Word origins

• -kineForms names of specific cytokines.
• kine-movement
• kinesi-movement, especially the movement of human body parts.
• -kinesiaForms words related to body movement, often pathological, sometimes synonymous to words ending in -kinesis.
• kinesiamotion sickness
• kinesicsThe study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements.
• -kinesismovement, motion
• kineto-motion; movement.
• kinociliumA special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.
• kionedonin a vertical manner, as on a pillar (kion); in vertical lines from top to bottom.
• kleismaA very small interval that is the difference between 6 just minor thirds and a perfect twelfth.
• klendusityResistance to infection.
• klepto-stealing, theft
• kleptogenesisReproduction by a unisexual species using sperm 'stolen' by mating with members of a related bisexual species.
• kleptonA species that requires input from another biological taxon (normally from a species which is closely related to the kleptonic species) to complete its reproductive cycle.
• klerosA plot of agricultural land granted to a citizen under the cleruchy system.
• kleroterionA device used in sortition, consisting of a stone slab incised with rows of slots and with an attached tube, and operating on tokens representing citizens.
• klirosThe section of an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church dedicated to the choir.
• klismosA light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
• knemometryThe measurement of the distance between knee and heel when seated.
• KnidosAn ancient settlement in southwestern Asia Minor; the location of the Ancient Greek city Caria.
• knismesisLight tickling often accompanied by an itching sensation.
• knismolagniasexual arousal caused by being tickled.
• know thyselfBe aware of your own strengths and limitations.
• kochliarionA kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
• koilo-concave; hollow
• koimesisSynonym of dormition (“death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary”).
• koinomatterNormal matter, as opposed to antimatter.
• koinonAn association or federation of distinct city-states with shared political institutions and citizenship.
• koinophiliaAn evolutionary hypothesis proposing that, during sexual selection, animals preferentially seek mates with a minimum of unusual or mutant features.
• koinophobiaThe fear of having lived an ordinary, mundane life.
• kolivaA dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.
• kolobionA short-sleeved or sleeveless tunic worn in Ancient Greece.
• Kolonaia city in ancient Greece
• komastA drunken reveller, especially as depicted in Ancient Greek art.
• kommosA set of lines that alternate between an actor (or actors) and the chorus.
• konio-dust
• koniologythe study of dust, pollen and other airborne particles.
• -kontA flagellate of a given type.
• kopisA short forward curved sword in Ancient Greece used primarily as a cutting tool, but also for combat.
• koppaAn Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by the Classical Greek period.
• korophileA person attracted to boys or young men.
• korophiliaSexual attraction to boys or young men.
• korymbosA jewel-studded globe containing the top hair of the ruler of the Sasanian dynasty of Iran, resting on his crown.
• kothonan Ancient Greek cosmetic container with folded-over rim.
• kotyleSynonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).
• kotyliskosA small Ancient Greek vase with a small foot and with or without handles.
• kotylosSynonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).
• kouraianimate statues of beautiful maidens, forged out of gold by the divine smith Hephaistos, who attended the Olympian gods
• kourotrophosAny of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
• kozuliteA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
• kratocracyA government established by the forceful or cunning seizure of power and maintained by strength.
• kreo-Meat, flesh.
• kreophagyFlesh-eating; meat-eating.
• kreotoxinAny basic (pH > 7) toxin produced by bacteria or fungi in meat.
• kritarchyRule by judges.
• krobylosAn ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers.
• kruptadiaErotica.
• kryalThe portion of a stream fed by meltwaters from ice.
• krypsisThe doctrine that Christ, during His state of humiliation, continued to possess in a veiled way the divine attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, etc.
• krypticOf or relating to krypsis.
• kteticpossessive
• ktetorOne who funds the building or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery.
• ktetoryAn Eastern Orthodox church or monastery built or reconstructed by a ktetor.
• ktisticConcerned with the founding of a city
• KubernetesAn open-source orchestrator system of containerized applications, originally designed by Google.
• Ku Klux KlanAn American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization.
• kyathosA style of painted Greek vase with a single long flat looping handle resembling a ladle.
• kykeonAn Ancient Greek drink made mainly of water, barley and herbs. Closely tied to Demeter and the seasonal celebrations of Crete.
• kymo-Pertaining to a wave.
• kynodesmeA thin leather strip worn by some athletes in Ancient Greece to restrain the foreskin so as to prevent the exposure of the glans.
• kynurenic acidA metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.
• kyphometerA device used to measure kyphosis (curvature of the spine)
• kyphosidAny of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).
• kyphoticRelating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
• kyriarchyA system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed.
• kyriologyThe use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure language.
• labrysA double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
• labyrinthodontHaving teeth with a labyrinthine (maze-like) internal structure
• laccolithA mass of igneous or volcanic rock found within strata which forces the overlaying strata upwards and forms domes.
• lachanophobiaAn irrational fear of vegetables.
• laconizeTo imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
• LadonA serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.
• lagenocanaliculateHaving prolatocanaliculate-type pores, with a narrower openings.
• LagidA member of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
• -lagniasexual predilection; paraphilia
• -lagniacsexual predilection; paraphilia
• lagobolonA hunter's stick for striking hares.
• lagophthalmicHaving or relating to lagophthalmia.
• lakainaAn Ancient Greek pottery drinking vessel: a high two-part cup with a rim and two handles.
• LalageA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• -laliaForming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech.
• lalo-speech
• lalocheziaThe use of vulgar or foul language to relieve stress or pain.
• lalopathyAny speech disorder.
• lalophobiaAn irrational fear of speaking.
• lampadomancydivination by the interpretation of the flame of a lamp. A type of pyromancy.
• lamprophonicpertaining to loudness and clarity of vocal enunciation
• lamprophonyloudness and clarity of enunciation
• lamprophylliteA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.