5-letter words starting with ka
- kaaba — a cube-shaped building in Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine, into which is built the black stone believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham. Muslims turn in its direction when praying
- kaama — a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns
- kabab — Alt form kebab.
- kabir — fl. late 15th century, Hindu religious reformer.
- kabob — Usually, kebabs. small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, or other vegetables, usually on a skewer.
- kabul — a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km). Capital: Kabul.
- kabwe — a city in central Zambia: oldest mining town; cave site where the fossil skull of Rhodesian man was found.
- kacha — crude, imperfect, or temporary.
- kadai — a group of languages related to the Thai group and spoken by a small population in southern China and northern Vietnam.
- kadar — János [yah-nawsh] /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–89, Hungarian political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1956–88.
- kadis — Plural form of kadi.
- kafir — Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
- kafka — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague.
- kafre — (Chephren) flourished late 26th century b.c, Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (son of Cheops): builder of second pyramid at El Giza.
- kafta — Alternative spelling of kofta.
- kafue — a river in S central Africa, flowing SE along the Zaire-Zambia border and then SW and E through Zambia to the Zambezi River above Kariba Lake. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- kagan — Alternative spelling of khagan.
- kagus — Plural form of kagu.
- kahal — a Jewish agricultural cooperative community
- kahlo — Frida [free-duh] /ˈfri də/ (Show IPA), 1907–54, Mexican painter (wife of Diego Rivera).
- kaiak — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- kaiju — A giant monster, particularly such as those common to Japanese science fiction films, like Godzilla or Gamera. Short for \u5927\u602a\u7363 (giant kaiju).
- kajal — (Asia) kohl.
- kajar — a dynasty that ruled Persia 1794–1925.
- kakke — Beriberi.
- kalam — (sometimes lowercase) a school of philosophical theology originating in the 9th century a.d., asserting the existence of God as a prime mover and the freedom of the will.
- kalan — (archaic) The sea otter.
- kalat — a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.
- kales — Plural form of kale.
- kalif — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kalon — Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.
- kalpa — a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas.
- kamal — A navigation device, known to the Arabs and Chinese of the ancient world, consisting of a wooden card and knotted string.
- kamba — an agricultural people of central Kenya, renowned as traders and woodcarvers.
- kames — Plural form of kame.
- kamet — a mountain on the border of China and India, west of Nepal in the Himalayas. Height: 7756 m (25 447 ft)
- kamik — a mukluk made of sealskin.
- kanak — a native or inhabitant of New Caledonia who seeks independence from France
- kandy — a city in central Sri Lanka: famous Buddhist temples.
- kaneh — an ancient Hebrew measure of six cubits
- kanga — (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
- kango — A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).
- kanin — Garson [gahr-suh n] /ˈgɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–1999, U.S. playwright, actor, and director.
- kanji — a system of Japanese writing using Chinese-derived characters.
- kanon — (musical instrument) synonym of monochord (used mainly in reference to ancient Greek music).
- kansa — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of eastern Kansas, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- kansu — Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- kanzu — a long, usually white robe worn especially by men in central and eastern Africa.
- kaons — Plural form of kaon.
- kapok — the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (ka·pok tree) Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
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