3-letter words containing k
- ink — a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- irk — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- jak — jackfruit.
- jdk — Java Development Kit
- jfk — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- k&r — (publication) Kernighan and Ritchie. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's book, cited below, describing the basis of K&R C, especially the classic and influential first edition. Synonyms: White Book, Old Testament. See also New Testament.
- kab — an ancient Hebrew measure equal to about two quarts.
- kae — a jackdaw or jay
- kaf — the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar stop consonant sound.
- kai — (NZ, informal) food.
- kaj — (Armenian mythology) spirits of storm and wind; can be both ugly and beautiful.
- kak — A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Cambodian riel.
- kal — kalends (calends)
- kam — a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
- kan — Archaic form of khan.
- kap — Kernel Andorra Prolog. The predecessor of AKL.
- kar — (marketing) deliberate misspelling of car.
- kas — a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death.
- kat — an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.
- kaw — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of eastern Kansas, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- kay — Sir Arthurian Romance. the rude, boastful foster brother and seneschal of Arthur.
- kbe — Knight (Commander of the Order) of the British Empire
- kbp — king's bishop's pawn
- kbs — knowledge-based system
- kcb — Knight Commander of the Bath
- kcl — Kyoto Common Lisp
- kea — Keos.
- keb — Geb.
- ked — sheeptick.
- kee — Alternative form of kie.
- kef — a state of drowsy contentment, especially from the use of a narcotic.
- keg — a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
- ken — a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth.
- kep — to catch
- kes — (UK) the kestrel.
- ket — a member of an indigenous people of central Siberia, living in widely dispersed communities on tributaries of the Yenisei River, between 60° and 67° N latitude.
- kev — kilo-electronvolt
- kew — a part of Richmond, in Greater London, England: famous botanical gardens (Kew Gardens)
- kex — the dry, usually hollow stem or stalk of various plants, especially of large plants belonging to the parsley family, as cow parsnip or wild chervil.
- key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- kfx — (language) The kernel language of FX-87.
- kgb — Soviet secret police
- kgs — Plural form of kg; kilograms.
- kha — the seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar spirant consonant sound.
- khi — Alternative spelling of chi (uppercase \u03a7, lowercase \u03c7), the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
- khz — kilohertz
- kia — Also, K.I.A. killed in action.
- kid — Thomas, 1558–94, English dramatist.
- kie — (UK, dialect, obsolete) kine; cows.
- kif — kef.