Knicks-Nuggets Brawl was an on-court altercation at a National Basketball Association game between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, on December 16th, 2006. This altercation was the most penalized on-court fight since the infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl of November 19, 2004.
Knidos Cnidus or Knidos (at the modern-day locality called Tekir in Turkey) was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, once part of the country of Caria. It was situated at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus or Gulf of Kos.
Knife and Wife Knife and Wife was a surreal one-off animated British Comedy screened on Channel 4 in December 2001 concerning the misadventures of a talking Chicken and his put upon wife. The voice of Knife was provided by ex Monty Python member Terry Jones, whilst the part of his wife, Janine, was voiced by actress Jessica Stevenson.
Knife bayonet A knife bayonet is a knife or short sword which can be used both as a bayonet or fighting or utility knife. The knife bayonet became almost universal form of bayonet in the 20th century due to its versatility and effectiviness.
Knife fight A knife fight is a fight in which each combatant is armed with a knife. It is effectively similar to a swordfight, except that knives are much shorter than swords, requiring the combatants to engage at much closer quarters.
Knife hand Knife hand, called "shuto" in Japanese, and a "karate chop" colloquially, is a technique in martial arts where the attacker strikes with the side of his hand, rather than with a closed fist.
Knife play Knife play is form of consensual BDSM edgeplay involving knives, daggers, and swords as a source of physical and mental stimulation. Knives are typically used to cut away clothing, scratch the skin, remove wax after wax play, or simply provide sensual stimulation.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located near the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers in Stanton, North Dakota. The site preserves the ruins of three Northern Plains Indians villages of the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes, which were abandoned after a smallpox epidemic in 1837.
Knife throwing Knife throwing is an art, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knives, the weapon(s) s/he is throwing, and a target. Knives used are almost always one-piece, rather than the traditional knives that have a handle manufactured separately from the blade and attached later.
Knife-edge effect In electromagnetic wave propagation, the knife-edge effect is a redirection by diffraction of a portion of the incident radiation that strikes a well-defined obstacle such as a mountain range or the edge of a building.
Knifers Knifers (also known as knife-hits, knifing, or blades, in The United States, England, and Canada hot-knives, in New Zealand spotting) is a method for smoking a substance, often cannabis, in which it is heated between two hot knives. Glass "knives" with coin-sized flat ends have been made for this purpose.
Knifetooth dogfish The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58° N and 15° N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 1.
Knifetooth sawfish The knifetooth sawfish or pointed sawfish, Anoxypristis cuspidata, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, the only member of the genus Anoxypristis, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, Papua New Guinea, and southern Japan to northern Australia. Its length is up to 4.
Knight (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Knight is a character class introduced in the Player's Handbook II supplement. Like a Fighter, the knight is a dedicated melee combatant that is based around protecting other characters, taking damage, and distracting enemies.
Knight academy Knight academies were developed by the German aristocracy in the late seventeenth century to facilitate the ascent of Prussia as a European power. They prepared aristocratic youth for state and military service.
Knight banneret A Knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a feudal knight (not necessarily a nobleman, but nearly always) who led a company of troops into battle under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the pennon flown by the lower-ranking knights) and were eligible to bear supporters in English heraldry.
Knight Foundry Knight Foundry is a cast iron foundry and machine shop in Sutter Creek, California. It was established in 1873 to supply heavy equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode.
Knight Inlet Knight Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast, and the largest of the major inlets in the southern part of the Coast. It is fifth in sequence of the great saltwater inlets north from the 49th Parallel near Vancouver, but it is the first whose outflow points away from the Strait of Georgia, opening into Queen Charlotte Strait at the Kwakiutl First Nation community of Mamalilaculla, just east of Malcolm Island and the fishing town of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island, and just north of the opening of the upper end of Johnstone Strait, which separates Vancouver Island from the archipelago between it and the mainland.
Knight Kadosh The Knight Kadosh is a freemasonic degree or ceremony of initiation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. It is the Thirtieth Degree of the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite for the United States of America, the Mother Supreme Council of the World, being the first and oldest Supreme Council,Freemasons for Dummies, Christopher Hodapp, ISBN 0-7645-9796-5, Hungry Minds Inc, U.
Knight Library Knight Library is the main facility of the University of Oregon's library system, located on the University's campus in Eugene, Oregon. Its design is emblematic of the architecture of the University's older buildings, and it serves as a hub of student activity.
