KAY

Date "KAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

"KAY" is a common misspelling or typo for: cay, kayo, key, okay.

Literature

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Crosswords: KAY

Manx (blur, cloud, fog, haze, top), Maya (fish, to sing), Quechua (this), Yucatec (fish).

Kay, where are you going? (Men in Black; writing credit: Ed Solomon)

Kay, I had a very different destiny planned for us. (The Godfather: Part III; writing credit: Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola)

Fancy restaurant me and Kay frontin', (Code Red; performing artist: Prince)

More Dates for Kay (1952)

Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge (1949)

Mary Kay and Johnny (1947)

Oh Kay! (1928)

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)

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References

• Kay Hian Holdings Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• If Two Shall Agree: The Story of General Paul A. Rader and Commissioner Kay F. Rader of the Salvation Army (reference)

• Kay Thompson's Eloise at Christmastime (reference)

• Collected Poems of Kay Boyle (reference)

• Kay Boyle's "Astronomer's Wife": A Study Guide from Gale's "Short Stories for Students" [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• News from a Radiant Future: Soviet Porcelain from the Collection of Craig H. and Kay A. Tuber Collection (reference)

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Pl. LXXXIX. 312. Phycis tenuis, (Mitchill), De Kay. Collected in Halifax Harbor . 315A. Phycis Chesteri, Goode and Bean. Collected off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in 140 fathoms. 314. Aprion macrophthalmus, (Muller), Jordan and Swain. At N. Lat. 23.2, W. Lon. 89.2, in 84 fathoms. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Plate 62. The Common Hake. Phycis chuss (Walb.), Gill. The Squirrel or White Hake. Physcis tenuis (Mitchell), De Kay. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

[Army Nurses- 2nd Lt. Kay M. Gougeon and Lt. Viola A. Parsons]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Speak Up America : Talk About Perscriptions / Design: Berns & Kay, Ltd. Illustration: Kathleen Carson. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

WAVES at Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, try on the newly-authorized Overseas Cap, while registering varying degrees of approval and disapproval, circa 1944-45. They are (from left to right): Yeoman 2nd Class Bernice Elliot; Yeoman 3rd Class Martha Dietlin; and Seaman 1st Class Kay Magee. Credit: NAVY.

The Author of The Wealth of nations / Kay, fecit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Kay Swift, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, seated at piano. Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior, Wright Kay & Co., Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Children at pep rally cheering for Kay Kyser at North Carolina University. Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women aircraft workers. Perched high on a ladder behind the ticket counter at the Washington National Airport, twenty-two-year-old Kay Dowd makes entries on the flight information board. Graduate of an Eastern college, Kay served her airport apprenticeshi. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

A number of Western make-up manufacturers, such as Avon, Mary Kay, Zepter, Neways, Vitamax, Oriflame, Lek, Herbalife are actively introducing multilevel marketing techniques for promoting and increasing sales of their products. (references)

The most popular U.S.-made products include make-up (Avon, Mary Kay, Max Factor, Kiki, Maybelline), nail care lines (Orly, IBD, OPI, Toma Industries, Creative Nail Design, etc.), mass market skin care products (Freeman, Avon, Mary Kay), exclusive (Clinique, Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein) and professional (New Youth) skin care and spa products. (references)

U.S. companies (Avon Beauty Products, Mary Kay, Johnson & Johnson, especially pH 5.5 and Johnson's baby brands, and Freeman), German manufacturers representing Nivea and Florena brand names, French manufacturers (L'Oreal, Laboratoires Garnier, Cliven) have been very successful in the Russian mass market skin care segment too. Finish, Israeli, Spanish, Swiss and Swedish companies have lately increased their share in the sales of mass-market skin care products. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Other companies in this field are Mary Kay Cosmetics, Deesse, Just, Jafra and the Body Shop. (references)

Philippines

Recent entries are Golden Neo-Life, Barclay-Elle Marge, Nu Skin, Neways, Futurenet and Mary Kay. (references)

Slovak Rep

Active direct marketing firms include Amway, Avon, Quelle, Herbalife, Oriflame, Lander, Mary Kay, Yves Rocher, and Anthesis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "KAY": Alan Kay ♦ Charles Kay Ogden ♦ Kay County. Additional references.

Beginning with "KAY": kay-kay, Kay-shuttleworth.

Ending with "KAY": kay-kay, o-kay, shiu-kay.

Containing "KAY": ish-kay-nay.

Russian 

кей. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "KAY": kayak, kayaked, kayaker, kayakers, kayaking, kayakings, kayaks, kayles, kayo, kayoed, kayoes, kayoing, kayos, kays. (additional references)

Words ending with "KAY": okay, tokay. (additional references)

Words containing "KAY": buckayro, buckayros, okayed, okaying, okays, tokays. (additional references)

Misspellings

"KAY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Akcay, Akey, Kaaa, kady, Kaf, Kaim, Kap, kasy, Kau, Kaw, khay, Khaya, Kivy, Kiy, Kiya, Komy, Kosy, Kya. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: yak.

-1 letter: ay, ka, ya.

+1 letter: alky, caky, kayo, kays, kyak, kyar, kyat, laky, okay, yack, yaks, yank.

+2 letters: alkyd, alkyl, balky, barky, beaky, braky, cakey, casky, darky, fakey, flaky, gawky, hanky, jacky, kaury, kayak, kayos, kyack, kyaks, kyars, kyats, lanky, larky, leaky, narky, okays, pawky, peaky, quaky, sarky, shaky, snaky, tacky, talky, tokay, wacky, yacks, yanks, yapok.