English Words: K

9,255 words · Page 2 of 186

Kailashname

A mountain of the Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, considered to be sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön.

kainnoun

poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.

Kainename

A surname.

kairosnoun

A time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.

kaisanoun

A variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.

Kaisernoun

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

Kaiserslauternname

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.

Kaitname

A diminutive of the female given name Kaitlyn.

kaitonoun

A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.

kaizennoun

A Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity.

kajnoun

A spirit of storm and wind;

kajalnoun

Kohl.

kajinoun

an ugly anthropomorphic spirit

kaknoun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.

kakanoun

Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.

kakinoun

A persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).

Kalaname

A surname from Sanskrit.

Kalahariname

A large desert in Southern Africa, including much of Botswana, and part of Namibia and Northern Cape, South Africa.

kalamnoun

Speculative theology.

kalamatanoun

kalamata olive

Kalamazooname

A city, the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

Kalaniname

A unisex given name from Hawaiian.

Kalashnikovname

A particular model of Russian assault rifle.

kalenoun

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

Kalebname

A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.

kaleidoscopenoun

An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.

kaleidoscopicadj

Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.

kalinoun

The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).

Kalimantanname

A region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.

Kalinganame

A province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tabuk. The province was created from the partitioning of Kalinga-Apayao

Kaliningradname

An oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.

Kalishname

A surname.

Kallaname

A surname from Telugu.

Kalmarname

A small city and municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden.

kalonoun

taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Kalpananame

A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

kalunoun

a dark-skinned person.

Kalyanname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Kalyaniname

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

kamadj

Crooked, awry.

kamanoun

A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.

Kamakuraname

A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Kamalname

A male given name.

kamalanoun

A small or medium-sized tree (Mallotus philippensis) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.

Kamanname

A surname.

Kamarnoun

A member of a people of Central India.

Kamchatkaname

A long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.

kamenoun

A round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.

Kamehamehaname

The name of several kings of Hawaii, most notably Kamehameha I.

kaminoun

An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 2. 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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