Knight Life Knight Life (ISBN 0-441-01077-6), is a novel by Peter David. The book was first published in 1987 and a new, "special edition" of the book, with nearly 40% more content (65,000 words vs 95,000), was published by Ace Books in 2002.
Knight of faith The knight of faith is an individual who has placed complete faith in himself and in God. The 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard vicariously discusses the knight of faith in several of his pseudonymic works, the most in-depth and detailed critique exposited in Fear and Trembling.
Knight of Glin The Knight of Glin, is a hereditary title in the Fitzgeralds of Limerick since the early 14th century. The family is a branch of the Norman FitzGerald or Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, who were granted extensive lands in County Limerick by the English Crown by way of conquest.
Knight of Kerry Knight of Kerry, also called the Green Knight, is one of three Anglo-Irish hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times. The others are the White Knight (Fitzgibbon Family) and the Knight of Glin (Black Knight).
Knight of the Swan The story of the Knight of the Swan, or Swan Knight, is a medieval myth about a mysterious rescuer who comes in a swan-drawn boat to defend a damsel, his only condition being that he must never be asked his name.
Knight Owl Knightowl Born Ramon Corona is a Chicano rap artist that has been in the business since 1995 and has helped launch the careers of many Chicano rappers based in San Diego, CA. Knightowl raps in Spanglish, although English is the most prominent language in his raps.
Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom (also known as the Order of Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom) is the most fabled chivalric order in the Flanaess. Once well-respected, powerful, and influential, the order is now regarded as but a shadow of its former self.
Knight Ridder Knight Ridder () was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers.
Knight Rider (video game) Knight Rider is an NES video game that is very loosely based on the TV show of the same name. Terrorists are running rampant all over the United States of America and only a man and his robotic car can stop them from taking over.
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships Knight Science Journalism Fellowshipsis a program hosted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology] (MIT). It is aimed at experienced journalists who specialize in science and technology, medicine or the environment.
Knight School (TV series) Knight School is a television documentary produced by ESPN about a group of sixteen Texas Tech students vying to make legendary coach Bob Knight's Red Raiders basketball team as a non-scholarship (walk-on) player for the 2006-2007 NCAA season. The documentary chronicles their progress and give insight into Bob Knight and his coaching style.
Knight Templar (The Saint) Knight Templar is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris first published in 1930. This was the fourth book -- and third full novel -- featuring Charteris' Robin Hood-inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
Knight Watchman Knight Watchman (AKA: Reid Randall) is a fictional superhero from the Big Bang Comics universe, residing on Earth A during the Silver Age of comics. He first appeared in Berzerker #1 (February 1993), and was created by writer/artist Chris Ecker.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was Nazi Germany's order and recognized extreme battlefield bravery or successful leadership during the Third Reich period.
Knight-errant A knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. "Errant" meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the knight-errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to prove himself as a knight, such as in a pas d'Armes.
KnightCite KnightCite is a Web site that generates bibliographic information in standard academic formats for use in research papers. The site has become a popular tool among high school and college students seeking a quick way to format bibliographies and citations.
Knightdale Bypass The Knightdale Bypass is a nickname for the six-lane freeway in Wake County, North Carolina that was finished in July 2005. The 11-mile freeway bypasses the town of Knightdale, North Carolina, allowing traffic to flow easier in and out of the Raleigh metropolitan area.
Knighthawk Air Express KnightHawk Air Express is a cargo airline based in Canada, operating primarily within Canada, from hubs located in Calgary, the westernmost base, Ottawa, and Montreal, where one aircraft is based. It operates cargo services on behalf of express package services including FedEx Flight International 5-11 April 2005.
KnightChessmon KnightChessmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, the Champion form of PawnChessmon. KnightChessmon come in two colors, black and white - naturally, they are modeled after the Knight Chess piece.
Knightly Orders (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe and related games there are a number of fictional knightly orders. Within the various games in the setting these Knightly orders form the heavy Cavalry elements of an army of The Empire (the major human nation)
Knightmare Knightmare was an innovative and popular UK television programme for children, produced by Broadsword for Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. The show is most noted for its advanced use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television by several years, and further popularised the medieval-style fantasy games craze of the 1980s popularised by the likes of Dungeons & Dragons.
Knightmare Chess Knightmare Chess is a fantasy chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games in 1996. It is a translation of a French game Tempête sur l'échiquier ("Storm on the Chessboard"), designed by Pierre Cléquin and Bruno Faidutti.
