English words: kwela to kyzylkumite

English words kwela to kyzylkumite

1. kwela noun: A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle.
2. kweng adjective, noun, verb /kwɛŋ/: Alternative form of peng (“of attractive features”).
3. Kwere noun: A people from the coast of Tanzania.
4. kwerekwere noun: A foreign visitor to a township.
5. KWF proper noun: The station code of Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.
6. KWH proper noun: The station code of Kwai Hing in Hong Kong.
7. Kwiakah noun: First Nation of British Columbia in Canada, traditionally based around Phillips Arm and Stuart Island, and part of the Lekwiltok.
8. Kwiatkowski proper noun /kwaɪətˈkaʊski/: A surname from Polish.
9. Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test noun: A test used for testing a null hypothesis that an observable time series is stationary around a deterministic trend (i.e. trend-stationary) against the...
10. KWIC noun: Initialism of keyword in context: a list of phrases obtained by searching a corpus, each containing the node (or word of interest) and its surrounding cotext.
11. kwik adjective: Eye dialect spelling of quick.
12. kwik cricket noun: A high-speed version of cricket mainly played by children, with an emphasis on participation and enjoyment.
13. kwila noun: Intsia bijuga
14. Kwinana proper noun /kwəˈnɐː.nə/: A suburban area south of Perth, Western Australia.
15. KWIPS noun: Initialism of kilo Whetstone instructions per second.
16. kwise adverb: Abbreviation of knitwise.
17. Kwok proper noun /kwɔk/: A surname from Cantonese.
18. kwolu-aatmwol noun: In Papua New Guinea, a person born with male gonads, but who appears to have female external genitalia, as a result of a 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.
19. Kwoma noun: A member of a people of northeastern New Guinea, inhabiting the Peilungupo mountains north of the Sepik River.
20. Kwon proper noun: A surname from Chinese.
21. Kwong proper noun: A surname.
22. kwongan noun: A plant community found in western Australia.
23. kwongkan noun: Alternative form of kwongan.
24. KWT proper noun: The station code of Kwun Tong in Hong Kong.
25. kwukyel noun /ˈkuɡjʌl/: Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.
26. kwyjibo noun: A particular yo-yo trick.
27. KX proper noun: King's Cross (a railway station in London)
28. ky noun, symbol: Alternative form of kye: plural of cow.
29. kya symbol: Symbol for kiloyears ago: thousand years ago.
30. kyaa interjection: An expression of surprise or dismay.
31. kyabajo noun: A hostess at a kyabakura
32. kyabakura noun: A kind of Japanese club where hostesses are paid to entertain and drink and talk with customers.
33. Kyabram proper noun: A town in the Shire of Campaspe and the City of Greater Shepparton, northern Victoria, Australia
34. kyack noun: A packsack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle.
35. kyai noun: A Javanese Islamic cleric or expert on Islam.
36. kyamancha noun: Alternative spelling of kamancheh.
37. kyan noun: Alternative spelling of cayenne (in compounds such as “kyan pepper” and “kyan butter”).
38. kyang noun: Alternative form of kiang (“wild ass of Tibet”).
39. kyanisation noun: British standard spelling of kyanization.
40. kyanise verb: Alternative form of kyanize.
41. kyanite noun: A blue neosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, found in metamorphic rocks.
42. kyanitic adjective: Containing or relating to the mineral kyanite.
43. kyanization noun: The act or process of kyanizing.
44. kyanize verb: To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride
45. kyanol noun: Aniline.
46. kyanophilous adjective: Alternative form of cyanophilous.
47. kyanophyll noun: Alternative form of cyanophyll.
48. kyanoxalite noun: A pale blue hexagonal mineral containing aluminium, hydrogen, sodium, carbon, oxygen and silicon.
49. kyar noun: A car.
50. kyaraben noun: A style of elaborately arranged bento which features food decorated to look like people, characters from popular media, animals, and plants.
51. kyarn noun, verb: Alternative form of kyarn.
52. kyarn't verb: Pronunciation spelling of can't.
53. Kyasanur forest disease noun: a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to South Asia.
54. kyat noun /kiːˈɑːt/: The official currency of Myanmar.
55. kyathos noun: A style of painted Greek vase with a single long flat looping handle resembling a ladle.
56. kyaung noun: A kind of Buddhist monastery in Burma/Myanmar.
57. Kyaw proper noun: A surname.
58. kyawthuite noun /ˈkɔ̀ˌθùˌaɪt/: An extremely rare bismuth antimonate gem, chemical formula Bi³⁺Sb⁵+O₄.
59. KYB phrase: Initialism of know your business.
60. kybo noun: An outside toilet; an outhouse.
61. kybosh noun, verb: Alternative spelling of kibosh.
62. kybp noun: Initialism of kiloyears before present; thousands of years before present.
