9-letter words starting with k
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- knotweeds — Plural form of knotweed.
- know best — to be the best guide, authority, etc.
- know-hows — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- knowingly — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- knowledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- knoxville — a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- knuckling — Present participle of knuckle.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- kobe beef — meat from the Japanese cattle (Kobe cattle) which are specially raised to produce a beef that is highly prized for its extreme tenderness.
- kobenhavn — Danish name of Copenhagen.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- kolkhozes — Plural form of kolkhoz.
- kollywood — the Tamil-language film industry, based at Kodambakkam in S India
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- komintern — Third International.
- kong fuzi — K'ung Fu-tzŭ.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- koniology — the study of atmospheric dust and its effects
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
- kookiness — The state of being kooky.
- koorajong — kurrajong.
- korat cat — rare blue-grey breed of cat
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- korzybski — Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) [hab-dangk skahr-bek;; Polish hahp-dahngk skahr-bek] /ˈhæb dæŋk ˈskɑr bɛk;; Polish ˈhɑp dɑŋk ˈskɑr bɛk/ (Show IPA), 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.
- kosciusko — Thaddeus (Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko) 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- kozhikode — a city in W Kerala, in SW India.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- krasnodar — a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
- kraurosis — atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, especially of the vulva.
- krautrock — (music) A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
- krav maga — a form of exercise based on unarmed combat movements developed by the Israeli armed forces
- kreutzers — Plural form of kreutzer.
- kreymborg — Alfred, 1883–1966, U.S. poet, playwright, and critic.
- kriemhild — the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kronecker — Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; German ley-oh-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; German ˈleɪ oʊˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1823–91, German mathematician.
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.