Words starting with K

kataraAn Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.
kataribeA Japanese storyteller or narrator
katarimonoA Japanese musical genre, that is usually accompanied with a biwa.
katashiroA traditional Japanese paper doll, used as a talisman to perform a certain form of self-purification.
katastematicPertaining to a constant state of being, as opposed to a kinetic state (of change).
katasukashiA kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent down by placing his hands on the opponent's shoulder blade (one inside and one outside) and pulling him down and forward while backing away.
katatypeA kind of print made from a photographic negative without the aid of light, by means of hydrogen peroxide.
katautaA particular kind of Japanese poem, having a 5-7-7 meter and forming half of an exchange of two poems.
KataviAn administrative region of Tanzania. Capital: Mpanda.
katavothronSynonym of swallow hole.
KatawixiA Katukinan language formerly spoken in Amazonas, Brazil.
KatayamaA surname from Japanese.
Katchaa Kadu language from Saharan Africa
KatcherA surname from German.
KatchongvaA surname from Hopi.
katchooSynonym of achoo, characteristic sound of a person sneezing.
katchungSynonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”).
kateThe brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.
katechonSomeone or something (of disputed identity) whose removal is necessary before the Antichrist can be fully manifested, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 in the Bible.
katechonicRelating to the katechon.
katechonticRelating to the katechon.
kategoriaSynonym of accusation.
katelectrotonusThe condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the negative electrode or cathode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
KatelynA female given name from Irish, variant of Caitlin.
KatelynnA female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
katemfeThe shrub Thaumatococcus danielli.
KatenA surname.
katepimeralRelating to the katepimeron.
katepimeronThe lower part of the epimeron.
katepisternalRelating to the katepisternum
katepisternumThe ventral part of the episternum of an insect.
KaterinaA female given name.
KateriniA city and municipality in northern Greece.
KaterynaA female given name from Ukrainian.
KaterynoslavA former governorate of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1802, abolished in August 1925.
KatessaA female given name originating as a coinage.
KateyA diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie.
KathA diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, and related names .
kathaThe recitation of a Hindu religious story.
kathakOne of the eight classical dance forms of India.
kathakalia spectacular lyric dance drama of southern India performed with acrobatic energy and highly stylized pantomime.
katharevousaA learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official purposes; it was legally displaced as the official language of Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.
KatharineA female given name from Ancient Greek.
katharobeAn organism that lives in pure water, or water of very low organic content.
katharobicBeing or relating to a katharobe.
katharometerA device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
kathenotheismBelief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
kathenotheistA believer in kathenotheism.
kathenotheisticOf or relating to kathenotheism.
KatherineA female given name from Ancient Greek, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
KatherynA female given name from Ancient Greek, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
kathetalMaking a right angle; perpendicular
katheteSynonym of cathetus.
KathgodamA town in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India.
KathiA 20th-century variant of Kathy, diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names.
KathiawarA peninsula and region Gujarat, India, near the far north of India's west coast.
KathiawariOf, from or relating to the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India.
KathieA spelling variant of the female name Kathy.
KathinaAn annual festival during which robes are presented to priests, usually falling between the 1st day of the waning moon of the 11th month and the middle of the 12th month under the lunar calendar.
kathismaA division of the psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite.
kathisophobiaThe irrational fear of sitting down.
kathlaniidAny nematode in the family Kathlaniidae.
KathleenA female given name from Irish.
KathmanA surname from German.
KathmanduThe capital city of Nepal.
KathNielThe loveteam of Filipino actors Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla.
kathodophoneAn obsolete form of microphone that detected sound waves by measuring the density of ionised air between a cathode and an anode
kathoeyA feminine or effeminate transgender person or person of a third gender assigned male at birth from Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand.
KathrynA female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine.
KathrynneA female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine.
KathuA district of Phuket Province, Thailand.
KathyA diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.
katiA weight equivalent to about 1.5 pounds, adopted as a standard by British companies.
KatiaA female given name from Russian, variant of Katya.
KatianA subdivision of the Ordovician period.
