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Knives Out
Knives Out is a 2019 American murder mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, starring Daniel Craig, in which detective Benoit Blanc investigates the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey.
Knives Out (film series)
Knives Out film series: Rian Johnson's murder-mystery franchise starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc, comprising Knives Out (2019), Glass Onion (2022), and Wake Up Dead Man (2025), the latter two Netflix sequels from a $469 million deal.
Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations
The Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations, or KZ equations, are a holonomic system of linear partial differential equations written down by Vladimir Knizhnik and Alexander Zamolodchikov in 1984 for conformal blocks of the Wess–Zumino–Witten model.
Književna republika
Književna republika was a Croatian literary and cultural monthly magazine founded and edited by the writer Miroslav Krleža in Zagreb, published from 1923 until the authorities halted its printing in 1927.
Književne novine
Književne novine (Serbian for "Literary Newspaper") is a Serbian monthly literary paper published in Belgrade by the Association of Writers of Serbia since 1948, subtitled "paper for literature and social questions."
Književnost
Književnost (Књижевnost) is a Serbian literary magazine founded in Belgrade in January 1946 as Naša književnost and published by Prosveta, the oldest Belgrade literary magazine, covering poetry, prose, and essays.
KNK (크나큰) (band)
KNK (크나큰) is a South Korean boy group that debuted March 3, 2016, with the single album KNOCK. It is currently active as a three-member lineup under 220 Entertainment.
Knob-and-tube wiring
Knob-and-tube wiring, often shortened to K&T, is an early residential wiring method using porcelain knobs and tubes, standard in North America from the 1880s to the 1940s.
Knobel (Martian crater)
Knobel is a 128.60 km diameter impact crater on Mars at 6.62S, 133.20E, named in 1973 for British astronomer Edward B. Knobel, with a volcanic-filled flat floor near Gale crater.
Knobloch syndrome
Knobloch syndrome (Knobloch-Layer syndrome, OMIM 267750) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with high myopia, vitreoretinal degeneration, retinal detachment, and occipital encephalocele, caused mainly by COL18A1 mutations.
Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin (2023) is M. Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic home-invasion thriller for Universal, adapted from Paul Tremblay's novel The Cabin at the End of the World, starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, and Ben Aldridge; it opened at No. 1 with $14.2 million and changed the book's ending.
Knock control
Knock control is the closed-loop regulation of spark timing in spark ignition engines, retarding ignition when knock is detected to run close to the efficiency limit.
Knock Down the House
Knock Down the House (2019) is Rachel Lears' Netflix documentary following Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Amy Vilela, and Paula Jean Swearengin in 2018 Democratic primaries; Sundance Audience Award winner sold to Netflix for a record $10 million.
Knock Knock (2015 film)
Knock Knock is a 2015 erotic thriller directed by Eli Roth, starring Keanu Reeves as a married architect whose weekend alone becomes a nightmare when two young women refuse to leave.
Knock Off
Knock Off is a 1998 action comedy directed by Tsui Hark, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a Hong Kong counterfeit-goods dealer caught in a terrorist conspiracy.
Knock out whist
Knock out whist, or Knockout Whist (also called Trumps, Scrounge, or Rat), is an elimination plain-trick card game for 2 to 7 players: seven hands shrink from 7 cards to 1, and anyone winning no trick is knocked out.
Knock rummy
Knock rummy, also called Poker Rum, is a rummy card game for 2 to 5 players in which anyone may knock to end the hand at any turn.
Knock Shrine
Knock Shrine, also known as the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, is a Catholic pilgrimage site in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, built around the church where 15 people reported an apparition in 1879.
Knock Three Times
"Knock Three Times" is a 1970 pop single by Dawn and Tony Orlando, detailing a coded signal and topping the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Charts.
Knock-in
A knock-in is a genome editing outcome in which a defined DNA sequence, such as a point mutation or transgene, is inserted at a chosen genomic locus.
Knock-knock joke
Knock-knock joke: a five-line call-and-response pun joke, also known from the Macbeth porter scene claim. Fixed "Knock knock/Who's there" frame; 1930s American fad; pun punchline.
Knock-Off (킹오프) (TV series)
Knock-Off (넉오프) is an unreleased Disney+ Korean crime dark comedy starring Kim Soo-hyun and Jo Bo-ah, about a counterfeit-market kingpin after the 1997 IMF crisis; its April 2025 premiere was indefinitely postponed over the Kim Sae-ron controversy.
Knock2
Knock2, stage name of Richard Nakhonethap, is a San Diego bass house and trap producer; known for "dashstar" (2021), the ROOM202 EP (2023), ISOKNOCK with ISOxo, and the 2025 debut album nolimit on 88rising.
Knocked Loose
Knocked Loose: American metalcore/hardcore band from Oldham County, Kentucky, formed 2013, on Pure Noise Records. Albums Laugh Tracks (2016), A Different Shade of Blue (2019), You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (2024); viral song Counting Worms; 2025 Grammy nomination.
Knocked Up
Knocked Up is a 2007 Judd Apatow comedy starring Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl about a one-night stand that leads to pregnancy; it grossed about $219.9 million worldwide and spawned This Is 40.
Knockeen dolmen
Knockeen dolmen (Knockeen Portal Tomb) is a Neolithic portal tomb in Knockeen townland, County Waterford, Ireland, near Tramore. Dated 4000-3000 BC, about 3.5 m high, with two capstones, built into Knockeen Church graveyard wall; National Monument 421 in state guardianship.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door is Bob Dylan's 1973 song for the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, scoring a dying lawman's farewell; a Billboard number 12 hit covered by Eric Clapton and Guns N' Roses.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997 film)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997), Thomas Jahn's German road movie crime comedy with Til Schweiger and Jan Josef Liefers as two dying men driving to the sea; Germany's top 1997 film, Selig soundtrack, distinct from the Cowboy Bebop film and Dylan song.
Knocking on wood
Knocking on wood, or British "touch wood," is a superstitious gesture after a hopeful statement to avoid tempting fate. Documented in print from 1850 (UK) and 1905 (US); origins disputed among tree spirits, the cross, and the Tiggy Touchwood game.
Knocknakilla megaliths
Knocknakilla megaliths (Cnoc na Cille), Bronze Age complex on Musherabeg Mountain, Co. Cork: five-stone circle, standing stone pair, radial cairn; excavated by Gogan 1931; National Monument 420 in OPW guardianship.