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Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025 film)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) is Bill Condon's film musical adaptation of Manuel Puig's 1976 novel and the Kander-Ebb-McNally Broadway show, starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, and Jennifer Lopez, released October 10, 2025.
KISS principle
The KISS principle, "Keep It Simple, Stupid", is a design principle credited to Lockheed engineer Kelly Johnson, holding that systems work best when kept simple.
Kiss Sixth Sense (키스 식스 센스)
Kiss Sixth Sense (키스 식스 센스) is a 2022 Disney+ Korean romantic comedy drama, 12 episodes, starring Yoon Kye-sang and Seo Ji-hye, adapted from Gatnyeo's Naver web novel about a woman who sees the future when she kisses someone.
Kiss the Girls (1997 film)
Kiss the Girls is a 1997 American psychological thriller directed by Gary Fleder, starring Morgan Freeman as detective Alex Cross and Ashley Judd as a kidnapping victim.
Kiss the Ground
Kiss the Ground is a 2020 American documentary directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell and narrated by Woody Harrelson, arguing that regenerative agriculture can fight climate change.
KISS1R
KISS1R (formerly GPR54, AXOR12, hOT7T175) is the human kisspeptin G protein-coupled receptor on chromosome 19p13.3; inactivating mutations cause hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, activating variants precocious puberty.
Kissa Court Kachehari Ka
Kissa Court Kachehari Ka (किस्सा कोर्ट कचहरी का) is a 2026 Hindi courtroom drama directed by Rajnish Jaiswal, starring Rajesh Sharma and Brijendra Kala, based on a true incident set in Meerut, released 13 March 2026.
Kissa Raja Rasalu
Kissa Raja Rasalu (ਰਾਜਾ ਰਸਾਲੂ) is the cycle of Punjabi oral and written tales about Raja Rasalu, a legendary hero-king told as a qissa, a long narrative poem.
Kissa/Cissis
Kissa/Cissis (also Cissa, Kese) was an Iberian town of the Cessetani near Tarragona, Spain, where Scipio defeated Hanno in 218 BC; its identification with Tarraco remains disputed.
KissAnime
KissAnime was an anime piracy streaming site launched in 2012, sister site of KissManga, once the world's most visited pirate site per Muso; shut down August 14, 2020 after copyright takedowns; current KissAnime-named sites are malware-prone clones.
Kissanje Oil Field
The Kissanje Oil Field is a deepwater oil field in Angola Block 15, about 322 kilometers northwest of Luanda, discovered in 1998 and produced through the Kizomba B FPSO since 2005.
Kissed by Fire
"Kissed by Fire" is the fifth episode of Game of Thrones season 3 (25th overall), written by Bryan Cogman, directed by Alex Graves, aired April 28, 2013; features the Hound's trial by combat, Jaime's bath confession, and Robb's execution of Karstark.
Kissel
Kissel (kisel, kisiel, kiisseli; кисель) is a viscous Eastern European dessert or drink of fruit or berry juice thickened with starch, descended from ancient fermented oat gruels; served warm or cold across Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Finland.
Kissenschlacht
Kissenschlacht (pillow fight) is a 2010 AMIGO dexterity children's game by Liesbeth Bos for 2-4 players aged 4+, about 15 minutes; players catapult pillows into a box-bed and place figures on bedposts, on the Kinderspiel des Jahres 2011 recommendation list.
Kisses
Kisses (2008) is an Irish-Swedish drama by Lance Daly in which pre-teens Kylie (Kelly O'Neill) and Dylan (Shane Curry) run away at Christmas to inner-city Dublin; Galway award winner, shot black-and-white turning to color.
Kissflow
Kissflow is an Indian SaaS company in Chennai offering a low-code/no-code work-management platform, founded by Suresh Sambandam, grown from OrangeScape, and serving 1,200 customers in 87 countries.
Kissht
Kissht is an Indian digital consumer-lending platform offering personal loans up to ₹500,000 (₹5 lakh) and loans against property, founded by former McKinsey executives Ranvir Singh and Krishnan Vishwanathan.
Kissidougou forest transition
The Kissidougou forest transition is the documented increase in forest cover in Kissidougou Prefecture, Guinea, during the twentieth century, where villagers created forest islands in savanna, reversing the colonial degradation narrative.
Kissik
Kissik (Telugu: కిస్సిక్) is the 2024 item song from Pushpa 2: The Rule, composed by Devi Sri Prasad, written by Chandrabose, sung by Sublahshini, featuring Allu Arjun and Sreeleela; compared to Oo Antava, set 24-hour view records.
Kissimmee carjacking murders
The Kissimmee carjacking murders were the killings of two young men shot point-blank during a carjacking in Kissimmee, Florida, in 1992, the first federal carjacking prosecution.
Kissimmee River
Kissimmee River, central Florida river flowing to Lake Okeechobee; channelized 1962-1971 into the C-38 canal, then restored 1999-2021 by backfilling 22 miles of canal and reconnecting 44 miles of historic channel.
Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida, county seat of Osceola County on Lake Tohopekaliga; founded as Allendale, incorporated 1882-1884, boomtown under Hamilton Disston, transformed by Walt Disney World in 1971; 2020 population 79,226, tourism-driven economy.
Kissin' Dynamite
Kissin' Dynamite is a German glam metal and hard rock band from Baden-Württemberg, formed in 2007, which opened for Mötley Crüe and topped the German album charts in 2024.
Kissing spine
Kissing spine, or Baastrup disease (interspinous ligament syndrome), is contact between adjacent vertebral spinous processes causing extension-related back pain; ICD-11 FA72.1, common in elderly lumbar spines and in horses.
Kisspeptin
Kisspeptin is a group of peptide hormones produced from the KISS1 gene that acts on the kisspeptin receptor in the brain and is essential for puberty and fertility.
Kista
Kista is a district in northern Stockholm, Sweden, built 1975–1980 and known as Sweden's Silicon Valley; home to the Kista Science City ICT cluster with Ericsson, IBM and KTH, now facing Ericsson's relocation to Hagastaden.
Kisuatni
Kisuatni (Kisuatnu, Assyrian aKi-su-at-mi), Iron Age fortified city in Que (Cilicia), name surviving Hittite Kizzuwatna; conquered by Shalmaneser III in 839 BCE with Lusanda and Abarnani.
Kisuk Kang
Kisuk Kang is a South Korean materials scientist who has been a professor at Seoul National University since 2011, known for battery cathode design and oxygen-redox chemistry.
Kisumu (city)
Kisumu, also Port Florence, is Kenya's third-largest city and Kisumu County capital on Lake Victoria's northeastern shore; founded 1901 as a railway terminus, home to East Africa's largest lake port and the Impala Sanctuary.
Kisumu (district)
Kisumu District, a former Kenyan administrative district on Lake Victoria around Kisumu city, was split into Kisumu East, West, and North in 2009 and succeeded by Kisumu County.