Words starting with K

KentfieldA census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.
KentfordA village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, on the Cambridgeshire border and previously in Forest Heath district (OS grid ref TL7066).
KenthurstA suburb of Sydney in The Hills council area, New South Wales, Australia.
kentiaAny palm tree in the genus Howea.
KenticismA phrase or linguistic habit that is characteristic of people from Kent.
KentisbeareA village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0608).
KentisburyA hamlet and civil parish (served by Kentisbury and Trentishoe Parish Council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6243).
KentishOf or relating to Kent or its inhabitants.
KentishmanA man from Kent, especially the western part.
kentjurAny of a number of flowering plants in the Zingiberaceae family, native to Asia, and having rhizomes used as spices.
KentlandA town, the county seat of Newton County, Indiana, also located in Jefferson Township. Originally named Kent, after Alexander J. Kent.
kentledgeWeights (often scrap or pig iron) used as permanent ballast on ships.
KentlynA suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
KentmanA Kentish man; a man from Kent.
KentnerA surname from German.
KentonA village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9583).
kentriodontidAny extinct cetacean in the family Kentriodontidae.
kentrogonA parasitic larval form of a Sacculina barnacle.
kentrogonidAny parasitic barnacle of the order Kentrogonida
kentroliteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
KentuckianOf or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky.
KentuckianaThe area in the Upland South region of the United States containing metropolitan areas with counties in both Kentucky and Indiana.
KentuckyA state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.
KentuckyishSimilar to or resembling the US state of Kentucky.
KentvilleA town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
KentwoodA city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
KenwoodA census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
KenworthyA surname from Old English.
KenwynA civil parish in Cornwall, England, north and west of Truro.
KenyaA country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.
KenyahAn indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo.
kenyaiteA monoclinic white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
KenyanA person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent.
KenyanismA characteristically Kenyan cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.
KenyanizationThe act or process of making something Kenyan.
KenyanizeTo make Kenyan.
KenyannessThe quality of being Kenyan.
kenyapithecineAny extinct ape of the subfamily †Kenyapithecinae
KenyattaA surname, notably borne by Jomo Kenyatta.
KenyonA surname.
kenyteA form of trachydolerite lava from Mount Kenya.
KenziA Nubian language of Egypt.
KenzieA female given name, short form of MacKenzie
KenzoA male given name from Japanese.
KeoA surname.
KeoghA surname from Irish.
KeoghanA surname.
keogramA photographic method of capturing aurorae.
KeohaneA surname.
KeokeaA census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
KeokukA city in Iowa, United States and one of the two county seats of Lee County.
KeoldaleA hamlet by the Kyle of Durness, south-west of Durness, north Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC3866).
KeopkaA surname, variant of Kopka
keoraAn Asian plant, Pandanus odoratissimus, that yields an essential oil
KeosOne of the Cyclades situated in front of Sunium
KeosauquaA small city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Iowa, United States.
KeosayanA transliteration of the Armenian surname Քեոսայան (Kʻeosayan)
KeoughA surname from Irish.
KeownA surname.
kepA traditional Fair Isle fisherman's cap.
KepahiangA regency of Indonesia on the province of Bengkulu.
KeperraA northern suburb of Brisbane in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
kephaleA local or provincial governor in the late Byzantine Empire.
KephartA surname.
kepiA cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
kepingSynonym of Kalpin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
KepkaA surname.
KeplerA surname from German.
KeplerateAny structure containing both Platonic and Archimedean solids, one inside the other.
keplerianOf or pertaining to Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician.
KepleyA surname.
KeplingerA surname.
KepnerA surname.
KepnesA surname.
keponeA carcinogenic insecticide related to mirex, used between 1966 and 1975 in the US for ant and roach baits.
KeppelA surname.
KeppleA surname.
KepplerA surname.
kepstrumThe theoretical quantity that a cepstrum measures.
kerA chief of the Luo people.
