8-letter words containing k, a, t
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- kalumpit — a fruit tree of the genus Terminalia, with small yellow flowers, native to the Philippines
- kalyptra — a veil worn by women in Greece
- kamacite — a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- karateka — an expert in karate.
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- karyotin — chromatin
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- katakana — the more angular, less commonly used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- katalase — catalase.
- katalyst — catalyst.
- katalyze — catalyze.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- katmandu — a city in and the capital of Nepal, in the central part.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- katsuras — Plural form of katsura.
- kattegat — a strait between Jutland and Sweden. 40–70 miles (64–113 km) wide.
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- kaumatua — a senior member of a tribe; elder
- kawabata — Yasunari [yah-soo-nah-ree] /ˈyɑ sʊˈnɑ ri/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, Japanese novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1968.
- kazatsky — kazachok.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- kelantan — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites
- kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- ketamine — a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C 13 H 16 ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.
- khambhat — Gulf of, a gulf of the Arabian Sea, on the NW coast of India.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- khatanga — a river in N central Siberian Russia, flowing SE and N to the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea. 715 miles (1150 km) long.
- kibitkas — Plural form of kibitka.
- kicktail — The upwards-bent tip of the deck of a skateboard.
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kiribati — a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Capital: Tarawa.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- kitharas — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.