English words: kurdyuk to kween

300 English words, part 39 of 40 of the words starting with K, A to Z. 21 have a page of their own.

English words kurdyuk to kween

kurdyuk noun: Fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.
Kure proper noun: A port city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
kureef adjective: Alternative form of kharif.
Kureishian adjective: Of or relating to Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), English author and playwright with South Asian ancestry, often dealing with themes of race and sexuality.
Kurek proper noun: A surname.
Kurepa tree noun: A tree (T, <) of height ω₁, each of whose levels is at most countable, and has at least ℵ₂ branches.
kurfuffle noun: Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
kurgan noun /kʊəˈɡɑːn/: A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.
kurgantaite noun: A triclinic-pedial mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and strontium.
kuri noun: The kitchen of a Zen monastery.
Kuria proper noun: A Bantu language of Kenya and Tanzania.
Kuriakose proper noun: A surname from Malayalam.
Kurian proper noun: A surname.
Kurie plot noun: A graph used in studying beta decay, in which the square root of the number of beta particles whose momentum (or energy) lies within a certain narrow range,...
Kurihara proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Kuriles proper noun: Synonym of Kuril Islands.
Kurilian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Kuril Islands.
Kurilian Bobtail noun: A cat breed originating from the Russian Kuril Islands, as well as Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka peninsula.
Kurils proper noun: Synonym of Kuril Islands.
kuriologic adjective: Alternative form of kyriologic.
kurios noun: Alternative form of kyrios.
kurkar noun: A kind of calcareous sandstone, common in Israel.
Kurku noun: Alternative form of Korku.
kurkul noun: A rich or supposedly rich peasant, targeted during Soviet collectivization, especially in the context of Ukraine or Ukrainians; a kulak.
Kurla proper noun: An eastern suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Kurlandic adjective: Alternative form of Courlandic.
kurma noun: Alternative form of korma.
Kurman noun: Alternative form of Kerman (“type of Persian carpet”).
Kurmanji proper noun /kɚˈmɑn.dʒi/: The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.
Kurmi noun: A member of a tiller caste of the lower Gangetic plain of India.
kurnakovite noun: A hydrated borate mineral.
Kurnell proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Kurnool proper noun: A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
kurnum noun: Alternative form of curnum.
kuroboshi noun: A loss in a bout
Kuroda proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Kurokawa proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Kuroki proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
kuromaku noun: In Japan, an éminence grise or secret decision-maker.
kuromanin noun: Synonym of chrysanthemin.
kuromatsuol noun: Synonym of longiborneol.
kuromido noun: A Japanese alloy of copper with a small amount of arsenic.
kuromitsu noun: A Japanese sugar syrup, similar to molasses, but thinner and milder, typically made from unrefined muscovado sugar.
Kuropatkin proper noun: Russian Imperial Minister of War from 1898 to 1904.
kurort noun: A health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
kurortish adjective: Resort-like; idyllic; picturesque.
Kurosawa proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Kuroshio proper noun /ˌkʊəɹəʊˈʃiːəʊ/: The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
kurosol noun: An ultisol or alfisol.
Kurowski proper noun: A surname.
kurper noun: The freshwater fish Sandelia capensis
Kurpian adjective, noun /ˈkɜːpiən/: A person from or native to the Kurpie region of Poland.
kurrajong noun: Any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
Kurrama noun: An Aboriginal Australian people from the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
kurrat noun: Egyptian leek; considered a variety of Allium ampeloprasum (Allium ampeloprasum var. kurrat) or a species Allium kurrat
kurre noun: A kind of trawlnet.
Kurrichane thrush noun: Any member of the species Turdus libonyanus of thrushes, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
kursaal noun: A public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino
kursi noun: A stand for holding the Qur'an for readings.
Kursk proper noun /ˈkɜɹsk/: A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth.
Kursk Oblast noun: An oblast of Russia.
Kurson proper noun: A surname.
Kurt proper noun /kɝt/: A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.
kurta noun: A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved,...
Kurtenbach proper noun: A surname from German.
