English Words: K

9,255 words · Page 14 of 186

kalkoentjienoun

Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx.

Kalkotiname

A Dardic language spoken in Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is surrounded by Kohistani languages while it is a Shina language.

Kalkun Cayname

An island of the United States Virgin Islands.

Kallname

A surname.

Kallaname

A surname from Telugu.

kallahnoun

A bride.

Kallamname

A surname.

kallananoun

Any member of a purported species of dwarf elephant, allegedly found in South India.

Kallang Wavenoun

Synonym of Mexican wave.

Kallangurname

A suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Kallarnoun

A member of one of the three related castes of southern India (along with the Maravar and Agamudayar) that constitute the Mukkulathor confederacy.

Kallestewaname

A surname from Hopi.

Kalletlaname

A transliteration of the Telugu surname కల్లేట్ల (kallēṭla).

Kalliename

A female given name.

Kalligasname

A surname from Greek.

kallikantzaroinoun

plural of kallikantzaros

Kallikantzarosname

In Greek and Cypriot culture, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character, resembling a goblin.

kallikreinnoun

A hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation.

Kalliopename

22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.

Kalliopiname

A transliteration of the Greek female given name Καλλιόπη (Kalliópi).

Kallipolisname

The utopian city state ruled by philosopher kings as theorised by Plato in the Republic.

kallipygianadj

Alternative spelling of callipygian

Kallmanname

A surname from German.

Kallman syndromenoun

A rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty.

Kallmann syndromenoun

A genetic condition characterised by a failure to start or complete puberty, and loss or alteration of the sense of smell.

Kallmeyername

A surname from German.

kallymeniaceousadj

Of or relating to the Kallymeniaceae.

Kalman filternoun

An algorithm that uses a series of measurements observed over time, containing statistical noise and other inaccuracies, and produces estimates of unknown variables that tend to be more precise than those based on a single measurement alone. They are used in navigation, signal processing, etc.

Kalmarname

A small city and municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden.

Kalmarianadj

Being or relating to a labour paradigm involving a mutualization of the responsibility for employment (among businesses, unions, government, etc.) and relatively little hierarchical structure.

kalmianoun

Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.

Kalmiuskename

A city and raion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.

Kalmuckadj

Obsolete spelling of Kalmyk.

Kalmuckishadj

Synonym of Kalmyk.

Kalmunainame

Kalmunai, a city in Sri Lanka

Kalmykadj

Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.

Kalmykianame

A republic and federal subject in southwestern Russia. Capital: Elista.

kalonoun

taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Kalo Finnish Romaniname

A variant of Romani language spoken by the Finnish Roma.

Kalo Neroname

A village in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

kalokagathianoun

A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues. It is a classical Greek and Platonic ideal denoting the harmonious unity of bodily excellence, moral virtue, and intellectual cultivation. It expresses the integration of physical beauty, ethical character, and rational insight within a single, well-formed soul—where reason governs, spirit aligns with justice, and appetite is moderated. Rooted in the educational tradition of paideia, kalokagathia represents the perfection of human nature in accordance with both external nobility and inner truth.

kalologynoun

The study of beauty; aesthetics

Kalomoiraname

A transliteration of the Greek female given name Καλομοίρα (Kalomoíra).

kalonnoun

Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.

kalongnoun

A fruit bat, especially the black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus).

kalonjinoun

The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa used as a spice.

kalopanaxsaponinnoun

Any of a group of triterpenoid saponins present in trees of the genus Kalopanax.

kalophonicadj

(of Byzantine chant) highly ornamental

kalopsnoun

A type of beef stew.

kalopsianoun

The delusion of things being more beautiful than they are.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter K contains 9,255 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 186 pages, and you are currently viewing page 14. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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