Knighton railway station Knighton railway station serves the market town of Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England. The railway station is located below street level at Station Road beside the River Teme close to the centre of the town.
Knighton Town F.C. Knighton Town Football Club is a Welsh football club founded in 1887, currently (as of 2006-07) playing in the Mid-Wales League (Level 3 in the Welsh pyramid system). They spent seven years in the 1990s at Level 2, playing in the Cymru Alliance but resigned during the 1998-99 season to return to local football.
Knighton, Leicestershire Knighton is an area of Leicester, situated roughly between Clarendon Park to the north, Stoneygate and South Knighton to the east, Wigston to the south and Aylestone Park to the west. It is a mainly residential area, greatly expanded in the 1930s and 1940s with red-brick semi-detached houses.
Knighton, Powys Knighton (, "Town on the Dyke") is a town in Powys -Wales, but also partly in Shropshire, England. It lies on the River Teme and straddles the English-Welsh border; the town's railway station is in Shropshire, England, as well as part of the town's built up area.
Knightquest Knightquest is a fan film that made its debut on the internet in October 2001, created by fans of the Star Wars franchise. It is a live-action drama set in the Star Wars universe, taking place a few weeks before the events in A New Hope.
Knights Hospitaller The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta) is an organization that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in Jerusalem in 1080 to provide care for poor and sick pilgrims to the Holy Land. After the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade it became a Catholic military order under its own charter, and was charged with the care and defense of pilgrims to the Holy Land.
Knights of Buckinghamshire This article contains a list of the known knights of the shire who represented Buckinghamshire in the Parliament of England and similar bodies of lesser status 1290-1660. It also includes details of Parliaments from 1265 to which elected knights of the shires were summoned.
Knights of Columbus The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism.
Knights of Da Gama The Knights of Da Gama are a fraternal, Catholic lay society, they get their name from the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama They are based in South Africa. They are a member of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights.
Knights of God Knights of God was a British science fiction children's television serial first broadcast on ITV in 1987. It was written by Richard Cooper, a writer who had previously worked in both children's and adult telelvision drama.
Knights of Jazz The Knights of Jazz were a musical Jazz ensenble comprised of students from Kincardine District Secondary School [KDSS] in Kincardine, Ontario. Under the leadership of Ian Burbidge, the Knights of Jazz operated from the early 1970's to the year 2000.
Knights of Legend Knights of Legend, released by Origin Systems in 1989, is the first part in the computer role-playing game series of Ultima. There were supposed to be region and adventure modules to be released starting in 1990, but they were never released.
Knights of Neraka In the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Knights of Neraka is a lawful evil order founded by Lord Ariakan. They are also known as the Dark Knights and formerly as the Knights of Takhisis.
Knights of Ramune Knights of Ramune is an anime OAV that follows the adventures of Cacao and Parfait, holy virgins, in their search and rescue mission of the 4th Warrior Ramunes, given to them by the apparent head of their religious order, Master Follower. They are joined in these adventures by Lemon, a twelve year old girl, and PQ, a hand-sized blob with a face that is an expert on spiritual topics.
Knights of Saint Mary The Knights of Saint Mary were a Dominican monastic order founded by Loderingo Andalò and other members of his family at Ronzano near Bologna, Italy in 1233. Also known as the Order of the Glorious Saint Mary, and the Jovial (or Joyous) Friars (Frati Gaudenti, in Latin)), the Order was approved by Pope Alexander IV in 1261.
Knights of Seth The Knights of Seth were a 19th century British-German Neo-Sethian group that attempted to resurrect medieval Gnostic and dualistic Christian ideas. While achieving a certain popularity among wealthy young Englishmen in the 1850s, the Knights never gained considerable influence and were by many considered a mere gentlemen's club rather than a religious movement.
Knights of Solamnia In the Dragonlance universe, the Solamnic Knights are a chivalric order, a "brotherhood forged when Krynn was young". The Knights of Solamnia are dedicated to the forces of good, and live by a strict code of honor.
Knights of the Band The Knights of the Band, or Equites Bindae, were a military order in Spain, instituted by Alfonso XI, King of Castile, in 1332. It takes its name from the banda, band, or red ribbon which came across over the right shoulder and under the left arm of the knight.
Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency) Knaresborough was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Knaresborough the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, and then one MP until its abolition in 1885.
Knarr The knarr (plural: knarrer) or knaar was the generic name for Viking trade and mercantile ships. Typically they were broader in the beam and had a deeper draught than the vessels used for raiding, the longships.
