5-letter words containing k, u
- haiku — a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
- hokku — the opening verse of a linked verse series.
- hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
- hucks — Plural form of huck.
- hulks — Plural form of hulk.
- hulky — hulking.
- hunks — a large piece or lump; chunk.
- hunky — Slang. (of a male) having a handsome, well-developed physique.
- hurok — Sol(omon) 1888–1974, U.S. impresario, born in Russia.
- husak — Gustáv [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, Czechoslovak political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1969–87; president 1975–89.
- husks — Plural form of husk.
- husky — big and strong; burly.
- iskur — a river in W Bulgaria, flowing N and NE to the Danube River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- jauks — to dally; dawdle.
- jouks — a sudden, elusive movement.
- juked — to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- jukes — jukebox.
- junks — narcotics, especially heroin.
- junky — of the nature of junk; trashy.
- kabul — a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km). Capital: Kabul.
- kafue — a river in S central Africa, flowing SE along the Zaire-Zambia border and then SW and E through Zambia to the Zambezi River above Kariba Lake. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- kagus — Plural form of kagu.
- kaiju — A giant monster, particularly such as those common to Japanese science fiction films, like Godzilla or Gamera. Short for \u5927\u602a\u7363 (giant kaiju).
- kansu — Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- kanzu — a long, usually white robe worn especially by men in central and eastern Africa.
- kaput — ruined; done for; demolished.
- karun — a river in SW Iran, flowing SW to the Shatt-al-Arab. About 515 miles (830 km) long.
- kauai — an island in NW Hawaii. 511 sq. mi. (1325 sq. km).
- kauch — kiaugh.
- kauri — Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
- kauru — the edible stem of the cabbage tree
- kaury — kauri.
- kehua — a ghost or spirit
- khnum — a god in the form of a ram who created human beings from clay on a potter's wheel.
- khoum — A monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to one fifth of an ouguiya.
- khufu — Cheops.
- kiasu — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kindu — a town in E Zaire, on the Lualaba River.
- kingu — (in Akkadian myth) a son of Apsu and Tiamat whose blood Ea and Marduk used in creating the human race.
- kiruv — Hebrew. the act or practice of bringing secularized Jews closer to Judaism, especially Orthodox Judaism, as through seminars, meetings, and religious rituals.
- klaus — Vaclav. born 1941, Czech politician: prime minister of the Czech Republic (1993–97); president (2003–13)
- kluck — Alexander von [ah-le-ksahn-duh r fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər fən/ (Show IPA), 1846–1934, German general.
- kluge — a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task.
- klutz — a clumsy, awkward person.
- knaur — A knot or burl in a tree.
- knout — a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- knubs — Waste silk formed when winding off the threads from a cocoon.
- knuck — Informal. knuckle.
- 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.