English words: kadiluk to kaisonian
300 English words, part 2 of 40 of the words starting with K, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.
English words kadiluk to kaisonian
- kadiluk noun: The jurisdiction of a qadi.
- Kadima proper noun: A centrist political party in Israel.
- kadin noun: A woman of a sultan's harem
- Kading proper noun: A surname.
- Kadir proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- Kadison proper noun: A surname.
- Kadjar adjective, noun: Dated spelling of Qajar.
- kadji noun: A demonic figure in the folklore of Georgia in the Caucasus.
- kadkhoda noun /kædˈkəʊdə/: In and around Iran, the leader or head of a village.
- Kadlec proper noun: A surname from Czech.
- Kado noun: Alternative form of Kadu (“ethnic group of Myanmar”)
- kadoban noun: An ozeki who is in danger of demotion
- kadogo noun: A child soldier. Usually refers to the eastern Congolese rebel armies that used numerous child soldiers.
- Kadohadacho noun: A member of a Native American tribe within the Caddo confederacy, who traditionally lived at the borders of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
- kadomatsu noun: A traditional decoration consisting of pine boughs and other plant cuttings placed in pairs in front of a home for Japanese New Year.
- kadooment noun: A Barbadian festival held on the first Monday in August, involving parades of bands wearing costumes.
- Kadri proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- kadsurenone noun: A furanoid that is an antagonist of platelet-activating factor (PAF).
- Kadu noun: An ethnic group of Myanmar, mostly residing in the country's northwestern hills.
- Kaduna proper noun: A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.
- kadupul noun: Epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an association with the nāga world.
- kady noun /ˈkeɪdi/: A man's straw hat
- kadyrelite noun: A mineral with the chemical formula Hg₄(Br,Cl)₂O.
- Kadyrov proper noun /kəˈdɪəɹɒf/: A surname, feminine equivalent Kadyrova.
- Kadyrovite adjective, noun: A member of the 141st Special Motorized Regiment, or any other formation subordinate to Ramzan Kadyrov.
- Kadyrovtsy noun: Kadyrovites (collectively).
- Kaede proper noun: A Japanese female given name from Japanese.
- Kaeding proper noun: A surname from German.
- Kaeding's petrel noun: Synonym of Townsend's storm petrel.
- Kaehler proper noun: A surname.
- Kaelian adjective: Of or relating to Pauline Kael (1919–2001), American film critic.
- Kaelin proper noun: A surname.
- Kaelyn proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- kaemferol noun: Alternative form of kaempferol.
- kaemmererite noun: Alternative form of kämmererite.
- kaempferia noun: Any of the genus Kaempferia of plants in the ginger family, native to Asia.
- kaempferide noun: An O-methylated flavonol found in Kaempferia galanga (aromatic ginger).
- kaempferitrin noun: A chemical compound, the 3,7-dirhamnoside of kaempferol, found in Onychium japonicum and in the leaves of Hedyotis verticillata.
- kaempferol noun: A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease
- kaen noun: Synonym of khene.
- kaeng pa noun: Synonym of jungle curry
- kaeng som noun: A sour Thai seafood curry made with tamarind.
- kaep noun: A type of proa native to Palau
- Kaepernick proper noun: A surname.
- kaersutite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
- kaersutitic adjective: Relating to a kaersutite.
- Kaeser proper noun: A surname from German.
- kaesespaetzle noun: A German form of macaroni and cheese
- Kaesong proper noun: A city in North Korea.
- Kaestner proper noun: A surname.
- kaf noun: The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)
- Kafa proper noun: A North Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia.
- kafal noun: Either of two trees of the genus Commiphora, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
- kafala noun: A form of Islamic adoption in which the child is not regarded as a true child of the adoptive parents.
- kafana noun: A tavern-restaurant-shop in various Balkan states
- kafeel noun: An employment sponsor in the kafala system.
- kafeneio noun: Alternative form of kafenio.
- kafenio noun /kæfəˈniːəʊ/: A Greek coffeehouse or cafe.
- kafenion noun: Alternative form of kafenio.
- kaferita noun: A variety of sorghum that is a hybrid of kaffir corn and feterita.
- Kaffa proper noun: Former name of Feodosia, a city in Crimea.
- kaffara noun: A religious donation of money or food made to help those in need, as a forfeit by somebody who has missed a fast unnecessarily.
- kaffarah noun: Alternative form of kaffara.
- kaffeeklatch noun: Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
- kaffeeklatsch noun: A coffee klatch.
- kaffir bread noun: The pith of various species of Encephalartos.
- kaffir cabbage noun: spiderwisp; Gynandropsis gynandra
- kaffir corn noun: Sorghum cultivars (Sorghum bicolor vars.), used as a food for people and animals and in ethanol production.
- kaffir dog noun: A type of hunting dog used by indigenous peoples in parts of southern Africa; (loosely), a mongrel dog.
- kaffir honeysuckle noun: Synonym of Cape honeysuckle.
- kaffir lily noun: The plant Clivia miniata in the Amaryllidaceae family.
- kaffir lime noun /ˈkæfəɹˌlaɪm/: Any member of the species Citrus hystrix of fragrant, small limes native to Southeast Asia, the leaves of which are used in cooking for their citrus flavor.
- kaffir melon noun: Synonym of citron melon.
- kaffir orange noun: Synonym of Natal orange.
- kaffir plum noun: Any member of the species Harpephyllum caffrum of Afrotropical trees.
- kaffirgram noun: Mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.
- kaffiya noun: Alternative form of keffiyeh.
- kaffiyah noun: Alternative spelling of keffiyeh.
- kaffiyeh noun: Alternative spelling of keffiyeh.
- kaffle noun: Alternative form of coffle.
- Kaffraria proper noun /kæˈfɹɛə.ɹi.ə/: Territories now belonging to the East Cape region of South Africa.
- Kaffrarian adjective, noun /kæˈfɹɛə.ɹi.ən/: Of or relating to Kaffraria.
- Kaffre noun: Alternative form of Kaffir.
- kafi noun: A classical form of Sufi poem.
- kafila noun: Alternative form of cafila.
- kafilah noun: Alternative form of cafila.
- kafileh noun: Alternative form of cafila.
- kafindo noun: Synonym of onyalai.
- kafir bread noun: Alternative form of kaffir bread.
- kafir corn noun: Alternative form of kaffir corn.
- Kafir harp noun: A traditional four- or five-stringed arched harp used by the Kafirs in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan.
- kafirin noun: Any of a group of storage proteins found in sorghum.
- Kafirism noun: The kafir mindset
- Kafiristan proper noun: A region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings.
- kafirization noun: The act or process of kafirizing.
- kafirize verb: To make or become kafir.
- kafirness noun: The quality of being kafir
- kafiz noun: Alternative form of qafiz (“unit of measurement for volume”).
- Kafka proper noun /ˈkæfkə/: A surname from German.
- Kafkaesque adjective /ˌkæfkəˈʔɛsk/: Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
- Kafkaesquely adverb: In a Kafkaesque manner.
- Kafkaesqueness noun: The state, quality, or characteristic of being Kafkaesque.
- Kafkaian adjective: Alternative form of Kafkian.
- Kafkaish adjective: Synonym of Kafkaesque.
- Kafkaism noun: The literary style associated with Franz Kafka
- Kafkan adjective: Alternative form of Kafkian.
- kafkatrap noun, verb /ˈkæfkəˌtræp/: A sophistical rhetorical device in which any denial by an accused person serves as evidence of guilt.
- kafkatrapping noun, verb /ˈkæfkəˌtræpɪŋ/: Alternative letter-case form of Kafkatrapping.
- Kafkian adjective: Of or relating to Franz Kafka (1883–1924), German-language author of novels and short stories.
- Kafr proper noun: A village in Shurab district, Fars Province, Iran.
- kafta noun: Alternative spelling of kofta.
- kafta kebab noun: A skewered grilled dish composed of several kafta cubes.
- kaftan noun /ˈkæf.tæn/: A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- kaftaned adjective: Dressed in a kaftan.
- kaftanlike adjective: Resembling a kaftan.
- kaftanned adjective: Alternative form of kaftaned.
- Kafue proper noun: A town in Lusaka Province, Zambia.
- kafuffle noun: Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
- kafunda noun: A bar (business that sells alcohol).