Knarvik Knarvik (or Knarrviki) is the largest town in the region of Nordhordland, Norway and the administrative centre in the municipality of LindĂĄs. It had 4,265 inhabitants as of 2005 town is based around Knarvik Senter], the largest [[shopping centre in the region of Nordhordland.
Knattspyrnudeild UMFG Knattspyrnudeild UMFG, the football subdivision of Icelandic athletic club UngmennafĂ©lag GrindavĂkur, located in the town of GrindavĂk in the south west part of Iceland. The club has established itself as a premiership side in the last few years, but is yet to win any titles.
Knattspyrnufélagið Nörd KF Nörd is a Icelandic television program on Sýn of the FC Nerds format. It is a television show about 16 Icelandic Nerds which have been hand-picked out of the nerds of Iceland to be trained at their fiscal peek and then compete with the winners on Landsbankadeildin ( Icelandic Premier League in Football ), which is already won by Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.
Knäppupp Knäppupp (Swedish: "unbutton") was the collective name of a popular revue series produced by Swedish musician and entertainer Povel Ramel. It was associated with Knäppupp AB, the production company that was set up specifically for the purpose of managing and financing the theatrical performances.
Kneading (cats) Kneading is an activity common to all domestic cats whereby, when in a state of contentment, they push the surface on which they are standing with their front paws. This may have an origin going back to their wild ancestors who would have had to tread down grass or foliage to make a temporary nest in which to rest or possibly a remnant of the newborn kneading of the mother's teat to stimulate milk secretion: kneading is often a precursor to sleeping.
Kneading-trough A Kneading trough is a Bible term for the vessel in which dough, after being mixed and leavened, was left to swell or ferment (; ; ). The dough in the vessels at the time of The Exodus was still unleavened, because the people were compelled to withdraw in haste.
Knebworth railway station Knebworth railway station serves the village of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England on the "London - Cambridge/Peterborough Line" 40 km (25 miles) north of London Kings Cross. The service is operated and the station is maintained by First Capital Connect.
Knedlington Knedlington is a small hamlet located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately two miles from the market town of Howden. Despite having scenic views over countryside, it is only a short drive to the M62 motorway, providing transport links to the surrounding area.
Knee (strike) A knee strike (commonly referred to simply as a knee) is a strike with the knee, either with the kneecap or the surrounding area. Kneeing is a disallowed practice in many combat sports, especially to the head, or to any bodypart of a downed opponent.
Knee Deep in the Hoopla Knee Deep In The Hoopla was the first release by Starship in 1985, the successor band to Jefferson Airplane and later Jefferson Starship. It went platinum, and is best remembered for spawning the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara", which were also the first such hits from any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane.
Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run The Kneeknackering North Shore Trail Run, established in 1990, is a 30 mile ultramarathon trail run in that takes place in British Columbia, in the Greater Vancouver area. Due to its popularity, the field is limited to 200 runners, selected by lottery.
Knee taping Knee taping (also known as patellar taping) is a procedure performed by physicians to treat knee injuries. Knee taping reduces pain and corrects patellar position to allow rehabilitation and the resuming of corrective exercises.
Knee wall In architecture, a knee wall is generally any short wall, usually three to five feet in height and used as a part of the support for a roof structure and found in an attic or loft. Low walls are also used in offices and other rooms to separate an area for storage or for aesthetic reasons.
Knee-on-stomach Knee-on-stomach (alternative names or slight variations include knee-on-belly, knee-on-chest, knee-ride, knee mount and uki-gatame, 浮固, "floating hold"Lewis, Bill. Neil Adams - Armlocks (Book Review).
Kneeboarding (surfsport) Kneeboarding is a discipline of surfing where the rider paddles on his belly into a wave on a kneeboard, then rides the wave face typically on both knees. The typical kneeboard is between five and six and a half feet in length, with a wide round nose and constructed of Glassfibre over a polyurethane foam core.
Kneel to the Rising Sun Kneel to the Rising Sun is a collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell first published in 1935. The seventeen stories, only a few pages each, all deal with various tragedies occurring in the early twentieth century American South, chiefly caused by poverty or racism.
Kneeland Youngblood Dr. Kneeland Youngblood (born Dec 13, 1955), is the co-founder of the Texas and Tennessee based venture capital firm Pharos Capital Group, which specializes in raising private equity for undercapitalized businesses in underserved regions across the nation.