KERAAn East Chadic language spoken in southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon.
kerabuA Malaysian salad dressed with lime juice, sugar and chilli
keracyaninantirrhinin
KeraitOf or pertaining to a Kypchaq nation which dominated the central Eurasian steppe prior to the rise of the Mongol empire.
KeralaA state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum). Largest city: Kochi (formerly known as Cochin).
KeralanPertaining to the Indian state of Kerala.
KeraliteA native or inhabitant of the state of Kerala, India.
KeramA river in Papua New Guinea.
kerambitA small, double-edged, curved Southeast Asian knife, with a finger ring, resembling a tiger's claw.
keramidiumSynonym of cystocarp.
KeramikA rural settlement in Ocheretyne settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
KeraminthaaAn uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu, Maldives.
keramographicSuitable to be written or capable of being written upon
keranaA long Persian trumpet.
KeranenA surname.
KerangA town in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia.
keraphylloceleA horny tumor which forms on the internal surface of the wall of a horse's foot, at the expense of the keraphyllous tissue, which becomes hypertrophied.
kerasinA cerebroside, supposed to be present in the brain, and closely related to cerebrin.
keratalgiaPain of the cornea
keratanA glycosaminoglycan whose sulfated form is found in the cornea, cartilage, and bone
keratanaseAny enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a keratan sulfate
keratectasiaAn abnormal bulging of the cornea due to thinning and scarring.
keratectaticRelating to keratectasia
keratectomyAn operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis
kerateinThe easily digested reduction product of keratin, in which the disulfide links are reduced to SH groups, the individual peptide chains having been separated.
keraterpetontidAny lepospondyl in the family Keraterpetontidae.
keratiasisThe presence of hard, horny tumors.
keraticArising from the cornea.
keratinThe protein of which hair and nails are composed.
keratinaceousSynonym of keratinous.
keratinaseA proteolytic proteinase enzyme produced in the presence of keratin-containing substrate.
keratinicSynonym of keratinous.
keratinizationThe process by which cells from beneath the skin are converted to hair and nails (made of keratin).
keratinizeTo convert into keratin.
keratinocyteA cell in the epidermis that produces keratin; keratinocytes comprise 90% of the epidermis' cells.
keratinocyticRelated to or composed of keratinocytes.
keratinogenesisthe production of keratin cells
keratinoidResembling, or composed of keratin
keratinolysisThe breakdown of keratin
keratinolyticRelating to keratinolysis
keratinolyticallyIn a keratinolytic manner
keratinophageAn organism that feeds on keratin.
keratinophagousThat feeds on keratin
keratinophilicCapable of thriving on keratin.
keratinosomelamellar granule
keratinousConsisting of, or made from keratin.
keratitisInflammation of the cornea.
keratoacanthomaA common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
keratoacanthomatousRelating to a keratoacanthoma.
keratoangiomaAngioma of the cornea.
keratoatrophodermaporokeratosis
keratoblastA corneal stem cell which differentiates into a keratocyte.
keratocanA protein that is important to the transparency of the cornea.
keratoceleA herniation of Descemet's membrane in the eye.
keratoconicRelating to keratoconus.
keratoconjunctivalRelating to keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitisThe inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva of the eye, often caused by infections, allergies, dryness, or irritation.
keratoconusA degenerative noninflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.
keratocystAn odontogenic cyst composed of keratinized squamous epithelial tissue
keratocysticRelated to, or composed of, keratocysts.
keratocyteA fibroblastic cell in the tissue of the cornea.
keratocyticRelating to keratocytes
keratocytosisAny disease associated with keratocytes
keratodekeratose
keratodermaAny of various skin conditions causing horny skin.
keratodontA tooth composed of keratin
keratoelastoidosishyperkeratosis and degeneration of the elastic tissue of the skin
keratoepitheliopathyepitheliopathy of the cornea
keratogenesisThe formation of keratin.
keratogeneticRelating to keratogenesis.

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