- KAG phrase: Acronym of Keep America Great, slogan used in support of Donald Trump.
- Kaga proper noun: A city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
- Kagaba noun: Synonym of Kogi (“a Colombian people”).
- Kagami proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
- kagan noun: Alternative spelling of khagan.
- kaganat noun: Alternative form of khaganate.
- kaganate noun: Alternative spelling of khaganate.
- Kagawa proper noun: A prefecture of Japan. Its capital is Takamatsu.
- Kagay-anon noun: A person from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
- Kagel proper noun: A surname from German.
- Kagera proper noun: An administrative region of Tanzania.
- Kagi proper noun: A resort island of Kaafu, Maldives.
- Kagi chart noun: A style of financial chart, mostly independent of time, used to track price movements and make decisions on purchasing stock.
- kago noun /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/: An open and suspended Japanese style of sedan chair.
- kagok noun: A genre of Korean vocal music for mixed female and male voices. Accompaniments and interludes are played by a small ensemble of traditional Korean musical...
- kagome noun: An arrangement of laths composed of interlaced triangles such that each point where two laths cross has four neighboring points. Although called a lattice,...
- kagool noun: Alternative spelling of cagoule.
- Kagoshima proper noun: A prefecture in southwestern Japan, on the south coast of the island of Kyushu.
- Kagoshiman adjective: Of, from or relating to the city or Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
- kagoul noun: Alternative form of cagoule.
- kagoule noun: Alternative form of cagoule.
- KAGOY phrase: Acronym of kids are getting older younger (“children are exposed to adult ideas, consumer products, etc. at an increasingly early age”).
- kagu noun: A New Caledonian endemic bird species, Rhynochetos jubatus, the only surviving member of the family Rhynochetidae.
- kaguan noun: A mammal, the colugo.
- kagura noun /ˈkɑɡəɹɑ/: A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan.
- kagurabue noun: A kind of transverse bamboo flute with six or seven holes from Japan.
- Kaguya proper noun: The protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk...
- kagwang noun: A Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans).
- Kagyu proper noun: One of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
- KAH phrase: Initialism of kill all Huns.
- kah dai adjective: Alternative spelling of gah dai.
- kaha noun: Synonym of proboscis monkey.
- kahakō noun: A macron in Hawaiian.
- kahal noun: The local governing body of a former European Jewish community, administering religious, legal and communal affairs.
- kahalalide noun: Any of a family of depsipeptides that show antitumour activity
- Kahan proper noun: A surname.
- Kahana proper noun: A surname from Aramaic.
- Kahanism noun: A Jewish ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane, holding that the Palestinians in particular and Arabs in general are enemies of Jews and Israel...
- Kahanist adjective, noun: A supporter of Kahanism.
- Kahar noun: A member of a community of palanquin-bearers originating from the Gangetic region.
- kahau noun: The proboscis monkey.
- kahawai noun: An edible marine fish, Arripis trutta, found around the southeastern coast of Australia and New Zealand, having a dark bluish-green body with indistinct...
- Kahe proper noun: A group of wards in Moshi District, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
- kahen noun: a Haymanot religious role, analogous to a rabbi in other Jewish communities
- kahika noun /ˈkʌhiːkə/: Synonym of kahikatea.
- kahikatea noun /ˈkʌhɪkəˌtɛə/: Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand.
- kahikatoa noun: Leptospermum scoparium, the manuka.
- kahili noun: A feather standard mounted on a pole, as traditionally used in Hawaii on ceremonial occasions.
- kahili ginger noun: A plant related to ginger, Hedychium gardnerianum, which is native to the Himalayas but widely grown elsewhere in warm climates due to its showy flowers,...
- kahke noun: A kind of Armenian baked good, flavored with mahleb.
- Kahl proper noun: A surname.
- Kahle proper noun: A surname.
- Kahler proper noun: A surname from German.
- Kähler manifold noun: A manifold with three mutually compatible structures: a complex structure, a Riemannian structure, and a symplectic structure.
- Kahler's disease noun: multiple myeloma
- Kählerian adjective: Of or relating to Erich Kähler (1906–2000), German mathematician.
- kahlerite noun: A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and uranium.
- kahliellid noun: Any alveolate protozoan of the family Kahliellidae
- Kahlil proper noun: A male given name.
