English words starting with K

k particle

1. noun: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

k ration

1. noun: a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II

k-lor

1. noun: salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency

k-lyte

1. noun: salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency

k-meson

1. noun: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

k'ung futzu

1. noun: Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)

ka

1. noun: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma

kaaba

1. noun: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying

kabala

1. noun: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
2. noun: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

kabbala

1. noun: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
2. noun: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

kabbalah

1. noun: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
2. noun: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

kabbalism

1. noun: the doctrines of the Kabbalah
2. noun: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation

kabbalist

1. noun: an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters
2. noun: a student of the Jewish Kabbalah

kabbalistic

1. adjective: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther

kabob

1. noun: cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

kabolin

1. noun: an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis

kaboom

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kabuki

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kabul

1. noun: the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan

kach

1. noun: a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel

kachaturian

1. noun: Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978)

kachin

1. noun: Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India

kachina

1. noun: a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit
2. noun: a deified spirit of the Pueblo people

kachinic

1. noun: Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India

kadai

1. noun: a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia

kadai language

1. noun: a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia

kaddish

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kaddishes

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kadikoy

1. noun: a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon

kaffeeklatch

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kaffeeklatches

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kaffeeklatsch

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kaffeeklatsches

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kaffir

1. noun: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
2. noun: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African

kaffir boom

1. noun: small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
2. noun: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles

kaffir bread

1. noun: South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food

kaffir cat

1. noun: widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor

kaffir corn

1. noun: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves

kaffir pox

1. noun: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus

kaffiyeh

1. noun: an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal

kafir

1. noun: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
2. noun: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan

kafir corn

1. noun: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves

kafiri

1. noun: a Dardic language spoken by the Kafir in northeastern Afghanistan

kafka

1. noun: Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)

kafkaesque

1. adjective: relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
2. adjective: characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"

kafocin

1. noun: antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use

kaftan

1. noun: a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
2. noun: a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant

kahane chai

1. noun: a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel

kahikatea

1. noun: New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood

kahlil gibran

1. noun: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931)

kahlua

1. noun: coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico

kahn

1. noun: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974)

kahoolawe

1. noun: an island of south-central Hawaii

kahoolawe island

1. noun: an island of south-central Hawaii

kahuna

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kahunas

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kai apple

1. noun: South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves

kail

1. noun: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
2. noun: coarse curly-leafed cabbage

kainite

1. noun: a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer

kainogenesis

1. noun: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)

kaiser

1. noun: the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

kaiser bill

1. noun: grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)

kaiser roll

1. noun: rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center

kaiser wilhelm

1. noun: grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)

kaisers

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kakatoe

1. noun: a genus of Psittacidae

kakatoe galerita

1. noun: white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest

kakatoe leadbeateri

1. noun: white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage

kakemono

1. noun: a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom

kaki

1. noun: small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
2. noun: blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt

kakke disease

1. noun: the endemic form of beriberi

kala azar

1. noun: sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies

kala-azar

1. noun: leishmaniasis of the viscera

kalaallit nunaat

1. noun: the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark

kalahari

1. noun: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

kalahari desert

1. noun: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

kalamazoo

1. noun: a town in southwest Michigan

kalansuwa

1. noun: a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders

kalantas

1. noun: Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

kalapooia

1. noun: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon

kalapooian

1. noun: a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya

kalapuya

1. noun: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon

kalapuyan

1. noun: a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya

kalashnikov

1. noun: a type of submachine gun made in Russia

kalashnikov culture

1. noun: the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan"

kale

1. noun: informal terms for money
2. noun: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

kaleidoscope

1. noun: a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
2. noun: an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

kaleidoscopes

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kaleidoscopic

1. adjective: continually shifting or rapidly changing

kaleidoscopical

1. adjective: continually shifting or rapidly changing

kaleidoscopically

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kalemia

1. noun: the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood

kali

1. noun: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
2. noun: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"

kalian

1. noun: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"

kalif

1. noun: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"

kalimantan

1. noun: the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo
2. noun: 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago

kalinin

1. noun: soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946)

kaliph

1. noun: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"

kaliuresis

1. noun: the presence of excess potassium in the urine

kalka

1. noun: the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia
2. noun: the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic

kalki

1. noun: the 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu

kallman's syndrome

1. noun: hypogonadism with anosmia; a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty

kalmia

1. noun: any plant of the genus Kalmia

kalmia angustifolia

1. noun: North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock

kalmia latifolia

1. noun: a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers

kalmia polifolia

1. noun: laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath

kalon tripa

1. noun: the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile

kalotermes

1. noun: type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees

kalotermitidae

1. noun: primitive termites of warm regions

kalpac

1. noun: a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus

kaluga

1. noun: a city of central Russia to the south of Moscow

kalumpang

1. noun: large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food

kaluresis

1. noun: the presence of excess potassium in the urine

kam muang

1. noun: a branch of the Tai languages

kam-sui

1. noun: a group of Kadai languages

kam-tai

1. noun: a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia

kama

1. noun: Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara

kamarupan

1. noun: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma

kamasutra

1. noun: (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law

kamba

1. noun: a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya