5-letter words containing ko
- konbu — a brown Japanese seaweed, sun-dried before use in sushi, stocks, etc.
- kondo — (in Uganda) a thief or armed robber
- koner — Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- konev — Ivan Stepanovich [ee-vahn styi-pah-nuh-vyich] /iˈvɑn styɪˈpɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Russian general and politician.
- kongo — a member of an indigenous people living in west-central Africa along the lower course of the Congo River.
- konia — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- konya — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- kooks — Plural form of kook.
- kooky — of, like, or pertaining to a kook; eccentric, strange, or foolish.
- koord — a Kurd.
- koori — a native Australian
- kopek — A monetary unit of Russia and some other countries of the former Soviet Union, equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
- kopit — Arthur, born 1937, U.S. playwright.
- kopje — a small hill.
- koppa — a letter (, ) of some early Greek alphabets, occurring between pi and rho and equivalent to Latin Q: later superseded by kappa except for its use as a numeral for 90.
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- korai — Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- koran — the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- koras — Plural form of kora.
- korat — any of a breed of domestic cat with a glossy, silver-blue coat and large, round, greenish eyes
- korce — a city in SE Albania.
- korda — Sir Alexander (Sándor Kellner) 1893–1956, British film producer, born in Hungary.
- korea — a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Compare Korean War.
- korin — A small gazelle native to West Africa, Eudorcas rufifrons.
- korma — A mildly spiced Indian curry dish of meat or fish marinated in yogurt or curds.
- koror — island & capital of Palau: pop. 10,000
- korun — an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- koses — one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands in the SE Aegean Sea, off the SW coast of Turkey. 111 sq. mi. (287 sq. km).
- kosha — any of the five layers of physical and mental being composing the personal self, Atman being within the innermost layer.
- kosti — a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- kotch — to vomit
- kotos — Plural form of koto.
- kotow — kowtow.
- kotte — a city in SW Sri Lanka, just E of Colombo.
- koura — either of two New Zealand freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops
- kovac — Michal [mi-khahl] /ˈmɪ xɑl/ (Show IPA), born 1930, president of Slovakia 1993–98.
- kovar — an alloy that consists mostly of iron, nickel, and cobalt, and has the same heat expansion properties as heat-resistant glass: it is usually fused to glass to form a gas seal
- kovno — Russian name of Kaunas.
- kovsh — A Russian ladle or drinking bowl.
- maiko — an apprentice geisha
- makos — Plural form of mako.
- milko — (Australia, informal) A milkman.
- nikko — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan: famous for shrines and temples.
- nikon — 1605–81, patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church 1652–66.
- nkomo — Joshua Mquabuko Nyongolo [uh m-kwah-boo-koh nyong-goh-loh] /əm kwɑˈbu koʊ nyɒŋˈgoʊ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1917–1999, African nationalist and political leader in Zimbabwe.
- nkosi — a term of address to a superior; master; chief
- panko — Japanese-style breadcrumbs in large, coarse flakes: panko-crusted fish fillets.
- pekoe — a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
- pinko — a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- pskov — a lake in N Europe, between Estonia and the W Russian Federation, forming the S part of Lake Peipus.