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Knife in the Water
Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie) is Roman Polanski's 1961 Polish feature debut, released 9 March 1962: a yacht-set psychological thriller on the Masurian Lakes that won FIPRESCI at Venice 1962 and the first Polish Oscar nomination.
Knife legislation
Knife legislation regulates the sale, ownership, and carrying of knives. Covers the US Federal Switchblade Act and ballistic-knife ban, varied state carry rules and blade limits, UK knife-crime statutes including the Crime and Policing Act 2026, Canada's prohibited-weapons rule, and Australian scan powers.
Knife of Dreams
Knife of Dreams is the eleventh Wheel of Time novel by Robert Jordan, published by Tor Books on October 11, 2005; his last completed volume, resolving Faile's captivity, Mat and Tuon, Elayne's war, and Egwene's capture before the Last Battle.
Knife Party
Knife Party is an Australian electro house/dubstep duo formed in Perth in 2011 by Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen of Pendulum; known for 100% No Modern Talking, the triple-platinum Antidote with Swedish House Mafia, Haunted House, and the 2014 album Abandon Ship.
Knife throwing
Knife throwing: throwing a knife so the blade sticks in a target, as a competitive sport (WKTL, ISKTA, EuroThrowers rules), recreation, and circus act; formats include rotational and no-spin throwing.
Knifefish (UUV)
Knifefish is a mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle developed by General Dynamics Mission Systems for the United States Navy to detect, classify, and identify buried, bottom, and volume mines.
Knight
Knight: medieval European mounted warrior (Latin miles, French chevalier), originally a low-status servant cavalryman around the year 1000 who rose socially through feudal land tenure, chivalric culture, dubbing rites, tournaments, and orders of knighthood.
Knight (chess)
Knight (chess): the L-shaped jumping piece, N in algebraic notation, two per side. Derived from the horse of Indian chaturanga and Persian shatranj; worth about three pawns, strongest in closed positions and on outposts.
Knight and Day
Knight and Day is a 2010 American action comedy directed by James Mangold and starring Tom Cruise as a covert operative and Cameron Diaz as his unwilling companion, released by 20th Century Fox.
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor is the oldest British knighthood, an appointment (not an order of chivalry) for men only, dating to 1066; recipients use Sir, have no post-nominals, and rank below KBE/DBE.
Knight Capital Group
Knight Capital Group, also known as Knight Trading Group, was a New Jersey market-making firm handling about 10% of US equity trading until a 2012 software error.
Knight Fintech
Knight Fintech is a Mumbai-based fintech startup founded in 2019 by Kushal Rastogi and Parthesh Shah that builds co-lending, digital-lending, and treasury software for banks and NBFCs.
Knight Lore
Knight Lore: 1984 ZX Spectrum isometric arcade adventure by Ultimate Play The Game (Chris and Tim Stamper), third Sabreman game, first Filmation engine, 40-day werewolf curse, Golden Joystick Game of the Year 1984.
Knight of Cups (film)
Knight of Cups is Terrence Malick's 2015 drama starring Christian Bale as a lost Hollywood screenwriter, his first film set entirely in Los Angeles, structured as tarot-card chapters, premiered at Berlin 2015, released 2016 by Broad Green Pictures.
Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder, American newspaper company formed by the 1974 merger of Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications; published the Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Jose Mercury News; pioneered online news; sold to McClatchy in 2006 for $4.5 billion.
Knight Rider
Knight Rider is NBC's 1982–1986 action series created by Glen A. Larson, starring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight with the AI Pontiac Trans Am KITT; spawned Knight Rider 2000, 2010, Team Knight Rider, and a 2008 revival.
Knight Rider (1982 TV series)
Knight Rider (1982–1986) is a Glen A. Larson NBC action series starring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight and William Daniels as the voice of KITT, an AI black Pontiac Trans Am; four seasons, 90 episodes, multiple spin-offs.
Knight Rider (2008 TV series)
Knight Rider (2008) is NBC's one-season sequel to the 1982 series, starring Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur with Val Kilmer voicing KITT, a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR; 17 episodes, cancelled May 2009.
Knight Riders Cricket Ground
Knight Riders Cricket Ground (Knight Riders Cricket Field at Fairplex), Pomona, California: purpose-built Major League Cricket stadium, home of Los Angeles Knight Riders, built in about 100 days in 2026 and planned 2028 Olympic cricket venue.
Knight Squad
Knight Squad: 2018–2019 Nickelodeon live-action comedy by Cunningham and Dworkin about Arc and Ciara, two students hiding secrets at Astoria's magical Knight School; 30 episodes, cancelled 2019. Distinct from the 2014 action film and the 2015 Chainsawesome video game.
Knight-errant
A knight-errant is a medieval knight who wandered in search of adventure, doing brave deeds and helping people in trouble instead of serving a fixed lord.
Knight's & Magic (ナイツ&マジック)
Knight's & Magic (ナイツ＆マジック) is a Japanese fantasy mecha isekai series by Hisago Amazake-no: a programmer otaku reincarnated as Ernesti Eschavalier builds and pilots mana-fueled Silhouette Knights; web novel 2010, Hero Bunko light novels 2013, Young Gangan manga, and a 2017 Eight Bit TV anime.
Knight's Armament Company
Knight's Armament Company (KAC) is a firearms manufacturer in Titusville, Florida, a leading supplier of sniper rifles, rail systems, and suppressors to US special operations forces.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) is a World War II German military decoration awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership by Adolf Hitler.
Knight's tour
A knight's tour, or knight's tour problem, is a sequence of chess knight moves visiting every square exactly once; a closed tour returns a knight's move from the start.
Knightfall (TV series)
Knightfall (2017-2019) is a History channel historical drama about the Knights Templar's fall, starring Tom Cullen as the fictional Landry, with Mark Hamill in season 2; canceled in 2020 after two seasons.
Knightly sword
The knightly sword, often called the arming sword, is the straight, double-edged, single-handed sword carried by mounted warriors in western Europe from roughly the 10th to the 15th century.
Knightly tale
The knightly tale, or chivalric romance (Russian: рыцарский роман), is a medieval genre following a knight through adventures, trials, and love; it arose in twelfth-century France.
Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller, also Order of St John and Knights of Malta, a Catholic military-religious order founded in 11th-century Jerusalem to care for pilgrims, recognized by papal bull in 1113, later based on Rhodes and Malta, surviving as the Sovereign Order of Malta.
Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus, founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven in 1882 and chartered March 29, 1882, is a Catholic fraternal benefit society with over 2 million members, offering life insurance and performing extensive charitable work.