Kneeling bus A kneeling bus is a bus equipped with an accessibility feature that lowers the entrance of the bus to curb-side-level, so that a person in a wheelchair may smoothly board the bus. These buses are often equipped with lifts that help the disabled get on the bus' raised platform.
Kneeling chair A kneeling chair is a type of chair for sitting in a position with the thighs dropped to an angle of about 60 to 70 degrees from vertical (as opposed to 90 degrees when sitting in a normal chair), with some of the body's weight supported by the shins.
Kneen Kneen, (pronounced 'neen' with the 'K' silent) is family Surname of Manx origin tracing its routes back to the time of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Primarily being found in the north of the Isle of Man, and being prominent in the northern parishes of the Isle where the family and their holdings were situated.
Kneeskin A kneeskin is a type of competitive swimwear worn by both male and female athletes. Kneeskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased drag resistance in the water.
Kneeton Kneeton is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The village lies on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark, and is on the escarpment of the Trent Hills that sit above the flood plain of the River Trent.
Kneiff Kneiff is a hill in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg. At 560 metres, it is the highest point in the country; it is 1 m taller than Buurgplaatz, which is often erroneously considered Luxembourg's highest point.
Kneight Riduz The Kneight Riduz are a rap group consiting of Krayzie Bone and other unnamed members. Their group features on the song "Kneight Riduz Wuz Here", which is on Krayzie Bone's 2001 album, Thug On Da Line.
Kneiphof Kneiphof (Polish Knipawa) is the name of one of the three cities in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, that became the city of Königsberg. Kneiphof was originally Knypabe (Kneip-ape), meaning in Old Prussian language 'area flushed by water - surrounded by a stream, river (ape).
Kneller Hall Kneller Hall is a stately home in the Twickenham area of west London, and takes its name from Sir Godfrey Kneller, court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I. Today it houses the Royal Military School of Music, training musicians for the British Army’s 29 military bands, having been acquired by the Army in the mid-19th century.
Kneser graph In graph theory, the Kneser graph KG_{n,k} is the graph whose vertices correspond to the k-element subsets of a set of n elements, and where two vertices are connected if and only if the two corresponding sets are disjoint. Kneser graphs are named after Martin Kneser, who first investigated them in 1955.
Knesset Christian Allies Caucus The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus is a caucus within the Israeli Knesset that seeks to build a direct line of communication, cooperation and coordination between the Knesset and Christian leaders around the world.
Knettishall Heath Knettishall Heath is an area of common land in Norfolk, England about 7km east of Thetford near the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Popular with dog walkers and ramblers, it is the site where 4 long-distance footpaths meet: Angles Way, Icknield Way, Iceni Way and Peddars Way (part of the Peddars Way & North Norfolk Coastal Path National Trail).
Knez Mihailova Knez Mihailova ulica (Prince Mihailo Street) is the main pedestrian street in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is protected by law as one of the oldest and most valuable monumental complexes of the city, with a large number of representative buildings and urban houses built at the end of 1870s.
Knezha Knezha () is a town in Pleven Province in northern Bulgaria. The town's name is most probably derived from the Slavic word knyaz ("prince, duke"), most likely after a local ruler that defended the population in the area during the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria.
Knickebein (navigation) Knickebein ("crooked leg" in German, but also the name of a magic raven in a German fairy tale) was a radio navigation system used by the Luftwaffe early in World War II to aid bomber navigation. It was replaced with the X-Gerät (navigation) system.
Knickerbocker Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and a type of clothing. It is a name often cited in reference to New York City--an allusion to the fictional character "Father Knickerbocker" who, according to the tale told by Washington Irving, was the head of the first socially prominent family in New York.
Knickerbocker Holiday Knickerbocker Holiday was a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); it was directed by Joshua Logan. It opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 19 1938 and closed on March 11 1939 after 168 performances.
Knickerbocker Hotel The Knickerbocker Hotel (also Knickerbocker on the Lake) is a low-rise building located in the Yankee Hill neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles) The Knickerbocker Hotel, now senior home Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments, (1714 Ivar Ave, Los Angeles, CA) is one of the old historic Los Angeles Hotels that has had its share of notoriety and was the scene for some of Hollywood’s most famous dramatic moments, including suicides, séances and deaths.
