4-letter words starting with k
- kite — the paunch; stomach; belly.
- kith — acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
- kits — Plural form of kit.
- kitt — (UK, birdwatching) the kittiwake.
- kiva — a large chamber, often wholly or partly underground, in a Pueblo Indian village, used for religious ceremonies and other purposes.
- kive — Alternative form of keeve.
- kivu — Lake, a lake in central Africa, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. 1040 sq. mi. (2700 sq. km).
- kiwi — any of several flightless, ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand, allied to the extinct moas.
- kiyi — a small whitefish, Coregonus kiyi, found in the deeper waters of the Great Lakes.
- kktp — king's knight's pawn
- klan — Ku Klux Klan.
- klap — (South Africa, slang, transitive) To strike; to smack.
- klee — Paul [poul;; English pawl] /paʊl;; English pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1940, Swiss painter and etcher.
- kloc — (unit, programming) Thousand (kilo-) Lines of code.
- km/h — kilometres per hour
- knaa — (Geordie) To know.
- knab — (colloquial) To nab or steal.
- knag — A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir.
- knap — a crest or summit of a small hill.
- knar — a knot on a tree or in wood.
- knaw — Archaic spelling of gnaw.
- knee — Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- knew — simple past tense of know1 .
- knit — to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- knob — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knop — a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- knor — Obsolete form of knur.
- knot — either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- knub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
- knur — a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- knut — a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- ko'd — a knockout in boxing.
- koan — a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- koap — (in Papua New Guinea) sexual intercourse
- koas — Plural form of koa.
- kobe — a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- kobo — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Nigeria, the 100th part of a naira.
- kobs — Plural form of kob.
- koch — Edward I. 1924–2013, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1977–89.
- koed — a knockout in boxing.
- koel — any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- koff — A two-masted Dutch vessel.
- kofu — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.
- kogi — a state of W Nigeria. Capital: Lokoja. Pop: 3 278 487 (2006). Area: 29 833 sq km (11 519 sq miles)
- koha — a gift or donation, esp of cash
- kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- koji — a fungus, Aspergillus oryzae, used to initiate fermentation of a mixture of soybeans and wheat in the production of soy sauce.
- koka — (formerly) a scoring point of the lowest value