Kurth proper noun: A surname.
kurti noun: Alternative form of kurta.
kurtid noun: Any nurseryfish in the family Kurtidae.
kurtosis noun /kəˈtəʊ.sɪs/: A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability...
kurtotic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, kurtosis.
kurtoxin noun: A polypeptide toxin, in the venom of the scorpion Parabuthus transvaalicus, that inactivates some ion channels
Kurtz proper noun: A surname.
Kurtzian adjective: Megalomaniac; brutal, tyrannical.
Kurtzman proper noun: A surname.
kuru noun /ˈkʉː.ɹʉː/: A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that...
Kuru disease noun: A rare, fatal prion disease of the Fore people of Papua New Guinea, causing progressive neurological decline and historically transmitted through mortuary...
Kuruba noun /kʊɹʊbə/: A member of a particular Hindu caste, traditionally shepherds.
kuruc noun: A group of armed anti-Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1671 and 1711.
Kurukh noun /ˈkʊrʊx/: A member of a people of eastern India and Bangladesh.
Kurukshetra proper noun: A city in Haryana, India, famous for the mythical War of Kurukshetra.
kurultai noun: A political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans.
kuruma noun: A prawn of species Marsupenaeus japonicus.
kurumaya noun: A Japanese rickshawman.
Kurumba noun /kʊɹʊmbə/: A member of an indigenous community in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
Kurumbar noun: Alternative form of Kurumba.
Kurume proper noun: a city in Fukuoka prefecture
kurumsakite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, silicon, vanadium, and zinc.
kurumthotti noun: Queensland hemp, as used in Ayurveda.
Kurunegala proper noun: A city in North Western Province, Sri Lanka.
kurus noun: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
kurush noun: Alternative form of kurus.
Kurusu proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
kurutz noun: Alternative form of kuruc.
Kuruvilla proper noun: A surname from Malayalam.
kurvey verb: To transport goods by ox-drawn wagon.
kurveyor noun: One who transports goods by ox-drawn wagon.
Kurz proper noun: A surname.
Kurzel proper noun: A surname from German.
Kurzweil proper noun /ˈkəɹts.vaɪl/: A surname from German.
Kurzweil singularity noun: The point, resulting from ever-accelerating technological progress, when a sufficient threshold of self-evolving artificial intelligence is reached to...
Kurzweilian adjective: Of or relating to Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American inventor, author and futurist.
kusachiite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing bismuth, copper, and oxygen.
kusam noun: Alternative form of kusum.
Kusan adjective: Alternative form of Coosan.
kusarigama noun: A Japanese martial arts chain weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle), on a length of kusari (metal chain) with a heavy fundo...
kusarigamajutsu noun: The Japanese martial art of wielding the kusarigama.
kush noun /kʊʃ/: Marijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content).
kusha noun: A grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata.
Kushal proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Kushan adjective, noun /ˈkʊʃɑːn/: A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.
Kushana adjective, noun: Synonym of Kushan
Kushanian adjective, noun: Synonym of Kushan.
Kushanic adjective: Synonym of Kushan
Kushanshah noun: A title borne by rulers of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom.
kushari noun: An Egyptian dish of rice, macaroni and lentils topped with a tomato-vinegar sauce and garnishes.
kushikatsu noun: A Japanese dish of deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables.
Kushinagar proper noun: A district of Gorakhpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India. Headquarters: Padrauna.
Kushite noun: Alternative spelling of Cushite.
Kushitic adjective: Alternative spelling of Cushitic.
Kushitism noun: Alternative form of Cushitism.
kushiyaki noun: A Japanese technique for serving chicken or other grilled foods on a skewer.
Kushner proper noun [ˈkʰʊʃnɚ]: A surname.
Kushnir proper noun: A surname.
kushoon noun: Alternative form of cushoon.
kushtaka noun: A mythical part-otter, part-human shapeshifter, in Tlingit and Tsimshian folklore, sometimes represented as tricksters and at other times as helpful beings...
kushti adjective, noun: A sacred girdle worn by Zoroastrians.
kusimanse noun: Alternative form of cusimanse.
kusimansel noun /ˌku.səˈmæn.səl/: Alternative form of cusimanse.
kuskite noun: A supposed form of scapolite, later found to be quartz.
