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Krautrock
Krautrock, also called kosmische Musik, is experimental rock from West Germany, roughly 1967 to 1979; Can, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Faust, Tangerine Dream; motorik beat, musique concrète influence, 1968 politics, and major influence on British post-punk.
Krav Maga (קרב מגע)
Krav Maga (קרב מגע, Hebrew 'close combat') is an Israeli self-defense system founded by Imi Lichtenfeld, developed for the IDF from the 1940s, opened to civilians in 1964, and now split into organizations such as IKMF and KMG.
Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter (2024) is Sony's R-rated origin film for the Marvel villain Sergei Kravinoff, set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, directed by J.C. Chandor, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson; it earned about $62 million worldwide and 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kraven the Hunter (film)
Kraven the Hunter is a 2024 Sony Pictures action film directed by J.C. Chandor, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, and Russell Crowe, telling the origin of the Marvel villain in Sony's Spider-Man Universe. It grossed $62 million worldwide, scored 35 on Metacritic, and ended the SSU.
Kraven's Last Hunt
Kraven's Last Hunt: 1987 Marvel Spider-Man storyline by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck (working title Fearful Symmetry), in which Kraven defeats, buries, and replaces Spider-Man before his suicide; sequel Soul of the Hunter (1992).
Kravtsovskoye Oil Field
Kravtsovskoye Oil Field (Кравцовское, D-6) is an offshore oil field 22.5 km off the Kaliningrad coast, discovered in 1983 and producing since 2004 for LUKOIL.
Kravyada Rasa
Kravyada Rasa (Kravyāda rasa), Ayurvedic Formulary of India formulation AFI000574, is a herbo-mineral Rasashastra medicine of mercury, sulphur, iron and copper bhasmas, and pungent herbs, used for indigestion and weak digestive fire.
Krawang-Bekasi
Krawang-Bekasi is a 1948 poem by the Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar, spoken by dead independence fighters lying between Karawang and Bekasi, West Java; an adaptation of Archibald MacLeish.
Kray twins
The Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald, were identical brothers from London's East End who ran a notorious crime empire until their arrests in 1968 and murder convictions in 1969.
Krayzie Bone
Krayzie Bone (Anthony Henderson, born 1973, Cleveland), also LeathaFace, rapper in Bone Thugs-N-Harmony; solo debut Thug Mentality 1999; two Grammy wins for Tha Crossroads and Ridin'; 2024 album Chasing the Devil: Chapter 2 Salvation.
KrAZ (Кременчуцький автомобільний завод)
KrAZ, also known as AvtoKrAZ and Kremenchugsky Avtomobilny Zavod, is a Ukrainian truck manufacturer in Kremenchuk that has built heavy off-road trucks since 1959, peaking at 30,655 vehicles in 1986.
Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat, George Herriman's American comic strip (1913–1944) in Hearst's New York Evening Journal: Ignatz Mouse throws bricks at the gender-ambiguous cat Krazy, who reads them as love messages; The Comics Journal ranked it the 20th century's best strip.
Krea
Krea is an American generative AI creative platform founded in 2022 by Victor Perez and Diego Rodriguez, known for a real-time canvas that renders images as the user types or draws.
Kreator
Kreator: German thrash metal band formed 1982 in Essen by Mille Petrozza, Rob Fioretti, and Ventor Reil; formerly Tyrant and Tormentor; sixteen albums from Endless Pain (1985) to Krushers of the World (2026); one of the big four of German thrash with Sodom, Destruction, Tankard.
Kreayshawn
Kreayshawn, born Natassia Zolot, is an East Oakland rapper and video director behind the 2011 viral hit "Gucci Gucci" and the White Girl Mob; her debut album was Somethin 'Bout Kreay (2012).
Krebuli
Krebuli (Georgian: კრებული) was a Georgian monthly literary and socio-political journal published in Tbilisi from 1871 to 1873, led by publicist Niko Nikoladze with Giorgi Tsereteli as official editor.
Krechinsky's Wedding
Krechinsky's Wedding (Свадьба Кречинского) is an 1855 comedy by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, written partly in prison, about a ruined gambler who pawns a fake diamond brooch.
KreditBee
KreditBee is a Bengaluru-based digital lending platform founded in 2016, offering app-based personal and business loans through its RBI-registered NBFC; it became a unicorn with a $1.5 billion valuation in April 2026.
Kredivo Group
Kredivo Group, formerly known as FinAccel, is a Singapore-headquartered fintech group co-founded by Akshay Garg that provides digital credit, buy-now-pay-later financing, and digital banking in Indonesia and Vietnam.
Kree
The Kree are a fictional alien race in Marvel Comics, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Fantastic Four #65 (1967). Ruled by the Supreme Intelligence from Hala, they war with the Skrulls and created the Inhumans.
Kree–Skrull War
The Kree–Skrull War is a 1971–1972 Avengers #89–97 comic arc by Roy Thomas with Neal Adams and the Buscema brothers, pitting the Kree and Skrull empires against each other with Earth, the Avengers, Captain Mar-Vell, and Rick Jones at the center; foundational for Marvel cosmic crossovers and adapted loosely in the 2019 Captain Marvel film.
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer, founded in Stuttgart in 1889, that became a leading European maker of 50 cc motorcycles and mopeds before going bankrupt in 1982.
Kreindler & Kreindler
Kreindler & Kreindler is a New York law firm, founded in 1950, that represents aviation accident victims and is described as the largest plaintiffs' aviation firm in the United States.
Kremen
Kremen (Krm1/Krm2, KREMEN1/KREMEN2) is a family of single-pass transmembrane receptors for Dickkopf (Dkk) Wnt antagonists. With Dkk1 they drive LRP5/6 endocytosis to inhibit Wnt/β-catenin signaling; without Dkk1 they can potentiate it. Linked to limb and bone development, cochlear cell fate, and cancer prognosis.
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk (Кременчук) is a city and river port in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River; founded as a fortress in 1571, it remains a heavy-industry hub.
Kremenchuk Raion
Kremenchuk Raion (Кременчуцький район) is a district of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Kremenchuk. Created 19 July 2020 by resolution 807-IX; 6,101.3 km², about 396,000 people, 325 settlements in 12 hromadas.
Kremenchuk-Anan'iv-Bohorodchany Gas Pipeline
The Kremenchuk-Anan'iv-Bohorodchany Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas transmission pipeline in Ukraine running from Kremenchuk through Anan'iv to Bohorodchany, part of the southern transit corridor.
Kremer prize
The Kremer prize is a series of monetary awards for human-powered flight, established in 1959 by Henry Kremer and first won in 1977 by the Gossamer Condor.
Kreml
Kreml (Kremlin) is a 1986 satirical board game by Urs Hostettler, Fata Morgana Spiele, for 3-6 players: secretly influence aging Soviet Politburo politicians, win via the party chief. Spiel des Jahres list 1987, Avalon Hill English edition 1988.
Kremlin
The Kremlin (Московский Кремль) is the fortified Moscow fortress that has been the seat of Russian power since the 14th century and the president's residence since 1991.