6-letter words containing k
- kassel — a city in central Germany.
- kasten — Plural form of kast.
- kastro — Mytilene (def 2).
- katana — A long, single-edged sword used by Japanese samurai.
- kathak — a form of N Indian classical dancing that tells a story
- kation — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- katipo — A venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, endemic to New Zealand.
- katmai — Mount, an active volcano in SW Alaska. 7500 feet (2286 meters).
- kaunas — a city in S central Lithuania.
- kaunda — Kenneth (David) born 1924, Zambian political leader: first president 1964–91.
- kauris — Plural form of kauri.
- kavass — an armed constable
- kaveri — a river in S India, flowing SE from the Western Ghats in Karnatka state through Tamil Nadu state to the Bay of Bengal: sacred to the Hindus. 475 miles (765 km) long.
- kaviar — Archaic form of caviar.
- kawaii — (in the context of Japanese popular culture) cute.
- kayaks — Plural form of kayak.
- kayles — (uncountable, only as plural, obsolete, or, dialect) The game of skittles or ninepins, or the set of pins used in the game.
- kaymak — A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.
- kayoed — Simple past tense and past participle of kayo.
- kayoes — Plural form of kayo.
- kaypoh — (Singapore) busybody.
- kayser — A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.
- kazaam — Used to show that something appears by magic.
- kazakh — a member of a nomadic Muslim people living mainly in Kazakhstan.
- kazbek — Mount, an extinct volcano in the central Caucasus Mountains, between the Georgian Republic and the Russian Federation. 16,541 feet (5042 meters).
- kazoos — Plural form of kazoo.
- kazvin — a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.
- kearns — a town in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.
- kearny — Philip, 1814–62, U.S. general.
- keaton — Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- keavie — an archaic Scottish dialect word for a species of crab
- kebabs — Plural form of kebab.
- kebaya — A light, loose tunic worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian countries.
- kebbie — a walking stick with a hooked end; shepherd's crook
- kebele — a small administrative unit in Ethiopia
- keblah — kiblah.
- kechua — Quechua.
- kecksy — a hollow stalk of a plant such as cow parsley
- keddah — (in India) an enclosure constructed to ensnare wild elephants.
- kedged — Simple past tense and past participle of kedge.
- kedges — Plural form of kedge.
- kediri — a city on E Java, in Indonesia.
- kedron — Kidron.
- keegan — Kevin. born 1951, English footballer and manager; his clubs included Liverpool, Hamburg, and Newcastle United whom he also managed; played for England (1972–82), scoring 21 goals in 63 games, and managed them (1999–2000); European Footballer of the Year (1978, 1979)
- keeked — Simple past tense and past participle of keek.
- keeker — someone who peeps, such as a peeping Tom
- keeled — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- keeler — William H ("Wee Willy") 1872–1923, U.S. baseball player.
- keeley — Leslie Enraught [en-rawt] /ˈɛn rɔt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, U.S. physician.
- keelie — (Scotland, northern England) A sparrowhawk or kestrel.