6-letter words containing k, p
- kerpow — A powerful sound of impact or transformation; pow, wham.
- kewpie — A type of doll characterized by a large head, big eyes, chubby cheeks, and a curl or topknot on top of its head.
- key up — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- keycap — The part of a key (on a keyboard) that is pressed by the user, as opposed to any electromechanical unit underneath.
- keymap — A collection of keymappings.
- keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- keypal — The e-mail equivalent of a penpal; someone with whom to exchange e-mail for the simple joy of communicating.
- khoper — a river in S European Russia, flowing S to the Don River. 625 miles (1006 km) long.
- kickup — a violent disturbance or argument.
- kidnap — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kiping — Present participle of kipe.
- kipnis — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1891–1978, Russian singer in the U.S.
- kippah — The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.
- kipped — Simple past tense and past participle of kip.
- kippen — A piece of small firewood or kindling.
- kipper — a young male Aborigine, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.
- kippot — Plural form of kippah.
- kipsie — Alternative spelling of kipsy.
- kipuka — (in Hawaii) a tract of land surrounded by recent lava flows.
- kirpan — a small dagger worn by orthodox Sikhs.
- klepht — a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla.
- klepto — (slang) a kleptomaniac.
- klippe — Numismatics. a square or lozenge-shaped coin.
- kopeck — an aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, the 100th part of a ruble.
- kopeks — Plural form of kopek.
- koppas — Plural form of koppa.
- koppie — Alternative form of kopje.
- kpelle — a member of an indigenous people living mainly in Liberia.
- kuiper — Gerard Peter, 1905–73, U.S. astronomer, born in the Netherlands.
- kuopio — a city in central Finland.
- kuprin — Alexander Ivanovich [al-ig-zan-der i-vah-nuh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- kuspuk — a cloth garment worn by Eskimos over the parka.
- kypris — Cypris.
- linkup — a contact or linkage established, as between military units or two spacecraft.
- lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- lookup — an act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database.
- maikop — Official name Adygei Autonomous Region. an autonomous region in the Russian Federation, part of the Krasnodar territory, in the NW Caucasus Mountains. 1505 sq. mi. (3903 sq. km). Capital: Maikop.
- makeup — facial cosmetics, as eye shadow or lipstick.
- markup — Commerce. the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price. the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price. an increase in price, as of a commodity. the amount by which a price is increased.
- mockup — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
- mokapu — a town on E Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- mopoke — (chiefly AU) A morepork. (from 19th c.).
- napkin — a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
- okapis — Plural form of okapi.
- ookpik — a sealskin doll resembling an owl, first made in 1963 by an Inuit and used abroad as a symbol of Canadian handicrafts
- p-book — a printed book. Compare e-book.
- pachak — the fragrant roots of an Asian plant, used as incense
- packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
- packer — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packet — a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.