4-letter words containing k
- hunk — a large piece or lump; chunk.
- husk — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- hyke — Alternative form of haik.
- icky — repulsive or distasteful.
- ikan — (in Malaysia) fish used esp in names of cooked dishes
- ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- ikbs — intelligent knowledge-based system
- ikey — a student at the University of Cape Town, esp one representing the University in a sport
- ikon — a picture, image, or other representation.
- ilka — every; each.
- ilks — family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
- inke — Obsolete spelling of ink.
- inks — Plural form of ink.
- inky — black as ink: inky shadows.
- inuk — a member of any Inuit people
- irak — a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- irks — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- jack — Sir John Arthur ("Jack") 1926–2014, Australian racing-car driver and designer.
- jake — satisfactory; OK; fine: Everything's jake with me.
- jank — (computing, slang, rare) Problematic blocking of a software application's user interface due to slow operations.
- jark — A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
- jauk — to dally; dawdle.
- jerk — to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.
- jink — jinks, prankish or frolicsome activities.
- jock — Scot. and Irish English. a nickname for John. an innocent lad; country boy.
- joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- joky — jokey.
- jook — a sudden, elusive movement.
- jouk — a sudden, elusive movement.
- jsdk — Java Servlet Development Kit
- juke — to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- juku — (in Japan) a school, attended in addition to one's regular school, where students prepare for college entrance examinations.
- junk — narcotics, especially heroin.
- k-12 — K-12 education is education for children from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
- ka9q — (networking) A popular implementation of TCP/IP and associated protocols for amateur packet radio systems and personal computers connected via serial lines. It was named after the call-sign of Phil Karn - the radio ham who first wrote it for MS-DOS on the IBM PC. KA9Q is currently maintained by Anthony Frost <[email protected]> (call-sign G8UDV) and Adam Goodfellow <[email protected]>. It has been ported to the Archimedes by Jonathan Naylor (G4KLX).
- kaal — naked
- kaas — a Dutch-style cabinet or wardrobe
- kaba — a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages.
- kade — The vern sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.
- kadi — qadi.
- kads — Knowledge Analysis and Design System
- kady — A man's straw hat.
- kael — Pauline, 1919–2001, U.S. film critic.
- kage — (archaic) A chantry chapel enclosed with latticework or screenwork.
- kago — (in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- kagu — a raillike bird, Rhinochetus jubatus, of the island of New Caledonia, having a gray body, black-and-white wings, and a long, shaggy crest: an endangered species.
- kahn — Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.
- kaid — A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
- kail — Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable.
- kain — sarong.