10-letter words starting with k
- ketotriose — (carbohydrate) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone.
- kettle hat — chapel de fer.
- kettlebell — A large cast-iron ball-shaped weight with a single handle.
- kettledrum — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- keuka lake — a lake in W central New York, one of the Finger Lakes. 18 miles (29 km) long.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- key player — The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it.
- key worker — a social worker, mental health worker, or nursery nurse assigned to an individual case, patient, or child
- keybinding — Alternative spelling of key binding.
- keyboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of keyboard.
- keyboarder — One who keyboards; a typist.
- keylogging — the practice of using a software program or hardware device (keylogger) to record all keystrokes on a computer keyboard, either overtly as a surveillance tool or covertly as spyware: Many employers are making use of keylogging to monitor their employees' computer habits.
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- keystrokes — Plural form of keystroke.
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- khaki-like — similar to khaki
- khalkidíki — Chalcidice
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- khitmutgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khrushchev — Nikita S(ergeyevich) [ni-kee-tuh sur-gey-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kyee-tuh syir-gye-yuh-vyich] /nɪˈki tə sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪˈkyi tə syɪrˈgyɛ yə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kibbutznik — a member of a kibbutz.
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick plate — a metal plate fastened to the bottom of a door to resist blows and scratches.
- kick pleat — an inverted pleat extending upward 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) from the hemline at the back of a narrow skirt, to allow freedom in walking.
- kick-start — to start by means of a kick starter: to kick-start a motorcycle.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kickboxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kickstarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kickstart.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kid gloves — a glove made of kid leather.
- kid sister — younger female sibling
- kiddie car — a toy vehicle for a small child, having three wheels and pushed with the feet.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidney ore — a form of hematite that occurs in kidney-shaped masses
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kidologist — someone who practises or is skilled in kidology
- kiel canal — a canal connecting the North and Baltic seas. 61 miles (98 km) long.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- kieślowski — Krzysztof (ˈkrɪʃtɔf). 1941–96, Polish film director, whose later films were made in France; his work includes the television series Decalogue (1988–89) and the film trilogy Three Colours (1993–94)
- kilderkins — Plural form of kilderkin.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- killer bee — a honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii, native to Africa, that is extremely aggressive and attacks in swarms when disturbed: brought to Brazil and accidentally released there in 1956.