63. KYC phrase /keɪ waɪ ˈsiː/: Initialism of know your customer/client.
64. KYD symbol: One thousand yards, a unit of measurement.
65. Kydonian adjective, noun /kɪˈdəʊ.ni.ən/: Alternative form of Cydonian.
66. kydst verb: knows (second-person singular)
67. kye noun /kaɪ/: Cocoa (the drink).
68. kyebosh noun: Alternative spelling of kibosh.
69. Kyi proper noun: A surname.
70. kyiv noun: Alternative form of Kiev (“chicken Kiev”).
71. Kyiv-style chicken noun: Synonym of chicken Kiev.
72. Kyiv-style chicken cutlet noun: Synonym of chicken Kiev.
73. Kyiv-style cutlet noun: Synonym of chicken Kiev.
74. Kyivan adjective, noun /kiːˈɪvən/: Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).
75. Kyivian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Kyivan.
76. Kyivite adjective, noun: Of, from or pertaining to Kyiv.
77. kykeon noun: An Ancient Greek drink made mainly of water, barley and herbs. Closely tied to Demeter and the seasonal celebrations of Crete.
78. Kyklops noun: Alternative form of cyclops.
79. kyklos noun: In Ancient Greece, a raised platform within the agora, where goods were displayed for sale.
80. Kyla proper noun /kaɪlə/: A female given name originating as a coinage.
81. Kylar proper noun /ˈkaɪ.lɚ/: A male given name.
82. kyle noun /kaɪl/: A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
83. Kylee proper noun: A female given name, variant of Kylie.
84. Kylen proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage.
85. Kyler proper noun: An American surname from Dutch.
86. kylie noun /ˈkaɪ.li/: A boomerang.
87. kylin noun: Alternative form of qilin.
88. kylix noun /ˈkaɪlɪks/: An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
89. Kyllo proper noun: A surname from Finnish.
90. kyllosis noun: clubfoot
91. Kylo proper noun: A male given name.
92. kyloe noun /ˈkʌɪlə/: One of a breed of small Highland cattle.
93. kylomycin noun: A particular antibiotic
94. Kylonian adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Cylonian.
95. kylym noun /kɪˈlɪm/: A Ukrainian flat-woven rug or tapestry; kilim.
96. Kym proper noun: A unisex given name, variant of Kim.
97. kymatic adjective: Alternative form of cymatic.
98. kymatics noun: Alternative form of cymatics.
99. kymatology noun: The study of wave motion.
100. kymbalon noun: Alternative form of cimbalom.
101. kymo- prefix: Pertaining to a wave.
102. kymogram noun: A graphical record produced by a kymograph.
103. kymograph noun: A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
104. kymographic adjective: Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
105. kymographically adverb: By means of the kymograph.
106. kymographion noun: Synonym of kymograph.
107. kymography noun: The use of a kymograph.
108. kymoscope noun: A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.
109. kymoscopic adjective: Relating to the kymoscope.
110. Kymric adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Cymric.
111. Kymry noun: Alternative form of Cymry.
112. kymys noun: Alternative spelling of koumiss.
113. kymyz noun: Alternative spelling of koumiss.
114. KYN proper noun: The station code of Kalyan Junction railway station in India.
115. Kynaston proper noun: A hamlet in Hentland parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5427).
116. Kyne proper noun: A surname from Irish.
117. Kyneton proper noun: A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
118. kynodesme noun /ˌkaɪnəʊˈdɛzmi/: A thin leather strip worn by some athletes in Ancient Greece to restrain the foreskin so as to prevent the exposure of the glans.
119. kynological noun: Alternative form of cynological.
120. kynology noun: Alternative form of cynology.
121. kynophobia noun: Alternative form of cynophobia.
122. kynuramine noun: A particular propiophenone.
123. kynurenate noun: Any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
124. kynurenic adjective: Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
125. kynurenic acid noun: A metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.
126. kynurenin noun: Alternative form of kynurenine.
127. kynureninase noun: An enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of kynurenine into anthranilic acid.
128. kynurenine noun: A metabolite, 2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)- 4-oxo-butanoic acid, that is an intermediate in the conversion of tryptophan to niacin.
129. kyodai noun: A high-ranking member of the yakuza, accountable to the shatei gashira.
130. kyogen noun: A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
131. Kyogle proper noun: A town in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
132. kyohwaso noun: A prison in North Korea used as a reeducation camp.
133. Kyoko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
134. kyokushin noun: A style of stand-up, full-contact karate originating in Japan, based on philosophy of the self and discipline.
135. kyoodle noun, verb: A mutt, dog of mixed breed of little value; noisy dog.
136. Kyoto proper noun /ˈkjoʊtoʊ/: A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.
137. kyotorphin noun: A neuroactive dipeptide which plays a role in pain regulation in the brain.
138. kyoung noun: A Buddhist monastery in Burma.
139. Kypchak adjective, noun: Alternative form of Kipchak.
140. kype noun, verb: The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
141. kyphectomy noun: Surgical removal of one or more vertebrae to treat kyphosis.
