5-letter words containing k, s
- kishi — Nobusuke [naw-boo-soo-ke] /ˌnɔ bʊˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1987, Japanese statesman: premier 1958–60.
- kiska — an island in extreme SW Alaska, in Rat group, in the W Aleutian Islands: Attu lies to its W.
- kissy — Sentimentally affectionate.
- kites — Plural form of kite.
- kiths — Plural form of kith.
- kivas — Plural form of kiva.
- kiwis — any of several flightless, ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand, allied to the extinct moas.
- kiyas — judgment of an act or belief by application of established principles governing some analogous act or belief.
- klaus — Vaclav. born 1941, Czech politician: prime minister of the Czech Republic (1993–97); president (2003–13)
- klebs — Edwin [ed-win;; German et-veen] /ˈɛd wɪn;; German ˈɛt vin/ (Show IPA), 1834–1913, German pathologist and bacteriologist.
- knags — Plural form of knag.
- knees — Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- knies — Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- 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.
- knits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knit.
- knobs — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knops — a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- knosp — a budlike ornament.
- knots — Plural form of knot.
- knows — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- knubs — Waste silk formed when winding off the threads from a cocoon.
- knurs — Plural form of knur.
- knuts — Plural form of knut.
- koans — Plural form of koan.
- kohls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kohl.
- kolos — Plural form of kolo.
- komos — an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- kooks — Plural form of kook.
- koras — Plural form of kora.
- koses — one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands in the SE Aegean Sea, off the SW coast of Turkey. 111 sq. mi. (287 sq. km).
- kosha — any of the five layers of physical and mental being composing the personal self, Atman being within the innermost layer.
- kosti — a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- kotos — Plural form of koto.
- kovsh — A Russian ladle or drinking bowl.
- krabs — Plural form of krab.
- krans — a former silver coin of Iran.
- kraus — Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- krebs — Sir Hans Adolf [hahns ah-dawlf;; English hanz ad-olf,, ey-dolf] /hɑns ˈɑ dɔlf;; English hænz ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–81, German biochemist in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
- krems — a city in NE Austria, on the Danube.
- krips — Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Austrian orchestra conductor.
- kudos — plural of kudo.
- kudus — Plural form of kudu.
- kufis — Plural form of kufi.
- kuksu — of, relating to, or characteristic of a religious cult among Indians of central California.
- kulas — Plural form of kula.
- kurds — a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- kursk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
- kurus — a monetary unit of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira; piaster.
- 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.
- kvass — a Russian beer made from fermenting rye or barley and having a dark color and sour taste.