English Words: K

9,255 words · Page 22 of 186

Kanrednoun

A variety of hard red winter wheat grown in the United States.

kanrekinoun

A traditional 60th birthday celebration among Japanese people.

kanrininnoun

A custodian

Kanrojiname

A surname from Japanese.

kans grassnoun

Saccharum spontaneum, a tall perennial grass native to the Indian subcontinent, with spreading rhizomatous roots.

Kans.name

Abbreviation of Kansas.

Kansaname

A Native American people who used to inhabit parts of Kansas.

Kansainame

A region of Japan, located in Honshū.

Kansanadj

Of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.

Kansasname

A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.

Kansas Citiannoun

A native or inhabitant of Kansas City.

Kansas Cityname

A large metropolitan area straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, USA. Kansas City is split into two separate cities:

Kansas City shufflenoun

An advanced form of a confidence trick where the mark is aware of being involved in a swindle and believes that the swindler can be outsmarted.

Kansuname

Obsolete spelling of Gansu.

Kansu Corridorname

Alternative form of Gansu Corridor (Hexi Corridor)

Kansuhname

Obsolete spelling of Gansu.

Kantname

A surname from German.

kantarnoun

a unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44.93 kg in Egypt)

Kantaraname

Former name of El Qantara, Egypt, used by the British.

Kantename

A surname.

Kanteanadj

Alternative spelling of Kantian.

Kanteiname

The official residence of the prime minister of Japan.

kantelenoun

A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.

kantennoun

agar

Kantername

A surname.

kanthanoun

A form of embroidery in parts of South Asia, used to make cushions and quilts.

kantharosnoun

Alternative form of cantharus (“ancient drinking-cup”).

Kantianadj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).

Kantianismname

The philosophical system of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and his followers; also called transcendental idealism.

Kantianistnoun

A proponent of Kantianism.

Kantismname

Kantianism

Kantistnoun

A Kantianist.

kanto boynoun

An office boy.

kanto girlnoun

An office girl.

kanto lingonoun

Street talk; street slang.

kanto-shonoun

A special prize for fighting-spirit; one of the sansho prizes.

Kantolaname

A surname from Finnish.

Kantonname

An island of Kiribati.

Kantorname

A surname.

Kantor-Koecher-Tits constructionname

A method of constructing a Lie algebra from a Jordan algebra.

Kantrowitzname

A surname from Polish.

Kanturkname

A town in north-west County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3803)

Kantzername

A surname from German.

kanukanoun

Kunzea ericoides, the white tea tree of Australia and New Zealand, which can grow at high altitudes and in close proximity to geothermal features such as fumaroles.

Kanumaname

A city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

kanunnoun

A set of traditional Albanian laws.

Kanuriname

A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad.

Kanwarnoun

A member of a tribal community of central India, mainly in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Kanyakumariname

A district of Tamil Nadu, India.

Kanyename

A male given name.

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 22. 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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