Knickpoint A knickpoint is a term in geomorphology to describe a location in a river or channel where there is a sharp change in channel slope, such as a waterfall or lake, resulting from differential rates of erosion above and below the knickpoint. Sharp changes in channel slope caused by faulting or in-channel construction are not considered knickpoints.
Knicks-Nuggets brawl The Knicks-Nuggets Brawl was an on-court altercation at a National Basketball Association game between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, on December 16th, 2006. This altercation was the most penalized on-court fight since the infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl of November 19, 2004.
Knidos Cnidus or Knidos (at the modern-day locality called Tekir in Turkey) was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, once part of the country of Caria. It was situated at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus or Gulf of Kos.
Knife and Wife Knife and Wife was a surreal one-off animated British Comedy screened on Channel 4 in December 2001 concerning the misadventures of a talking Chicken and his put upon wife. The voice of Knife was provided by ex Monty Python member Terry Jones, whilst the part of his wife, Janine, was voiced by actress Jessica Stevenson.
Knife bayonet A knife bayonet is a knife or short sword which can be used both as a bayonet or fighting or utility knife. The knife bayonet became almost universal form of bayonet in the 20th century due to its versatility and effectiviness.
Knife fight A knife fight is a fight in which each combatant is armed with a knife. It is effectively similar to a swordfight, except that knives are much shorter than swords, requiring the combatants to engage at much closer quarters.
Knife hand Knife hand, called "shuto" in Japanese, and a "karate chop" colloquially, is a technique in martial arts where the attacker strikes with the side of his hand, rather than with a closed fist.
Knife play Knife play is form of consensual BDSM edgeplay involving knives, daggers, and swords as a source of physical and mental stimulation. Knives are typically used to cut away clothing, scratch the skin, remove wax after wax play, or simply provide sensual stimulation.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located near the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers in Stanton, North Dakota. The site preserves the ruins of three Northern Plains Indians villages of the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes, which were abandoned after a smallpox epidemic in 1837.
Knife throwing Knife throwing is an art, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knives, the weapon(s) s/he is throwing, and a target. Knives used are almost always one-piece, rather than the traditional knives that have a handle manufactured separately from the blade and attached later.
Knife-edge effect In electromagnetic wave propagation, the knife-edge effect is a redirection by diffraction of a portion of the incident radiation that strikes a well-defined obstacle such as a mountain range or the edge of a building.
Knifers Knifers (also known as knife-hits, knifing, or blades, in The United States, England, and Canada hot-knives, in New Zealand spotting) is a method for smoking a substance, often cannabis, in which it is heated between two hot knives. Glass "knives" with coin-sized flat ends have been made for this purpose.
Knifetooth dogfish The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58° N and 15° N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 1.
Knifetooth sawfish The knifetooth sawfish or pointed sawfish, Anoxypristis cuspidata, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, the only member of the genus Anoxypristis, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, Papua New Guinea, and southern Japan to northern Australia. Its length is up to 4.
Knight (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Knight is a character class introduced in the Player's Handbook II supplement. Like a Fighter, the knight is a dedicated melee combatant that is based around protecting other characters, taking damage, and distracting enemies.
Knight academy Knight academies were developed by the German aristocracy in the late seventeenth century to facilitate the ascent of Prussia as a European power. They prepared aristocratic youth for state and military service.
Knight banneret A Knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a feudal knight (not necessarily a nobleman, but nearly always) who led a company of troops into battle under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the pennon flown by the lower-ranking knights) and were eligible to bear supporters in English heraldry.
Knight Foundry Knight Foundry is a cast iron foundry and machine shop in Sutter Creek, California. It was established in 1873 to supply heavy equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode.
Knight Inlet Knight Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast, and the largest of the major inlets in the southern part of the Coast. It is fifth in sequence of the great saltwater inlets north from the 49th Parallel near Vancouver, but it is the first whose outflow points away from the Strait of Georgia, opening into Queen Charlotte Strait at the Kwakiutl First Nation community of Mamalilaculla, just east of Malcolm Island and the fishing town of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island, and just north of the opening of the upper end of Johnstone Strait, which separates Vancouver Island from the archipelago between it and the mainland.
Knight Kadosh The Knight Kadosh is a freemasonic degree or ceremony of initiation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. It is the Thirtieth Degree of the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite for the United States of America, the Mother Supreme Council of the World, being the first and oldest Supreme Council,Freemasons for Dummies, Christopher Hodapp, ISBN 0-7645-9796-5, Hungry Minds Inc, U.