Kuskokwim proper noun: A river in southwest Alaska, United States
kuskos noun: Synonym of kuskus grass.
kuskus noun: Synonym of kuskus grass.
kuskus grass noun: vetiver
Kuskwogmiut noun: A subgroup of the Yup'ik people.
kusoge noun: unenjoyable or otherwise poorly-made video game.
kuspuk noun /ˈɡʌspʌk/: An Alaska Native (traditionally Yup'ik) garment worn on the upper body as an overshirt on top of a parka (“long jacket with a hood”).
kusskuss noun: Alternative form of couscous.
Kussmaul proper noun: A German surname.
Kussmaul breathing noun: A form of labored breathing and hyperventilation associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes.
Kussmaul respiration noun: Synonym of Kussmaul breathing
kusso noun: Alternative form of kousso.
Kuster proper noun: A surname.
kusti noun: Alternative form of kushti.
Kustom noun: A uniquely modified, post-World War II American automobile built or styled between the 1930s and early 1960s; rather than aiming for performance like early...
Kustom Kar noun: Alternative spelling of custom car and synonym of Kustom.
kusu rat noun: A small mouselike African rodent of the genus Arvicanthis.
kusuite noun: Original name given to the mineral group later renamed wakefieldite.
kusum noun: A tree of species Schleichera oleosa, from whose seeds a multipurpose oil is extracted.
kusumba noun: Alternative form of coosumba.
kusumbha noun: Alternative form of coosumba.
Kusumoto proper noun: A surname.
Kusunda noun: A tribe living in western Nepal.
kusunol noun: Synonym of valerianol.
kut noun: A traditional Korean shamanic ritual.
Kuta proper noun: A surname.
Kutaisi proper noun: The third-most populous city of Georgia and the capital of Imereti region, located on the Rioni river.
kutauss noun: civet
kutch noun: A packet or pile of vellum leaves in which gold is beaten into thin sheets.
kutcha adjective, noun /ˈkʌtʃə/: Imperfect, makeshift; ramshackle, second-rate.
kutcha house noun: A house built with naturally occurring materials.
kutcha-pukka noun: A kind of mixed construction employing burnt brick cemented with mud instead of lime mortar.
Kutcher proper noun: A surname.
kutcherry noun: Alternative form of cutcherry
Kutchin noun: Alternative form of Gwich'in.
kutchinta noun: Alternative form of kutsinta.
kuti noun: A traditional Ethiopian tisane made from steeped coffee leaves.
kuti kuti noun: A Singaporean children's game of trying to capture the opponent's plastic counters by flipping one's own counters on top of them.
kutia noun: A ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Christians during the Christmas –...
kutjera noun: An Australian plant, Solanum centrale, with pungent edible fruits that resemble raisins when dried.
kutki noun: Picrorhiza kurroa, a medicinal herb of the Himalayas.
kutnahorite noun: Alternative form of kutnohorite.
Kutner proper noun: A surname from German.
kutniti noun: diplomacy: the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states.
kutnohorite noun: A rare calcium manganese magnesium iron carbonate mineral with trigonal crystals, having a white, pink or brown colour.
kutorginid noun: Any brachiopod in the family Kutorginidae.
kutsavi noun: The pupae of the alkali fly used as food.
kutsinta noun /kʊ.t͡ʃɪn̪ˈt̪aʔ/: A red or yellow steamed rice cake with a chewy, jelly-like consistency, popular in the Philippines.
kuttab noun: Synonym of maktab.
kuttar noun: Alternative form of katara (“type of dagger”).
kutu noun: A body louse.
kutum noun: A freshwater fish (Rutilus kutum) native to the Caspian Sea.
Kutuzov proper noun: A Field Marshal of the Russian Empire under the reign of Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I.
kutwal noun: Alternative form of cutwal.
kutya noun: Alternative spelling of kutia.
Kutz proper noun: A surname.
kutzneride noun: Any of a group of cyclic hexadepsipeptides present in actinomycetes of the genus Kutzneria of actinobacteria.
Kutztown proper noun: A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
kuudere noun: A calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.
kuurdak noun: A stewed brown meat dish, usually made from lamb, mutton, or beef.
kuvasz noun /ˈkuvas/: A large, usually white breed of dog with its ancient origins in Hungary.
