Words starting with K — 289 entries

The 289 dictionary words that begin with the letter K, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• Kite2 sensesA surname.
• kitt1 sensethe kittiwake.
• Kitt2 sensesA surname.
• kitten6 sensesA young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
• kitty10 sensesA young cat; a kitten.
• Kitty2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.
• Klara1 senseA female given name, variant of Clara.
• Klaus1 senseA male given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Claus.
• Klein1 senseA surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
• Klinger1 senseA surname.
• Klingon3 sensesA surname.
• Klink1 senseA surname.
• knack5 sensesA readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
• Knack1 senseA surname.
• knee13 sensesIn humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
• kneel4 sensesTo rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
• kneeling1 senseThe act by which someone kneels.
• knickers3 sensesWomen's underpants.
• knicks2 sensesKnickers.
• Knicks1 senseThe New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
• knife8 sensesA utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on…
• knight13 sensesAn armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
• Knight3 sensesAn English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a mounted soldier.
• Knights3 sensesA surname.
• knit11 sensesTo turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by…
• knitting3 sensesThe action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.
• knob17 sensesA rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
• knock18 sensesAn abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
• Knock7 sensesA suburb and ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• knocking2 sensesAn act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
• knockout15 sensesThe act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
• knot28 sensesA looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material…
• know17 sensesTo perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
• knowing7 sensesPossessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
• knowingly2 sensesIn the manner of one who knows.
• knowledge13 sensesThe fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
• Knowledge1 senseA course of study which must be completed by prospective London taxi drivers; consists of 320 routes through central London and many significant…
• known4 sensesIdentified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
• knows1 senseAll persons, singular and plural, present form of know.
• Knox13 sensesA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• knuckle15 sensesAny of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
• Knuckles1 senseA nickname for a man employed for his fistfighting skill.
• ko3 sensesA local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
• Ko2 sensesSynonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).
• KO2 sensesTo knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.
• Kobayashi1 senseA surname from Japanese.
• Kobe3 sensesThe capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
• koji2 sensesA substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products…
• Koji1 senseA male given name from Japanese.
• kong2 sensesA set of four identical tiles.
• Kong4 sensesA town in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire.
• kono1 senseA traditional Maori woven basket.
• Kono1 senseA surname from Japanese.
• Koo1 senseA surname from Cantonese.
• Koran3 sensesDated spelling of Qur'an.
• Korea4 sensesA geographic region in East Asia, consisting of two countries, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.
• Korean4 sensesOf or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.
• kosher5 sensesFit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
• Kovac1 senseA surname from Czech, Slovak, Slovene, or Serbo-Croatian.
• Kowalski1 senseA surname from Polish.
• Kramer5 sensesA surname.
• krang2 sensesThe portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.
• kraut1 senseTo make (into) sauerkraut.
• Kraut1 senseA German.
• kremlin1 senseA fortified, central complex found in various Russian cities.
• Kremlin2 sensesThe Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
• kris2 sensesA traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.
• Kris2 sensesA diminutive of the female given names Kristina, Kristin, Kristine and related given names (Christina, etc).
• Krishna5 sensesA deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
• Krista1 senseA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• Kristen1 senseA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• Kristin1 senseA female given name from Ancient Greek, a variation of Christine, of mostly American use.
• Kristina2 sensesA female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.
• Kroner1 senseA surname.
• Kruger1 senseA surname.
• kryptonite4 sensesThe one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
• Krystle1 senseA female given name, variant of Crystal.
• Ku1 senseA surname from Korean.
• Kumar2 sensesA male given name from Sanskrit.
• Kurt1 senseA male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.
• kwan1 senseA school of Korean martial arts.
• Kwan1 senseA surname from Chinese.
• Kwon2 sensesA surname from Chinese.
• kyle1 senseA narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
• Kyle6 sensesA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• kylie1 senseA boomerang.
• Kylie1 senseA female given name originating as a coinage; variant forms Khylie, Kilee, Kileigh, Kiley, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kyley, Kyly.
• Kyoko1 senseA female given name from Japanese.
• Kyoto3 sensesA prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.