Words starting with K

kairolineAn organic base obtained from quinoline, resembling kairine and used as a febrifuge.
kairomonalRelating to a kairomone.
kairomoneAny substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that benefits a recipient of a different species but is harmful to the producer.
kairosA time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.
kairoticRelated to, or characteristic of a kairos.
KairouanA city in Tunisia.
KairouaniOf or pertaining to Kairouan.
kaisaA variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.
KaisarianiA city 5 km east-southeast of Athens in the Attica prefecture of Greece.
kaisekiA style of Japanese cuisine involving a series of small, intricate dishes; a tasting menu
kaiserAn emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
kaiserdomThe dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
kaiserinThe wife of a Kaiser.
KaiserishResembling or characteristic of a Kaiser.
KaiserismThe system of rule of a Kaiser; autocracy.
kaiserlichpertaining to the Kaiser
kaiserschmarrnAn Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.
kaisershipThe role or status of a kaiser.
KaiserslauternAn independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.
kaishaomatchmaking; a romantic arrangement to set up a date between two people
kaishuA Chinese script style that is the most common style used in modern text.
kaisoA style of music popular in the Caribbean, a precursor to calypso music.
kaisomanA professional calypso singer.
KaisonA male given name.
kaisonianA performer of kaiso music.
KaisowA kind of Chinese black tea.
KaitA diminutive of the female given name Kaitlyn.
KaitagA member of an ethnic group of the Dargwa (though sometimes considered a separate people), living mainly in the Kaytagsky district of Dagestan.
KaitaiaA town in Far North district, Northland, New Zealand.
kaitakaA type of cloak (made from flax) worn by the Maoris of New Zealand
kaitenSynonym of sushi train.
KaithSynonym of Kayastha.
KaithalA district of Haryana, in northern India.
KaithiA script historically used in parts of North India to write legal and administrative records.
kaitiakiThe Māori concept of guardianship of the natural environment.
kaitiakitangastewardship or guardianship of the natural environment.
KaitijAn Australian Aboriginal language.
KaitlinA female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
KaitlynA female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
KaitlynnA female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
kaitoA small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.
kaivalyaSolitude, detachment, or isolation, as the ultimate goal of ashtanga yoga.
kaiwhiriaParsonsia capsularis, a climbing plant endemic to New Zealand.
KaixianSynonym of Kaizhou.
KaixiangongA village in Qidu, Wujiang district, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
KaiyaA female given name.
KaiyangA county of Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
KaiyuanA county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
kaizenA Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity.
KaizhouA district of Chongqing, China.
kaizoA philosophy of game design distinguished by very high difficulty levels and hidden traps that can only be solved by repeated deaths and trial and error, especially associated with romhacks of Super Mario games.
KaizuA city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
kaizukaA shellmound in Japan.
kajA spirit of storm and wind;
KajaaniA town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland.
kajalKohl.
KajangA town in Hulu Langat district, Selangor, Malaysia.
kajaniteA potassic rock consisting of phenocrysts of olivine, phlogopite, and diopside in a groundmass of nepheline, leucite, amphibole, and phlogopite.
KajarDated spelling of Qajar.
kajariA Hindustani classical music genre of folk songs and dance.
kajatenhoutThe tree Pterocarpus angolensis (bloodwood).
kajawahA camel-borne pannier, litter, or cacolet.
KajengleiA Meitei traditional headdress, worn by women
kajian ugly anthropomorphic spirit
kajiggerAn unspecified object; thingamajig
kajikiBlue marlin (Makaira nigricans)
kajillionAn unspecified large number (of).
kajillionaireSomeone who is immensely wealthy.
kajillionthThe ordinal form of the number kajillion.
KajinKagutsuchi, the Japanese god of fire.
kajiraA female sexual submissive who follows Goreanism.
Kajishinthe Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing
KajkavianA speaker of Kajkavian, or a native of northern Croatia.
KajolaA local government area in Oyo state, Nigeria.
kajucashew nut
kajukenboA hybrid martial art from Hawaii, with elements of karate, judo, jujutsu, kenpo, and boxing.
kakA subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.
kakaAny of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
KakaaeriyadhooAn industrial island of Shaviyani, Maldives.
KakaahuraaAn uninhabited island of Meemu, Maldives.
kakabeakAny member of the two species of flowering plants in the genus Clianthus.