- Kahlo proper noun: A surname from German.
- Kahloesque adjective: Reminiscent of the paintings of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
- Kahlon proper noun: A surname.
- Kahlua noun: Alternative form of Kahlúa.
- kahm noun: Yeast which tends to form on fermented foods, such as sauerkraut.
- Kahn proper noun: A surname from German.
- Kahnawake proper noun /ˌɡɑːnəˈwɑːɡeɪ/: a large Mohawk community on the South Shore region of Montreal
- Kahnian adjective: Of or relating to Herman Kahn (1922–1983), futurist and military strategist known for analyzing the consequences of nuclear war and recommending ways to...
- Kahoolawe proper noun /kəˌhoʊ.əˈlɑːwiː/: An uninhabited island, the smallest of the main 8 islands of Hawaii in the United States.
- Kahr proper noun: A surname from German.
- kahu noun: swamp harrier (Circus approximans)
- Kahului proper noun: A census-designated place, the county seat of Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
- kahuna noun /kəˈhuːnə/: A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
- kahweol noun: A diterpene found in the beans of Coffea arabica, structurally related to cafestol.
- kai infix, noun /kaɪ̯/: Food.
- kai kai noun /kaɪ.kaɪ/: Moonshine; illicit alcohol.
- Kai Ken noun: A dog of a rare Japanese breed with a wedge-shaped head and prick ears.
- kai-lan noun: Alternative spelling of kailan.
- Kaiapoi proper noun /kaɪˈɑːpɔɪ/: A town in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- Kaibab squirrel noun: A squirrel of subspecies Sciurus aberti kaibabensis, found only on the Kaibab Plateau in the Southwest United States.
- Kaibartha noun: A member of a traditional fishing and boating community, originally from Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, and eastern Bihar, along with Bangladesh.
- Kaibartta noun: Alternative form of Kaibartha
- kaibosh noun: Alternative spelling of kibosh.
- kaibun noun: A form of Japanese palindrome.
- kaid noun: Alternative spelling of caid (“kind of governor”).
- Kaidak noun: Alternative form of Kaitag.
- kaidan noun: A traditional Japanese ghost story or horror story.
- Kaiden proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden and Kayden.
- Kaieteur proper noun: A national park in Guyana, known for its waterfall, Kaieteur Falls.
- kaif noun: Alternative spelling of kif.
- Kaifeng proper noun /kaɪˈfʌŋ/: A prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital.
- kaifong noun: A kind of mutual aid organization in Hong Kong, originally set up under British colonial rule, and mainly intended to provide free or cheap services to...
- Kaifu proper noun: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
- kaigai niki noun: An overseas (non-Japanese) person in a primarily Japanese livestream.
- kaijin noun: A fictional humanoid monster as a typical antagonist in tokusatsu media.
- kaiju noun /ˈkai.d͡ʒu/: A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese science fiction films and other media, like Godzilla, King Kong or Gamera.
- kaik noun: Alternative form of kainga (“Maori village”).
- kaika noun: Alternative form of kainga.
- kaikai noun: Nigerian gin
- kaikawaka noun: Libocedrus bidwillii, the New Zealand cedar, an evergreen coniferous tree.
- Kaikeyi proper noun: The second queen of King Dasharatha and mother of Bharata in Ramayana.
- kaiki noun: Alternative spelling of caique.
- kaikomako noun: Pennantia baylisiana, a rare tree of New Zealand.
- Kaikoura proper noun /kaɪˈkɔːrə/: A town in Kaikoura district, Canterbury, on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.
- kail noun: Alternative form of kale.
- Kaila proper noun: A female given name.
- Kailahun proper noun: A city in the Eastern Province, Sierra Leone.
- kailan noun: Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese...
- Kailani proper noun: A female given name from Hawaiian.
- Kailash proper noun: A mountain of the Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, considered to be sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön.
- Kailee proper noun: A female given name.
- Kailey proper noun: A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
- kailkenny noun: A variety of rumbledethumps using cream instead of butter.
- kaily adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of kail
- kailyard noun: A kitchen garden.
- kailyarder noun: A writer of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
- kailyardism noun: The writing style of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
- Kailyn proper noun: A female given name.
