4-letter words containing k
- kori — The monetary unit of w Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokda.
- koro — a culture-specific syndrome, occurring chiefly in China and southeastern Asia, characterized by anxiety and the fear of retraction of the penis or breasts and labia into the body.
- koru — a stylized curved pattern used esp in carving
- koss — Alternative form of coss.
- kota — a city in NW India, in Rajasthan on the Chambal River: textile industry. Pop.: 695 899 (2001)
- koto — a Japanese musical instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
- kqml — Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
- krab — Short for carabiner.
- krai — A region or province in Russia (край).
- krak — Kerak.
- kran — a former silver coin of Iran.
- krim — Crimea
- krio — an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- kris — a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- krym — the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- kstj — Knight of the Order of St John
- kthx — (chat) OK, thanks. Can be used as a (sarcastic) prefix, as in "plz2stfukthx".
- kudo — honor; glory; acclaim: No greater kudo could have been bestowed.
- kudu — a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.
- kueh — (in Malaysia) any cake of Malay, Chinese, or Indian origin
- kufa — a town in central Iraq: former seat of Abbassid caliphate; Muslim pilgrimage center.
- kufi — A type of brimless, rounded cap worn by people of African descent.
- kuhn — Margaret ("Maggie") 1905–95, U.S. activist: a founder of the Gray Panthers.
- kuia — a Māori female elder or elderly woman
- kuip — Kernel User Interface Package
- kuku — a mussel
- kula — (in some Pacific communities) an interisland system of ceremonial gift exchange as a prelude to or at the same time as regular trading.
- kuli — Archaic spelling of coolie.
- kuna — the basic monetary unit of Croatia, equal to 100 lipa.
- kung — Hans, born 1928, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.
- kura — a river flowing from NE Turkey, through the Georgian Republic and Azerbaijan SE to the Caspian Sea. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- kurd — a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- kure — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- kuri — a mongrel dog
- kurn — kirn2 .
- kurt — a male given name.
- kuru — a fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive lack of coordination and dementia, known only among certain Melanesian peoples, especially the Fore of New Guinea, and caused by a slow virus: now virtually extinct.
- kush — the eldest son of Ham. Gen. 10:6.
- kuta — a male dog
- kuti — a female dog; bitch
- kutu — a body louse
- kuyp — Aelbert [Dutch ahl-buh rt] /Dutch ˈɑl bərt/ (Show IPA), Cuyp, Aelbert.
- kwhr — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- kwic — keyword in context
- kwik — Nonstandard spelling of quick.
- kwoc — key word out of context
- kyak — kayak
- kyat — a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Burma (Myanmar), equal to 100 pyas.
- kybo — a temporary lavatory constructed for use when camping
- kyes — Plural form of kye.