KakadjuA Kakadjuan Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
KakadjuanA non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family of western Arnhem Land, of which Kakadju is the sole member.
kakadumycinAny of a class of antibiotics obtained from Streptomyces bacteria growing on Grevillea pteridifolia.
kakahaThe bush lily, Astelia fragrans.
kakahiEchyridella menziesii, the New Zealand freshwater mussel.
kakahoA reed (Chionochloa conspicua), native to New Zealand.
KakamasA town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
kakamegaThe grey-chested babbler (Kakamega poliothorax)
kakampinkA supporter of 14th Philippine vice-president Leni Robredo on her 2022 Philippine presidential election campaign.
KakanAn uninhabited island of Croatia, adjacent to Kaprije.
kakaninAny of various dessert rice cakes.
kakapA narrow river or coastal boat used in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei for fishing, or sometimes in piracy and raids.
kakapoA large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptilus, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand.
kakarMuntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
kakaraliLecythis ollaria, a South American tree.
kakarallia kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water because not consumed by sea worms or barnacles.
KakarbhittaA municipality of Koshi, Nepal.
kakarikiA parakeet of New Zealand, genus Cyanoramphus.
KakatiyaA dynasty in Deccan region between 12th and 14th century.
kakatunditropical milkweed
kakawahieParoreomyza flammea, an extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper.
kakawinA long narrative poem composed in Old Javanese, with rhythms and meters derived from Sanskrit literature.
KakchingOf or relating to the people, language and culture of the Kakching region.
kakdicucumber
KakegawaA city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
kakegoeMelodramatic calls from an audience in kabuki theatre or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music.
kakemonoA vertical Japanese scroll painting.
kakenageA kimarite in which the attacker hooks one leg under those of his opponent, raises the hooked leg up and back forcing the opponent up and over.
KakeyaA surname
kakezoriA kimarite in which the attacker, with his head under one of his opponent's arms, takes an inside grip on the opponent's mawashi and twists him over a leg while driving his head into the opponent's side to force him over backwards.
KakhetiA region in the eastern part of the country of Georgia. Capital: Telavi.
KakhovkaA raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923, significantly enlarged in July 2020. Administrative centre: Nova Kakhovka.
kakiA persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
kakiagetempura made with mixed vegetable strips, sometimes with shrimp or squid, and formed into small round fritters
kakidrosisA secretion of sweat of a disagreeable odor.
kakieAn English soldier in the Boer war.
kakiemonJapanese porcelain wares featuring enamel decoration.
KakinadaA city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
KakinandiwadaFormer name of Kakinada (“Indian city”).
kakistocracyGovernment under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.
kakistocratA very ill-qualified ruler; a member of a kakistocracy.
kakistocraticRelating to or characteristic of kakistocracy; governed by the worst.
kakivakA kind of fishing spear used by Inuits, with two recurved points, sometimes made from reindeer antlers.
kakizomeThe first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year.
kakkakThe yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis).
kakkalideAn isoflavonoid glycoside present in the flowers of Pueraria lobata.
kakkatinAn isoflavonoid found in Wisteria brachybotrys and Streptomyces.
kakkeberiberi
Kakoa Bantu language spoken mainly in Cameroon
kakocracyRule or government by the worst of the people.
KakogawaA city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
KakolA surname from Polish.
KakolhasAn uninhabited island of Thaa, Maldives.
kakorrhaphiophobiaThe abnormal fear of failure or defeat.
kakorrhaphiophobicOf or pertaining to kakorrhaphiophobia.
kakortokiteA eudialytic nepheline syenite mineral.
KakosA surname from Greek.
kakroA ball of mashed plantain and corn dough which is then fried.
KaktovikDesignating a vigesimal system of numerical digits created by the Iñupiat people.
KakudaA city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
KakuleA surname.
kakuroA type of number puzzle, similar to a crossword but with numbers. Each "clue" is the sum of the digits to be placed in its group of squares, and no digit can be repeated within a group.
KakusandhaThe name of the 25th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.
KakuskeA surname.
KakutaniA surname from Japanese.
KakwaA Nilotic ethnic group of northwestern Uganda, southwestern South Sudan, and the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
KakyenA tyrannical monstrous gigantic colossal cannibalistic mythical bird that was killed by Meitei princes, Yoimongba and Taothingmang, with the help of mother goddess Leimarel.
KakyenlakpamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KalaA surname from Sanskrit.

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