English Words: K

9,255 words · Page 38 of 186

kaurenoidnoun

Any of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity

kaurinoun

A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis.

Kaurnanoun

Aboriginal people of South Australia.

kaurunoun

A Maori foodstuff made from the stems of the cabbage tree.

Kausname

A surname from German.

Kausalyaname

The eldest wife of King Dasharatha; queen of Ayodhya and the mother of Rāma; a character in Ramayana

Kaushalname

A surname from Punjabi.

Kaushalyaname

The eldest wife of King Dasharatha; queen of Ayodhya and the mother of Lord Rāma

Kaushambiname

A district of Prayagraj division, Uttar Pradesh, India. Headquarters: Manjhanpur.

kausianoun

A flat hat used in the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.

Kauthname

A surname from German.

Kautokeinoname

A municipality of Finnmark, Norway.

Kautsky effectnoun

The variation in a plant fluorescence when exposed to light.

Kautskyanadj

Of or relating to Karl Kautsky (1854–1938), Czech-German philosopher and politician and leading theoretician of Marxism.

Kautskyistnoun

Synonym of Kautskyite.

Kautskyitenoun

A supporter of Karl Johann Kautsky (1854–1938), Czech-German philosopher, journalist, and Social Democrat theoretician.

Kauzlarichname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

kavanoun

A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.

kava kavanoun

Alternative form of kavakava.

kavadinoun

An arched wooden structure carried on the shoulders by Malaysian Hindus as a form of penance to Murugan.

kavainnoun

A kavalactone with anticonvulsive properties.

kavalnoun

A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.

Kavalaname

A port city in northern Greece.

kavalactonenoun

Any of a class of lactone compounds found in the kava shrub.

Kavalannoun

An indigenous people of northeast Taiwan.

Kavanaghname

A surname from Irish.

kavanahnoun

Heartfelt intent during prayer, as opposed to roteness.

Kavanaughname

A surname from Irish.

Kavanaugh stopname

A practice in which federal agents detain a person based on their ethnicity, spoken language, and occupation.

kavapyronenoun

Synonym of kavalactone.

Kavarskasname

A city in Utena, Lithuania.

kavassnoun

A Turkish armed policeman or courier

Kaveriname

A river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India.

kavithainoun

Tamil poetry

kavorkanoun

An ineffable ability to attract members of the opposite sex; said to mean "the lure of the animal".

kavyanoun

A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.

Kawnoun

A member of a particular Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas.

kawanoun

Maori customs and protocol.

kawachibunanoun

The Japanese white crucian carp, Carassius cuvieri.

Kawagoename

A city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as "Koedo"(小江戸)

Kawaguchiname

A surname from Japanese.

Kawaharaname

A surname.

Kawainame

A surname from Japanese.

Kawaidaname

A secular humanist Pan-Africanist philosophy introduced by Maulana Karenga in the 1960s.

kawaiiadj

Cute, adorable.

kawaiilyadv

In a kawaii manner; cutely.

kawaiinessnoun

The quality of being kawaii; cuteness.

Kawakname

A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

kawakanoun

A New Zealand tree, Libocedrus plumosa.

kawakawanoun

Alternative form of kiwikiwi (“star fern”) (Blechnum fluviatie)

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 38. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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