The government of a country by a sovereign via a formally constituted bureaucracy.

plural of kingsman

(military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army. / Alternative form of king's man.

Alternative spelling of king-sized

Alternative spelling of king-size

Any of various colubrid snakes of the genus Lampropeltis.

plural of kingsnake

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

A valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's fuel, water or ballast tank that allows seawater to enter for the purposes of cleaning and to admit water ballast.

plural of Kingston valve