9-letter words starting with k
- krummholz — a forest of stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.
- krummhorn — A medieval wind instrument with an enclosed double reed and an upward-curving end, producing an even, nasal sound.
- krupskaya — Nadezhda Konstantinovna [nuh-dye-zhduh kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh v-nuh] /nʌˈdyɛ ʒdə kən stʌnˈtyi nəv nə/ (Show IPA), 1869–1939, Russian social worker and wife of V.I. Lenin.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- ku kluxer — a member of a Ku Klux Klan.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- kulebyaka — coulibiac.
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kundalini — the vital force lying dormant within one until activated by the practice of yoga, which leads one toward spiritual power and eventual salvation.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- kuo mo-jo — Guo Moruo.
- kurashiki — a city on SW Honshu, in Japan.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- kurfuffle — Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- kwangtung — Older Spelling. Guangdong.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- kyongsong — Seoul
- kyriarchy — A system of
- kyzyl kum — a desert in S Asia, SE of the Aral Sea, in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. About 90,000 sq. mi. (233,100 sq. km).
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- københavn — a seaport in and the capital of Denmark, on the E coast of Zealand.