Knight Library Knight Library is the main facility of the University of Oregon's library system, located on the University's campus in Eugene, Oregon. Its design is emblematic of the architecture of the University's older buildings, and it serves as a hub of student activity.
Knight Life Knight Life (ISBN 0-441-01077-6), is a novel by Peter David. The book was first published in 1987 and a new, "special edition" of the book, with nearly 40% more content (65,000 words vs 95,000), was published by Ace Books in 2002.
Knight of faith The knight of faith is an individual who has placed complete faith in himself and in God. The 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard vicariously discusses the knight of faith in several of his pseudonymic works, the most in-depth and detailed critique exposited in Fear and Trembling.
Knight of Glin The Knight of Glin, is a hereditary title in the Fitzgeralds of Limerick since the early 14th century. The family is a branch of the Norman FitzGerald or Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, who were granted extensive lands in County Limerick by the English Crown by way of conquest.
Knight of Kerry Knight of Kerry, also called the Green Knight, is one of three Anglo-Irish hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times. The others are the White Knight (Fitzgibbon Family) and the Knight of Glin (Black Knight).
Knight of the Swan The story of the Knight of the Swan, or Swan Knight, is a medieval myth about a mysterious rescuer who comes in a swan-drawn boat to defend a damsel, his only condition being that he must never be asked his name.
Knight Owl Knightowl Born Ramon Corona is a Chicano rap artist that has been in the business since 1995 and has helped launch the careers of many Chicano rappers based in San Diego, CA. Knightowl raps in Spanglish, although English is the most prominent language in his raps.
Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom (also known as the Order of Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom) is the most fabled chivalric order in the Flanaess. Once well-respected, powerful, and influential, the order is now regarded as but a shadow of its former self.
Knight Ridder Knight Ridder () was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers.
Knight Rider (video game) Knight Rider is an NES video game that is very loosely based on the TV show of the same name. Terrorists are running rampant all over the United States of America and only a man and his robotic car can stop them from taking over.
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships Knight Science Journalism Fellowshipsis a program hosted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology] (MIT). It is aimed at experienced journalists who specialize in science and technology, medicine or the environment.
Knight School (TV series) Knight School is a television documentary produced by ESPN about a group of sixteen Texas Tech students vying to make legendary coach Bob Knight's Red Raiders basketball team as a non-scholarship (walk-on) player for the 2006-2007 NCAA season. The documentary chronicles their progress and give insight into Bob Knight and his coaching style.
Knight Templar (The Saint) Knight Templar is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris first published in 1930. This was the fourth book -- and third full novel -- featuring Charteris' Robin Hood-inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
Knight Watchman Knight Watchman (AKA: Reid Randall) is a fictional superhero from the Big Bang Comics universe, residing on Earth A during the Silver Age of comics. He first appeared in Berzerker #1 (February 1993), and was created by writer/artist Chris Ecker.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was Nazi Germany's order and recognized extreme battlefield bravery or successful leadership during the Third Reich period.
Knight-errant A knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. "Errant" meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the knight-errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to prove himself as a knight, such as in a pas d'Armes.
KnightCite KnightCite is a Web site that generates bibliographic information in standard academic formats for use in research papers. The site has become a popular tool among high school and college students seeking a quick way to format bibliographies and citations.
Knightdale Bypass The Knightdale Bypass is a nickname for the six-lane freeway in Wake County, North Carolina that was finished in July 2005. The 11-mile freeway bypasses the town of Knightdale, North Carolina, allowing traffic to flow easier in and out of the Raleigh metropolitan area.
Knighthawk Air Express KnightHawk Air Express is a cargo airline based in Canada, operating primarily within Canada, from hubs located in Calgary, the westernmost base, Ottawa, and Montreal, where one aircraft is based. It operates cargo services on behalf of express package services including FedEx Flight International 5-11 April 2005.
KnightChessmon KnightChessmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, the Champion form of PawnChessmon. KnightChessmon come in two colors, black and white - naturally, they are modeled after the Knight Chess piece.
Knightly Orders (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe and related games there are a number of fictional knightly orders. Within the various games in the setting these Knightly orders form the heavy Cavalry elements of an army of The Empire (the major human nation)
Knightmare Knightmare was an innovative and popular UK television programme for children, produced by Broadsword for Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. The show is most noted for its advanced use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television by several years, and further popularised the medieval-style fantasy games craze of the 1980s popularised by the likes of Dungeons & Dragons.