142. kypholordosis noun: The combination of kyphosis and lordosis.
143. kypholordotic adjective: Relating to kypholordosis.
144. kyphometer noun: A device used to measure kyphosis (curvature of the spine)
145. kyphoplasty noun: A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler...
146. kyphos noun: The convex prominence of kyphosis.
147. kyphoscoliosis noun: An abnormal curvature of the spine in both the coronal and sagittal planes; i.e. backward and lateral (sideways) spinal curvature.
148. kyphoscoliotic adjective: Relating to kyphoscoliosis.
149. kyphosed adjective: Exhibiting kyphosis.
150. kyphosid noun: Any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).
151. kyphosis noun /kaɪˈfoʊ.sɪs/: The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
152. kyphotic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
153. kyphotone noun /ˈkaɪfətəʊn/: A special brace used in the case of tuberculosis of the spine.
154. kyr symbol: Symbol for kiloyear(s).
155. Kyra proper noun /ˈkiːɹə/: A female given name of modern usage.
156. Kyran proper noun: A male given name, variant of Kiran and Kieran.
157. kyrbasia noun: An ancient Persian hat.
158. Kyren proper noun: A male given name.
159. Kyrenæan adjective, noun: Dated form of Cyrenian.
160. Kyrenaean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Cyrenian.
161. Kyrenean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Cyrenian.
162. Kyrenia proper noun: A city in northern Cyprus.
163. Kyrenian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to Kyrenia.
164. Kyrghyz adjective, noun: Alternative form of Kyrgyz.
165. Kyrgyz adjective, noun /ˈkɜː(ɹ)ɡɪz/: Member of a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan
166. Kyrgyzian adjective, noun: A Kyrgyz.
167. Kyrgyzization noun: The process or result of Kyrgyzizing.
168. Kyrgyzize verb: To make Kyrgyz
169. Kyrgyzness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Kyrgyz.
170. Kyrgyzophone adjective, noun: Speaking Kyrgyz.
171. Kyrgyzstan proper noun /ˌkɜː.ɡɪˈstɑːn/: A country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Official name: Kyrgyz Republic. Capital: Bishkek.
172. Kyrgyzstani adjective, noun: Of or relating to Kyrgyzstan.
173. Kyria proper noun: A female given name.
174. kyriarchal adjective /ˈkaɪɹɪˌɑːkl̩/: Relating to kyriarchy.
175. kyriarchally adverb: In terms of kyriarchy.
176. kyriarchic adjective: Synonym of kyriarchal.
177. kyriarchically adverb: Synonym of kyriarchally.
178. kyriarchy noun /ˈkaɪɹɪˌɑːki/: A system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed.
179. kyrie noun /ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/: A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
180. kyrielle noun /kɪɹiˈɛl/: A long rigmarole.
181. kyriocentric adjective: Focused on kyriarchy.
182. kyriocentrically adverb: In a kyriocentric manner.
183. kyriolexy noun: The use of literal expressions, as opposed to figurative; of clear, as opposed to obscure.
184. kyriologic adjective: kyriological
185. kyriological adjective: Of or related to kyriology; serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters.
186. kyriologically adverb: In a kyriological manner.
187. kyriology noun: The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure language.
188. kyrios noun: The male head of a household in Ancient Greece.
189. kyrk noun: Obsolete spelling of kirk.
190. kyrkmaster noun: A churchwarden.
191. Kyrle proper noun: A male given name.
192. Kyrle disease noun: An acquired perforating skin disease characterized by raised, hyperkeratotic papules, each with a central keratotic plug.
193. Kyrsten proper noun: A female given name, variant of Kirsten.
194. kyschtymite noun: A medium-grained anorthite rock consisting largely of corundum.
195. Kyser proper noun: A surname.
196. Kyson proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage.
197. kyte noun: Obsolete form of kite (“bird of prey”).
198. kyth verb: To show, manifest
199. kythe verb: Alternative spelling of kithe.
200. Kytherian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Cytherean.
201. kything noun, verb: The spiritual process of focusing on one's shared connection with a loved one.
202. kytle noun: A light jacket or short coat.
203. kytoon noun: A lighter-than-air kite, filled with gas and capable of staying aloft even without wind.
204. kytoplasma noun: Synonym of nucleoplasm.
205. kyu noun: A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts, flower arranging, and the game of go.
206. kyudo noun: A Japanese form of archery.
207. kyujitai noun /ˌkju.d͡ʒiˈtaɪ/: The traditional form of Japanese kanji used before 1947.
208. Kyushu proper noun /ˈkjuːʃuː/: The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands.
209. Kyustendil proper noun: A town, the capital of Kyustendil Province and administrative center of Kyustendil Municipality, Bulgaria.
210. Kyzyl proper noun: The capital city of Tuva, Russia.
211. Kyzylbash noun: Alternative form of Qizilbash.
212. kyzylkumite noun: An opaque black monoclinic mineral.

Part 39 · English words: K

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.