7-letter words containing k, r
- karmapa — the head of the Kagyupa, Karma Kagyu or Black Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism, third in importance in the hierarchy of lamas
- kärnten — Carinthia
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- karstic — an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- karting — An open-wheeled motorsport that uses small vehicles called karts or go-karts.
- karvina — an industrial city in the NE Czech Republic, in N Moravia.
- kashmir — the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat.
- kashrut — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- kastler — Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1902–84, French physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1966.
- kastner — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, German writer.
- kathryn — a feminine name
- katorga — the system of labour camps in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, a precursor to the Gulag system
- katrina — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- katrine — Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- katsura — An ornamental eastern Asian tree that has leaves that resemble those of the Judas tree and light, fine-grained timber.
- kauries — kauri.
- kaverin — Veniamin [ven-yuh-meen;; Russian vyi-nyi-uh-myeen] /ˌvɛn yəˈmin;; Russian vyɪ nyɪ ʌˈmyin/ (Show IPA), (Veniamin Aleksandrovich Zilberg) 1902–1989, Russian novelist.
- kayaker — Agent noun of kayak; one who kayaks.
- kayseri — a city in central Turkey.
- kearney — a city in S Nebraska, on the Platte.
- keepers — Plural form of keeper.
- keerful — Eye dialect of careful.
- keester — the buttocks; rump.
- keggers — Plural form of kegger.
- keglers — Plural form of kegler.
- keister — the buttocks; rump.
- kendrew — John C(owdery) [koh-dree] /ˈkoʊ dri/ (Show IPA), 1917–97, English scientist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962.
- kenitra — a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- kenmore — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- keramic — ceramic.
- 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
- kerbaya — a blouse worn by Malay women
- kerbela — a town in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿite sect.
- kerbing — the material forming a curb, as along a street.
- kercher — (obsolete) A kerchief.
- kerchoo — Alternative form of achoo.
- keresan — a family of languages spoken by Pueblo tribes of the Rio Grande valley and neighboring areas.
- kerflop — with or as if with a flop: He fell kerflop.
- kérkira — Corfu
- kerkyra — Greek name of Corfu.
- kermess — (in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
- kernels — Plural form of kernel.
- kerning — Obsolete. a kernel, as of a nut; a grain, as of sand or wheat.
- kernish — of, belonging to, or resembling a kern
- 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.
- kerogen — the bituminous matter in oil shale, from which shale oil is obtained by heating and distillation.
- kerouac — Jack (Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac) 1922–69, U.S. novelist.
- kerrang — The sound of a power chord on an electric guitar.
- kerseys — Plural form of kersey.