6-letter words containing k
- kaftan — caftan.
- kagawa — Toyohiko [taw-yaw-hee-kaw] /ˈtɔ yɔˈhi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1960, Japanese social reformer and religious leader.
- kagera — a river in equatorial Africa flowing into Lake Victoria from the west: the most remote headstream of the Nile. 430 miles (690 km) long.
- kahuna — (in Hawaii) a native medicine man or priest.
- kaikai — a feast; food
- kailas — a mountain in SW Tibet: highest peak of the Kailas Range in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. 22,028 feet (6714 meters).
- kailua — a city on SE Oahu, in Hawaii.
- kainga — Maori village.
- kairos — A propitious moment for decision or action.
- kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
- kaishu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kaizen — a business philosophy or system that is based on making positive changes on a regular basis, as to improve productivity.
- kajmak — Alternative spelling of kaymak.
- kakapo — a large, almost flightless nocturnal parrot, Strigops habroptilus, of New Zealand: an endangered species.
- kakuro — a puzzle in which numbers must be fitted into a grid so that the numbers in each row and column add up to the total indicated
- kalais — the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- kalakh — an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris River, founded 1274 b.c. and destroyed by the Medes 612 b.c.: its ruins are at Nimrud near Mosul in northern Iraq.
- kaleva — a hero and progenitor of heroes in Finnish and Estonian folk epics.
- kalgan — Zhangjiakou.
- kalian — a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
- kalifs — Plural form of kalif.
- kalima — (Islam) the formal content of the shahada (declaration of faith):
- kaliph — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kalisz — a city in central Poland.
- kalium — (obsolete) Potassium.
- kallis — Jacques (Henry), born 1975, South African cricketer; an all-rounder, in 166 tests (1995–2013) he scored 13,289 runs and took 292 wickets
- kalmar — a seaport in SE Sweden, on Kalmar Sound.
- kalmia — any North American evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Kalmia, of the heath family, having showy flowers, as the mountain laurel.
- kalong — a large flying fox of Southeast Asia.
- kalpak — calpac.
- kalpis — a form of the hydria.
- kaluga — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Moscow.
- kamahi — a tall New Zealand hardwood tree, Weinmannia racemosa, with pinkish flowers
- kamala — a powder from the capsules of an East Indian tree, Mallotus philippinensis, of the spurge family, used as a yellow dye and in medicine as an anthelmintic.
- kambal — a blanket or shawl made of coarse wool.
- kamees — A loose shirt worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.
- kameez — Alternative spelling of kamees.
- kamina — a city in S Zaire.
- kamora — The diacritic {{l|mul|sc=Cyrs|\u0484| \u0484}}, used in the Old Cyrillic alphabet to represent palatalisation of certain consonants.
- kamsin — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- kanaka — a native Hawaiian.
- kanara — a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).
- kanban — a just-in-time method of inventory control, originally developed in Japanese automobile factories.
- kangha — the comb traditionally worn by Sikhs as a symbol of their religious and cultural loyalty: originally worn to keep the hair clean
- kangri — A small wicker-covered clay pot containing hot coals, worn under clothing in Kashmir to warm the skin.
- kankan — a city in E Guinea.
- kannur — a port in N Kerala, in SW India, on the Arabian Sea.
- kanone — a person who is an expert skier.
- kanoon — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, harp, or sackbut having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
- kanpur — a city in S Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges River.