5-letter words containing k, h
- ketch — a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
- khadi — a handloomed plain-weave cotton fabric produced in India.
- khaki — dull yellowish brown.
- khama — Sir Seretse [suh-ret-sey] /səˈrɛt seɪ/ (Show IPA), 1921–80, Botswanan political leader: president 1966–80.
- khana — (India, Pakistan) food, a meal.
- khans — Plural form of khan.
- khasi — an Austroasiatic language of Assam, in northeast India.
- khats — Plural form of khat.
- khaya — a type of African tree belonging to the mahogany family (Meliaceae)
- khazi — (British, slang) A toilet.
- kheda — (in India) an enclosure constructed to ensnare wild elephants.
- kheer — An Indian sweet rice pudding.
- khene — (musical instrument) A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.
- kheth — het
- khios — Greek name of Chios.
- khiva — a former Asian khanate along the Amu Darya River, S of the Aral Sea: now divided between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
- khmer — a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
- khnum — a god in the form of a ram who created human beings from clay on a potter's wheel.
- khoja — a teacher in a Muslim school.
- khond — a member of an outcaste Dravidian people of the state of Odisha in eastern India.
- khoum — A monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to one fifth of an ouguiya.
- khufu — Cheops.
- kishi — Nobusuke [naw-boo-soo-ke] /ˌnɔ bʊˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1987, Japanese statesman: premier 1958–60.
- kithe — (archaic, except in Scots) To make known; to reveal.
- kiths — Plural form of kith.
- knish — a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack.
- knuth — /knooth/ 1. Donald Knuth. 2. ["The Art of Computer Programming", Donald E. Knuth] Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms. A safe answer when you do not know: "I think you can find that in Knuth." Contrast literature. See also bible.
- kochi — a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- kohai — Junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
- kohen — Cohen.
- kohls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kohl.
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- kosha — any of the five layers of physical and mental being composing the personal self, Atman being within the innermost layer.
- kotch — to vomit
- kovsh — A Russian ladle or drinking bowl.
- krogh — (Schack) Auguste (Steenberg) [shahk ou-goo st steen-barg] /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/ (Show IPA), 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.
- kusch — Polykarp [pol-i-kahrp;; German poh-ly-kahrp] /ˈpɒl ɪˌkɑrp;; German ˌpoʊ lüˈkɑrp/ (Show IPA), 1911–1993, U.S. physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1955.
- kutch — a former state in W India, now part of Gujarat state.
- kythe — Common Germanic: Old English c\u00fd\u00f0an (Middle English c\u00fc\u00feen, ky\u00feen, ki\u00feen, ke\u00feen). Old Saxon k\u00fb\u00f0ian.
- lakhs — Plural form of lakh.
- makah — a member of an American Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.
- mukha — Mocha.
- nikah — a marriage contract
- nivkh — an indigenous people of the Soviet Far East, now living mainly in scattered communities on the lower Amur River and Sakhalin Island.
- pdksh — Version 4.9 interpreter Simon J. Gerraty <[email protected]> comp.sources.misc volume 4 It is not intended to be the ultimate shell but rather a usable ksh work alike. conformance: Almost identical to ksh88, but missing arrays E-mail: Simon J Gerraty <[email protected]> (zen.void.oz.au is down) 1993-10-11
- rakah — a portion of the salat, the prescribed prayers said five times a day, that combines a ritual of bows and prostrations with the recitation of prayers.
- shack — a rough cabin; shanty.
- shaka — died 1828, Zulu military leader, who founded the Zulu Empire in southern Africa
- shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shako — a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.