Kuwait proper noun /k(j)uːˈweɪt/: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait. Capital: Kuwait City.
Kuwaiti adjective, noun: A person from Kuwait or of Kuwaiti descent.
Kuwaitiness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Kuwaiti.
Kuwaitisation noun: The process of Kuwaitising.
Kuwaitise verb: To make Kuwaiti.
Kuwaitised adjective, verb: Having been made Kuwaiti.
Kuwaitization noun: Alternative spelling of Kuwaitisation.
Kuwaitize verb: US standard spelling of Kuwaitise.
Kuwana proper noun: A city in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
kuwanon G noun: An antimicrobial bombesin receptor antagonist, isolated from Morus alba.
Kuy proper noun: An Austronesian language spoken in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
kuya noun: An elder brother.
Kuyavian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Kuyavia.
Kuykendall proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
kuylak noun: A knee-length women's dress worn in Uzbekistan.
Kuyper proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
kuyrdak noun: Alternative form of kuurdak.
kuza noun: Alternative form of cooja.
Kuzari proper noun: The Book of the Kuzari, otherwise known as The Book of Refutation and Proof in Support of the Abased Religion, a philosophical treatise by Judah Halevi.
Kuzbass proper noun: A vast coal mining region in Kemerovo Oblast, Siberia, Russia, between Tomsk and Novokuznetsk.
Kuzelbash noun: Alternative form of Kizilbash.
kuzelite noun: A trigonal-pyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
kuzhal noun: A type of double reed musical instrument used in Kerala, India.
kuzhambu noun: A spicy gravy made with tamarind and dal, part of South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil cuisine.
Kuzma proper noun: Кузьма, East Slavic version of the given name Cosmas
kuzmenkoite noun: A labuntsovite mineral.
Kuzmin proper noun: A surname from Russian.
kuzminite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing bromine, chlorine, and mercury.
Kuznets proper noun: A surname from Russian.
Kuznets curve noun /ˈkʌznɛts kɝv/: A theoretical curve that graphs the hypothesis that as an economy develops, market forces first increase and then decrease economic inequality.
Kuznets cycle noun: Synonym of Kuznets swing.
Kuznets swing noun: A claimed medium-range economic wave with a period of 15–25 years, associated with demographic processes such as the effect of immigration on construction...
Kuznetsk proper noun: A town in Penza Oblast, Russia.
Kuznetsov proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Кузнецов (Kuznecov).
kuznetsovite noun: An isometric-tetartoidal mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, mercury, and oxygen.
kuzu noun /ˈkuːzu/: Alternative form of kudzu.
kuzumochi noun: Mochi cakes made of kudzu powder or from Lactobacillales-fermented wheat starch, a speciality dish local to certain wards of Tokyo, served chilled and...
kuzushiji noun: An ancient Japanese cursive script.
Kuzzilbash noun: Alternative form of Kizilbash.
kvanefjeldite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal violet pink mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
kvas noun: Alternative spelling of kvass.
kvass noun /kvɑːs/: A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.
KVDTP noun: Initialism of Klang Valley Double Track Project (2015-2030s Malaysian rail infrastructure upgrading project).
kvell verb /kvɛl/: To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
Kven noun: A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
kvetch noun, verb /kvɛt͡ʃ/: To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
kvetcher noun: A person who kvetches; a complainer, kvetch.
kvetching noun, verb: Persistent complaining.
kvetchy adjective /ˈkvɛt͡ʃi/: persistently whining or complaining
kvevri noun: A large earthenware vessel originally from Georgia, used for the fermentation and storage of wine, often buried below ground level or set into the floors of...
kvitch noun, verb: Alternative spelling of kvetch.
kvitel noun: Alternative form of kvitl.
kvitl noun: A note with a (general or specific) petitionary prayer, used in Hasidic Judaism.
kvittel noun: Alternative form of kvitl.
kvlt adjective: True to the ideology of black metal or a stereotypical manifestation of that subculture.
KVM noun: Initialism of keyboard-video-mouse: a device allowing these input and output devices to be swapped between a series of server consoles, especially in a rack...
