6-letter words containing k
- jake's — a male given name, form of Jacob.
- jamoke — coffee; a cup of coffee.
- janker — a device for transporting logs
- jansky — a unit of flux density for electromagnetic radiation, used chiefly in radio astronomy. Abbreviation: Jy.
- jataka — a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha.
- jauked — to dally; dawdle.
- jekyll — Gertrude. 1843–1932, British landscape gardener: noted for her simplicity of design and use of indigenous plants
- jenkem — A hallucinogenic inhalant made from fermented sewage.
- jerked — jerky2 .
- jerker — A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
- jerkin — a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- jetski — A powered watercraft with a seat and handlebars in a style similar to a motorbike.
- jhatka — the slaughter of animals for food according to Sikh law
- jinked — Simple past tense and past participle of jink.
- jinker — a sulky.
- jockey — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- jokers — Plural form of joker.
- jokily — lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.
- joking — 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.
- jooked — Simple past tense and past participle of jook.
- joskin — a bumpkin.
- judoka — a contestant in a judo match.
- juking — to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- junked — Simple past tense and past participle of junk.
- junker — any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
- junket — a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
- junkie — a drug addict, especially one addicted to heroin.
- k of c — Knight (or Knights) of Columbus
- k of p — Knight (or Knights) of Pythias
- k star — a relatively cool, orange-to-red star, as Aldebaran or Arcturus, having a surface temperature between 3500 and 5000 K and an absorption spectrum with strong lines of calcium and many neutral metals.
- k-line — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- ka pai — good! well done!
- ka'bah — 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.
- kabaka — the traditional king of Buganda, a region and former kingdom of southern Uganda.
- kabala — a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
- kabiki — a fruit tree native to India, the fruit of which is edible and often used in preserves, and the fragrant flowers of which are used in cosmetics
- kabila — Laurent Désiré [loh-rahn dey-zee-rey] /loʊˈrɑn deɪ ziˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1939–2001, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997–2001.
- kabobs — Plural form of kabob.
- kaboom — Used to represent the sound of a loud explosion.
- kabuki — popular drama of Japan, developed chiefly in the 17th century, characterized by elaborate costuming, rhythmic dialogue, stylized acting, music, and dancing, and the performance of both male and female roles by male actors. Compare Nō.
- kabuto — A traditional Japanese military helmet.
- kabyle — a member of a branch of the Berber people dwelling in NE Algeria.
- kaccha — (Sikhism) An undergarment worn by baptized Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
- kadder — (dialect) The jackdaw.
- kadesh — oasis in the desert, south of Palestine: Gen. 14:7, 16:14; Num. 32:8; Deut. 1:46, 2:14
- kaduna — a city in central Nigeria.
- kaffir — Disparaging and Offensive. (in South Africa) a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person: originally used of the Xhosa people only.
- kafila — Alternative form of cafila.
- kafiri — an Indo-Iranian language, or small group of languages, of Nuristan, closely related to but not a part of the Indic subbranch.
- kafirs — Plural form of kafir.