KaticA surname from Serbo-Croatian.
KatieA diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.
KatiharA district of Bihar, India.
KatikkiroA prime minister of the kingdom of Buganda.
katipoA venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, endemic to New Zealand.
KatipunanThe Filipino revolutionary secret organization led by Andres Bonifacio, whose discovery led to the Philippine Revolution in order to gain independence from the Spanish Empire.
KatipuneroA member of the revolutionary organization Katipunan.
katiratragacanth
KativikA regional government and statistical region of Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. Seat: Kuujjuaq
katjiepieringA South African jasmine, Gardenia jasminoide.
katkopPart of a loaf of bread.
KatmaiA national park and preserve in Alaska.
katmogetHaving a belly of darker colour than the rest of the body.
katmonDillenia philippinensis, a tree endemic to the Philippines, whose fruit is known as the elephant apple.
KatniA district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
katnissSagittaria spp., herbaceous perennial flowering plants that grow in water.
KatoA particular group of Native American people in the United States.
katoagaA festival in Wallis and Futuna involving the exchange of gifts.
KatochA member of a Chandravanshi Rajput clan traditionally residing in the Trigarta Kingdom.
katogoA traditional breakfast dish consisting of a sauce containing legumes and offal to which a staple such as cassava or matoke (“mashed boiled bananas or plantains”) is added, all cooked in the same pot.
KatohA surname from Japanese.
katoiteAn isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
katolimenicRelating to the level of sediment in a harbour when it was first built.
KatonahA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States.
katonkelEither of the barracuda (in the Indian Ocean) or the bonito (in the Atlantic)
KatoombaA town in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
katophoriteA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
katophoriticOf or relating to the mineral katophorite.
katoptriteA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, antimony, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
katoptronsplitfin flashlightfish (Anomalops katoptron)
katorgaA tsarist or Soviet labour camp.
KatoriA city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
katothermalHaving an increasing temperature with increasing water depth.
KatowiceA city in southern Poland; the capital and largest city of Silesian Voivodeship.
KatrieseA female given name.
katrillionAn unspecified large number (of).
katrillionaireAn extremely wealthy person.
KatrinaA female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine.
KatrineA female given name from Ancient Greek of Danish origin, occasionally used in English.
KatrineholmA town and municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden.
KatrinkaA female given name.
KatrynaA female given name from Ancient Greek. A variant of Catherine.
katsapA Russian, especially from a Ukrainian perspective.
katsaridaphobiaFear or dislike of cockroaches.
KatsarosA surname from Greek.
KatsavA surname.
KatshoA gewog of Haa District, Bhutan.
katsinaA state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Katsina City.
katsuA word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.
katsudonA Japanese dish of rice topped with a deep-fried pork cutlet, egg, vegetables, and condiments.
KatsumiA male given name from Japanese.
katsuoSynonym of skipjack tuna.
katsuobushiDried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna.
katsuogiA short log used as decoration in Japanese and Shinto architecture, placed at right angles to the ridgeline of a roof.
katsuraOne of two species of trees in the genus Cercidiphyllum, most commonly Cercidiphyllum japonicum, one of the largest trees in Asia.
KatsuragiA city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
katsuramonoA type of Japanese noh play that features a female main character
KatsushikaA special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
KatsuuraA city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
katsuwokinaseA particular fibrinolytic enzyme.
katsuwonidAny fish in the family Katsuwonidae, a synonym of the Scombridae.
KattaA surname from Hindi.
KattalafushiAn uninhabited island of Haa Dhaalu, Maldives.
kattanThe waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.
KattangWorimi
kattarStrict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.
KatteaSynonym of Vaalpens.
KattegatA body of water between Jutland and the Swedish mainland.
KattendijkianAn age from ~5 to ~3.6 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pliocene.
KatterA surname from Arabic
KatteratA railway station in Narvik municipality, Nordland, Norway.
katthacatechu
KattichA surname.
kattyA female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms.
KatuAn ethnic group of Laos and Vietnam.

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