KVO noun: Initialism of key-value observing.
kvutza noun: A Jewish communal settlement, primarily in Israel before it became a modern state.
kvutzah noun: Alternative form of kvutza.
Kwa proper noun: A group of languages spoken in the Niger and Congo regions.
kwaai adjective: bad-tempered, aggressive, fierce
kwacha noun: Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
Kwagiulth noun: Alternative form of Kwakiutl.
Kwagu'ł noun: A First Nation based on the east coast of Vancouver Island, around Port Hardy, Fort Rupert and Port McNeill, and on Malcom Island in British Columbia,...
kwai noun: Alternative form of kuai (“yuan, Chinese currency”).
kwai muk noun: a species of plant (Artocarpus parvus) endemic to South-East Asia and China
kwailo noun: Alternative form of gweilo.
kwaito noun /ˈkwaɪtoʊ/: A style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s.
Kwajalein proper noun /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/: Kwajalein atoll.
Kwak proper noun: A surname.
Kwak'wala noun: Wakashan language traditionally spoken by Kwakwaka'wakw people around Queen Charlotte Strait in Western Canada.
Kwakiutl noun /ˌkwɑkiːˈuːtl̩/: Synonym of Kwakwaka'wakw.
Kwakwaka'wakw noun: A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Kwalhioqua noun: Synonym of Willapa.
kwalliso noun: A labour and concentration camp operated by North Korea, especially used for political prisoners.
Kwame proper noun /ˈkwɑː.meɪ/: A male given name from Akan, given to a male child born on a Saturday; variant forms Kwamé, Kouamé, Kwami, Kwamena, Kwamina.
kwan noun: A school of Korean martial arts.
KwaNdebele proper noun: A bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Ndebele people.
Kwang proper noun: An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.
kwanga noun: A type of Congolese pap made from manioc
kwangoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
kwanjula noun: A betrothal ceremony in Ugandan culture.
Kwantlen noun: Any member of a branch of the Sto꞉lo people living in the Fort Langley and McMillan Island area of British Columbia.
kwanza noun /ˈkwɑːnzə/: The currency of Angola, symbol Kz, divided into a hundred cêntimos.
Kwanzaa proper noun /ˈkwɑnzə/: A week-long African-American cultural holiday held between December 26 and January 1.
Kwapa noun: Alternative form of Cocopah.
Kwara proper noun: A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.
Kwarteng proper noun: A surname from Akan
kwashiorkor noun /kwɒʃiˈɔːkɔː/: A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.
kwashiorkored adjective: Suffering from kwashiorkor.
kwashiorkoric adjective: Exhibiting the features of kwashiorkor; kwashiorkor-like.
Kwasi proper noun: A male given name from Akan.
kwaso noun: moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink
kwassa noun: A small fishing boat used in parts of Africa.
kwassa kwassa noun /ˈkwɑs.ə ˈkwɑs.ə/: A dance rhythm from the Congo (DRC), where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips.
kwati noun: A soup of mixed sprouted beans.
kwatuma noun: A moray eel.
Kwaussie noun /ˈkwɒzi/: A person who has both Australian and New Zealand citizenship or descent.
Kwawkewlth noun: Alternative form of Kwakiutl.
kway adjective, adverb: Alternative spelling of qway.
kway chap noun [ˈk˭weː(˦)ˌt͡s˭äp̚(˨)]: A Teochew dish of flat rice sheets in a soy sauce broth and an array of braised meats (offal, tongue, rinds, pork belly, etc.) and preserved vegetables.
kway jap noun: Alternative form of kway chap.
kway teow noun /ˌkweɪ ˈtjaʊ/: A type of flat rice noodles, commonly used in Hokkien and Teochew cuisine.
kwazoku noun: A Meiji-era Japanese noble, one who would formerly have been classed as a samurai or a daimyo.
KwaZulu proper noun /kwɑːˈzuːluː/: A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people.
kwd noun: Abbreviation of keyword.
Kwe noun: A Bantu ethnic group of Cameroon.
kwedini noun /kwiːˈdɪni/: A young boy, especially a Xhosa.
kwee contraction: Contraction of can + we.
kween noun: A queen.

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.