Kilter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Good condition; proper form: "policy 'adjustments' designed to bring the . . . country's economy back into kilter with the Western economic system” ( Edward Zuckerman).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Good form, order or condition; fettle
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Regular order or proper condition. Same as kelter, but kilter is the more common spelling in the U. S. Used chiefly in the phrase out of kilter, meaning out of order or irregular in some manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Order; proper form, adaptation, or condition: only in the colloquial phrase out of kilter.
  • n. In poker, a hand with no card above a nine. no pair, and no chance to make either flush or straight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. in working order
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    orderliness    order   
    Variant
    kelter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    filter    quilter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    centerboard    skag    freeboard    stempost    faintheartedness    bilges    undresses    wishbone