4-letter words starting with k
- kati — (rare, British) A weight equivalent to about 1.5 pound, adopted as a standard by British companies.
- katy — a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- katz — Sir Bernard [bur-nerd] /ˈbɜr nərd/ (Show IPA), 1911–2003, British biophysicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1970.
- kaur — a title assumed by a Sikh woman when she becomes a full member of the community
- kava — a Polynesian shrub, Piper methysticum, of the pepper family, the aromatic roots of which are used to make an intoxicating beverage.
- kawa — Alternative form of kava.
- kaya — Torreya nucifera, the vern Japanese nutmeg tree.
- kaye — Danny (David Daniel Kaminski) 1913–87, U.S. comedian, singer, and actor.
- kayo — a knockout in boxing.
- kays — Plural form of kay, the name of the letter K.
- kbar — a kilobar
- kbms — An expert system.
- kbps — (computing) kilobits per second.
- kcal — kilocalorie
- kcmg — Knight Commander (of the Order) of St Michael and St George
- kčs. — koruna
- kcvo — Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- kean — Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- keas — Plural form of kea.
- keat — a young guinea fowl.
- keck — to retch; be nauseated.
- keds — sheeptick.
- keef — kef (def 2).
- keek — to peep; look furtively.
- keel — a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle.
- keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kees — (slang) kiss.
- keet — a young guinea fowl.
- kegs — Plural form of keg.
- keir — a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kell — (obsolete) The caul.
- kelp — any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
- kelt — Celt.
- kemb — Obsolete form of comb.
- kemi — the longest river in Finland, flowing SW from Lapland to the Gulf of Bothnia. 345 miles (555 km) long.
- kemp — Jack F. 1935–2009, U.S. politician: congressman 1970–89.
- keno — a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- kent — knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken.
- keos — a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- kepe — Archaic spelling of keep.
- kepi — a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
- ker- — forming words suggesting a thump, thud, explosion, etc.
- kerb — curb (defs 1, 15).
- kere — A reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points if the text is vocalized being inserted in the text.
- kerf — a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
- kerl — Alternative form of carl.
- kern — Jerome (David) 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
- kero — a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.