5-letter words containing k, r
- keirs — a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kerak — Kerak.
- kerbs — Plural form of kerb.
- kerch — a seaport in E Crimea, in S Ukraine, on Kerch Strait.
- kerel — a chap or fellow
- keres — a member of any of seven Indian pueblos in N.Mex., mostly on the Rio Grande
- kerfs — Plural form of kerf.
- keris — Alternative spelling of kris.
- kerki — a city in E Turkmenistan: trade center.
- kerky — stupid
- kerma — the quotient of the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by indirectly ionizing radiation in a volume element of a material divided by the mass of the volume element. The SI unit is the gray
- kerne — a band of lightly armed foot soldiers of ancient Ireland.
- kerns — Plural form of kern.
- kerry — one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.
- kerst — Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- keyer — One who, or that which, keys.
- kheer — An Indian sweet rice pudding.
- 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.
- kiers — Plural form of kier.
- kirby — a fishhook having an even bend.
- kirin — a province in NE China, N of the Yalu River. 72,201 sq. mi. (187,001 sq. km). Capital: Changchun.
- kirke — Circe (def 1).
- kirks — Plural form of kirk.
- kirov — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, N of Kazan.
- kiruv — Hebrew. the act or practice of bringing secularized Jews closer to Judaism, especially Orthodox Judaism, as through seminars, meetings, and religious rituals.
- kiter — a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- kiver — (archaic, dialect) to cover.
- knaur — A knot or burl in a tree.
- knorr — (historical) A large merchant ship used in mediaeval Scandinavia.
- knurl — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- knurs — Plural form of knur.
- koker — a sluice
- kokra — a type of hard even-grained wood obtained from an Indian tree of the genus Aporosa, used to make decorative objects, furniture, and instruments such as flutes
- kolar — a city in SE Karnataka, in S India: rich mining district.
- koner — Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- koord — a Kurd.
- koori — a native Australian
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- korai — Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- koran — the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- koras — Plural form of kora.
- korat — any of a breed of domestic cat with a glossy, silver-blue coat and large, round, greenish eyes
- korce — a city in SE Albania.
- korda — Sir Alexander (Sándor Kellner) 1893–1956, British film producer, born in Hungary.
- korea — a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Compare Korean War.
- korin — A small gazelle native to West Africa, Eudorcas rufifrons.
- korma — A mildly spiced Indian curry dish of meat or fish marinated in yogurt or curds.
- koror — island & capital of Palau: pop. 10,000
- korun — an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- koura — either of two New Zealand freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops