Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z kupcikite A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing antimony, bismuth, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, silver, and sulfur. Kuper A surname. Kuperberg A surname from German. Kuperman A surname. kupfernickel cupronickel kupfferite A deep green variety of amphibole. Kupiansk A city, the administrative centre of Kupiansk urban hromada, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1655. Kupiec A surname from Polish. Kupka A surname. kupletskite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium. kupo Used to end a sentence in a cute, friendly, or whimsical manner. Kupreanof An island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. kupukupu A fern of speciesNephrolepis exaltata. kupuna A grandparent or elder. Kupwara A town in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Kupyanka A village in Popovka rural settlement, Boguchar Raion, Voronezh Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, founded as a khutor in 1846. Kuqa A county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a county. Kur A mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer. Kura A river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, flowing into the Caspian Sea. kurabiye A cookie, particularly a sweet cookie (originally Middle Eastern, now also Turkish, Greek and Albanian), often made with almonds or hazelnuts. Kurakhove A city in Luhansk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. kurakkan finger millet kural A Tamil poetic couplet Kuramaadhoo An uninhabited island of Noonu, Maldives. Kuramathi A resort island of Alifu Alifu, Maldives. kuramite A tetragonal-scalenohedral neutral gray mineral containing copper, sulfur, and tin. kuranakhite An orthorhombic mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and tellurium. kuranchee A crude form of horse-drawn carriage. Kuranda A town on the Atherton Tableland in the Shire of Mareeba, northern Queensland, Australia. Kuranganayani An Indian female given name. Kuranko A Mandeka people occupying a mountainous region within northeastern Sierra Leone and southern Guinea. kuraridin A flavonoid antibiotic found in Sophora flavescens Kuras A surname from Polish. kurash Any one of several types of wrestling, historically practised in Central Asia. Kurashiki A city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Kuray A surname Kurayoshi A city in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. kurbash A whip or strap about a yard in length. Kurbyko A surname from Ukrainian. Kurchatov A town in Kursk Oblast, Russia. kurchatovite An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light gray mineral containing boron, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen. kurchatovium A rejected name for rutherfordium. kurchi The tree Holarrhena pubescens. kurchicine An alkaloid found in the bark of Holarrhena antidysentrica. kurchine An alkaloid found in the bark of Holarrhena antidysentrica. Kurd A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan. kurdaitcha An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer. Kurdic Of or pertaining to the Kurdish languages. Kurdification The act or process of Kurdifying. Kurdify To make Kurdish. Kurdish Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family. Kurdishness The quality of being Kurdish. Kurdistan A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Kurdistani Of, from or relating to Kurdistan in West Asia; Kurdish. Kurdologist One who studies Kurdology. Kurdology The academic study of the Kurds and their language, culture, and history. Kurdophobia hostility, fear, intolerance or racism against the Kurdish people, culture, or language Kurdophobic showing Kurdophobia. Kurdophone Of or relating to the Kurdish languages or the speakers of these languages. kurdyuk Fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep. Kure A port city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Kuredhifushi An uninhabited island of Thaa, Maldives. Kuredhirehaa An uninhabited island of Laamu, Maldives. Kuredhivaru A resort island of Noonu, Maldives. Kurehdhoo An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu. Kureikeymaahuttaa An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu, Maldives. Kureishian Of or relating to Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), English author and playwright with South Asian ancestry, often dealing with themes of race and sexuality. Kurek A surname. Kurendhoo A residential island of Lhaviyani, Maldives. Kuresa A male given name. Kuressaare A town in Estonia. kurgan A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia. kurgantaite A triclinic-pedial mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and strontium. kuri The kitchen of a Zen monastery. Kuria A Bantu language of Kenya and Tanzania. Kuriakose A surname from Malayalam. Kurian A surname. Kuridala A rural town in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, formerly known as Friezland. Kurihara A surname from Japanese. Kurikka A town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland. Kuriles Synonym of Kuril Islands. Kurilian Of or pertaining to the Kuril Islands. Kurils Synonym of Kuril Islands. Kurimoto A surname from Japanese. kurkar A kind of calcareous sandstone, common in Israel. Kurkov A surname. Kurkowski A surname from Polish. kurkul A rich or supposedly rich peasant, targeted during Soviet collectivization, especially in the context of Ukraine or Ukrainians; a kulak. Kurla An eastern suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Kurlansky A surname. Kurlantzick A surname. kurma The second avatar of Lord Vishnu. Kurmali An Indo-Aryan language of the Bihari group of languages spoken in eastern India. Kurman A raion of Crimea, Ukraine. Kurmanji The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia. Kurmi A member of a tiller caste of the lower Gangetic plain of India. Kurmond A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. kurnakovite A hydrated borate mineral. Kurnell A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia. Kurnitz A surname. Kurnool A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Kurobane A surname from Japanese. kuroboshi A loss in a bout Kuroda A surname from Japanese. Kurokawa A surname from Japanese. Kuroki A surname from Japanese. kuromaku In Japan, an éminence grise or secret decision-maker. kuromanin Synonym of chrysanthemin. kuromatsuol Synonym of longiborneol. kuromido A Japanese alloy of copper with a small amount of arsenic. kuromitsu A Japanese sugar syrup, similar to molasses, but thinner and milder, typically made from unrefined muscovado sugar. Kuropatkin Russian Imperial Minister of War from 1898 to 1904. kurort A health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union. kurortish Resort-like; idyllic; picturesque. Kurosawa A surname from Japanese. Kuroshigiri A resort island of Raa, Maldives. Kuroshio The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre. kurosol An ultisol or alfisol. Kurow A small town in Waitaki district, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Kurowski A surname. Kurp A surname from Polish. kurper The freshwater fish Sandelia capensis Kurpian A person from or native to the Kurpie region of Poland. Kurpie An ethnocultural region of Poland. Kurraca A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia kurrajong Any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton. Kurrama An Aboriginal Australian people from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. kurrat Egyptian leek; considered a variety of Allium ampeloprasum (Allium ampeloprasum var. kurrat) or a species Allium kurrat kurre A kind of trawlnet. Kurrupuwu An Indigenous Australian surname kursaal A public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino kursi A stand for holding the Qur'an for readings. Kursk A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth. Kurson A surname. Kurt A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad. kurta A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women. Kurtenbach A surname from German. Kurth A surname. kurtid Any nurseryfish in the family Kurtidae. Kurting A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia kurtis A surname Kurtoed A gewog of Lhuentse District, Bhutan. Kurtofsky The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Dave Karofsky from the television series Glee. kurtosis A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution. kurtotic Relating to, or exhibiting, kurtosis. kurtoxin A polypeptide toxin, in the venom of the scorpion Parabuthus transvaalicus, that inactivates some ion channels Kurtz A surname. Kurtzian Megalomaniac; brutal, tyrannical. Kurtzman A surname. kuru A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.