Knightmare Chess Knightmare Chess is a fantasy chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games in 1996. It is a translation of a French game Tempête sur l'échiquier ("Storm on the Chessboard"), designed by Pierre Cléquin and Bruno Faidutti.
Knighton railway station Knighton railway station serves the market town of Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England. The railway station is located below street level at Station Road beside the River Teme close to the centre of the town.
Knighton Town F.C. Knighton Town Football Club is a Welsh football club founded in 1887, currently (as of 2006-07) playing in the Mid-Wales League (Level 3 in the Welsh pyramid system). They spent seven years in the 1990s at Level 2, playing in the Cymru Alliance but resigned during the 1998-99 season to return to local football.
Knighton, Leicestershire Knighton is an area of Leicester, situated roughly between Clarendon Park to the north, Stoneygate and South Knighton to the east, Wigston to the south and Aylestone Park to the west. It is a mainly residential area, greatly expanded in the 1930s and 1940s with red-brick semi-detached houses.
Knighton, Powys Knighton (, "Town on the Dyke") is a town in Powys -Wales, but also partly in Shropshire, England. It lies on the River Teme and straddles the English-Welsh border; the town's railway station is in Shropshire, England, as well as part of the town's built up area.
Knightquest Knightquest is a fan film that made its debut on the internet in October 2001, created by fans of the Star Wars franchise. It is a live-action drama set in the Star Wars universe, taking place a few weeks before the events in A New Hope.
Knights Hospitaller The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta) is an organization that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in Jerusalem in 1080 to provide care for poor and sick pilgrims to the Holy Land. After the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade it became a Catholic military order under its own charter, and was charged with the care and defense of pilgrims to the Holy Land.
Knights of Buckinghamshire This article contains a list of the known knights of the shire who represented Buckinghamshire in the Parliament of England and similar bodies of lesser status 1290-1660. It also includes details of Parliaments from 1265 to which elected knights of the shires were summoned.
Knights of Columbus The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism.
Knights of Da Gama The Knights of Da Gama are a fraternal, Catholic lay society, they get their name from the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama They are based in South Africa. They are a member of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights.
Knights of God Knights of God was a British science fiction children's television serial first broadcast on ITV in 1987. It was written by Richard Cooper, a writer who had previously worked in both children's and adult telelvision drama.
Knights of Jazz The Knights of Jazz were a musical Jazz ensenble comprised of students from Kincardine District Secondary School [KDSS] in Kincardine, Ontario. Under the leadership of Ian Burbidge, the Knights of Jazz operated from the early 1970's to the year 2000.
Knights of Legend Knights of Legend, released by Origin Systems in 1989, is the first part in the computer role-playing game series of Ultima. There were supposed to be region and adventure modules to be released starting in 1990, but they were never released.
Knights of Neraka In the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Knights of Neraka is a lawful evil order founded by Lord Ariakan. They are also known as the Dark Knights and formerly as the Knights of Takhisis.
Knights of Ramune Knights of Ramune is an anime OAV that follows the adventures of Cacao and Parfait, holy virgins, in their search and rescue mission of the 4th Warrior Ramunes, given to them by the apparent head of their religious order, Master Follower. They are joined in these adventures by Lemon, a twelve year old girl, and PQ, a hand-sized blob with a face that is an expert on spiritual topics.
Knights of Saint Mary The Knights of Saint Mary were a Dominican monastic order founded by Loderingo Andalò and other members of his family at Ronzano near Bologna, Italy in 1233. Also known as the Order of the Glorious Saint Mary, and the Jovial (or Joyous) Friars (Frati Gaudenti, in Latin)), the Order was approved by Pope Alexander IV in 1261.
Knights of Seth The Knights of Seth were a 19th century British-German Neo-Sethian group that attempted to resurrect medieval Gnostic and dualistic Christian ideas. While achieving a certain popularity among wealthy young Englishmen in the 1850s, the Knights never gained considerable influence and were by many considered a mere gentlemen's club rather than a religious movement.
Knights of Solamnia In the Dragonlance universe, the Solamnic Knights are a chivalric order, a "brotherhood forged when Krynn was young". The Knights of Solamnia are dedicated to the forces of good, and live by a strict code of honor.
Knights of the Band The Knights of the Band, or Equites Bindae, were a military order in Spain, instituted by Alfonso XI, King of Castile, in 1332. It takes its name from the banda, band, or red ribbon which came across over the right shoulder and under the left arm of the knight.
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