7-letter words containing k, e, t
- kentish — of or relating to Kent or its people.
- kentuck — Kentucky.
- keratin — a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- kerato- — indicating horn or a horny substance
- kernite — a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- kestral — Misspelling of kestrel.
- kestrel — a common small falcon, Falco tinnunculus, of northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, notable for hovering in the air with its head to the wind.
- ketched — Simple past tense and past participle of ketch.
- ketches — Plural form of ketch.
- ketchup — a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc.
- ketones — Plural form of ketone.
- ketonic — any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- ketoses — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- ketosis — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- ketotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with ketosis.
- kettled — Simple past tense and past participle of kettle.
- kettles — Plural form of kettle.
- ketubah — the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.
- keturah — the second wife of Abraham. Gen. 25:1.
- ketuvim — the Hagiographa.
- keynote — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- keyslot — a short, curved slot cut into a shaft for a Woodruff key. Compare keyway (def 1).
- khanate — the area governed by a khan.
- khojent — a town in Tajikistan on the Syr Darya River: one of the oldest towns in central Asia; textile industries. Pop: 146 000 (2005 est)
- kidlets — Plural form of kidlet.
- killeth — Archaic third-person singular form of kill.
- kilvert — Francis. 1840–79, British clergyman and diarist. His diary (published 1938–40) gives a vivid account of life in the Welsh Marches in the 1870s
- kindest — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- kinetic — pertaining to motion.
- kinetin — a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.
- kineto- — moving, motion
- kinglet — a king ruling over a small country or territory.
- kirsten — a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- kirtles — Plural form of kirtle.
- kisetla — a pidgin language based on Swahili, formerly used for communication between Europeans and Africans.
- kitchen — a room or place equipped for cooking.
- kitenge — An African garment similar to the sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist or as a headscarf or sling to carry a baby.
- kitsune — (mythology) a Japanese fox spirit, normally female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.
- kittens — Plural form of kitten.
- kitteny — of or like a kitten
- kitties — Plural form of kitty.
- kittler — Comparative form of kittle.
- kittles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kittle.
- klephts — Plural form of klepht.
- klister — a sticky wax for use on skis, as for slopes where the snow is excessively wet.
- klutzes — Plural form of klutz.
- knesset — the unicameral parliament of Israel.
- knitted — made by knitting, as a cloth article: a knitted bedspread.
- knitter — to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- knittle — (UK, dialect) A string that draws together a purse or bag.