- kaim noun: Mitragyna parvifolia, a tree of the madder family, found in India.
- kaimacan noun: Alternative form of kaymakam.
- kaimacham noun: Alternative spelling of kaymakam.
- kaimak noun: Alternative spelling of kaymak.
- kaimakam noun: Alternative spelling of kaymakam.
- kaimakan noun: Alternative form of kaymakam.
- kaimal noun: The holder of an aristocratic title or position granted by various rajahs to powerful Nair families in Kerala, India.
- Kaimanawa noun: Ellipsis of Kaimanawa horse.
- Kaimanawa horse noun: A hardy feral horse of New Zealand, descended from the domestic horses released in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- kaimi noun: A perennial plant of species Desmodium incanum.
- kaimonolide noun: Any of a group of macrolide inhibitors of plant growth present in some bacteria
- kain noun /keɪn/: poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
- kainahineri noun: A kimarite in which the attacker locks one of his opponent's arms with both arms, then twists him down.
- Kainan proper noun: A city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
- kainate noun: Any salt or ester of kainic acid.
- Kaine proper noun /keɪn/: A surname.
- kainellid adjective, noun: Any trilobite in the family †Kainellidae.
- kainelliform adjective: Of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a pattern in which they diverge widely until they reach the anterior border, then swing strongly inward to run...
- kainga noun: A Maori village.
- Kaingang noun: A member of a certain indigenous Brazilian ethnic group.
- kaingin noun: Alternative form of caingin.
- kainginero noun: Alternative form of cainginero.
- kaini noun: Alternative form of khaini.
- kainic adjective: Of or pertaining to kainic acid or its derivatives.
- kainic acid noun: A heterocyclic dicarboxylic acid isolated from certain red algae; used as an anthelmintic in Japan.
- kainit noun: Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
- kainite noun: An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.
- kainogenesis noun: Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- kainosite noun: Synonym of cenosite.
- kainotophobia noun: Fear of change.
- Kainozoic adjective: Alternative form of Cenozoic.
- Kaintock noun: A Kentuckian.
- Kaintuck adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky.
- Kainz proper noun: A surname from German.
- kaipen noun: A Laotian snack made from freshwater green algae.
- Kaiping proper noun: A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
- kaique noun: Alternative form of caique.
- kairine noun: A derivative of tetrahydro-quinoline (C₁₀H₁₃NO), formerly used as an antipyretic.
- kairo cancer noun: A cutaneous condition caused by hydrocarbon-fueled heat exposure from coal-fired clothing warmers.
- kairoline noun: An organic base obtained from quinoline, resembling kairine and used as a febrifuge.
- kairomonal adjective: Relating to a kairomone.
- kairomone noun /ˈkaɪɹə(ʊ)məʊn/: Any substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the...
- kairos noun /ˈkaɪɹɒs/: A time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.
- kairotic adjective: Related to, or characteristic of a kairos.
- Kairouan proper noun: A city in Tunisia.
- Kairouani adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Kairouan.
- kaisa noun /ˈkaɪsə/: A variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.
- kaiseki noun: A style of Japanese cuisine involving a series of small, intricate dishes; a tasting menu
- kaiser noun /ˈkaɪzə(ɹ)/: Alternative form of Kaiser.
- kaiser blade noun: Synonym of sling blade.
- kaiser roll noun: A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a...
- Kaiser window noun: A single-parameter family of window functions used in finite impulse response filter design and spectral analysis.
- kaiserdom noun: The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kaiserin noun: The wife of a Kaiser.
- Kaiserish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a Kaiser.
- Kaiserism noun: The system of rule of a Kaiser; autocracy.
- kaiserlich adjective: pertaining to the Kaiser
- kaiserschmarrn noun: An Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.
- kaisership noun: The role or status of a kaiser.
- Kaiserslautern proper noun /ˌkaɪzɚsˈlaʊtɚn/: An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.
- kaishao noun, verb: matchmaking; a romantic arrangement to set up a date between two people
- kaiso noun /ˈkaɪ.səʊ/: A style of music popular in the Caribbean, a precursor to calypso music.
- kaisoman noun: A professional calypso singer.
- kaisonian noun /kaɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/: A performer of kaiso music.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under K: 11,912 words, in 40 parts.