7-letter words starting with ka
- kaolack — a city in W Senegal.
- kaoline — Alternative spelling of kaolin.
- kapitsa — Pyotr L(eonidovich) [pyawtr lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /pyɔtr lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1978.
- kapitza — Pyotr L(eonidovich) [pyawtr lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /pyɔtr lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1978.
- kapteyn — Jacobus Cornelis [yah-koh-bys kawr-ney-lis] /yɑˈkoʊ büs kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1851–1922, Dutch astronomer.
- karachi — a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- karahis — Plural form of karahi.
- karaism — the beliefs and doctrines of the Karaite sect
- karaite — a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
- karajan — Herbert von [hur-bert von;; German her-buh rt fuh n] /ˈhɜr bərt vɒn;; German ˈhɛr bərt fən/ (Show IPA), 1908–1989, Austrian conductor.
- karakia — M\u0101ori incantations and prayers, used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection.
- karakul — one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry. Compare broadtail, Persian lamb.
- karanda — an Indian shrub or small tree, Carissa carandas, of the dogbane family, having white or pink flowers and reddish-black berries.
- karanga — a call or chant of welcome, sung by a female elder
- karaoke — an act of singing along to a music video, especially one from which the original vocals have been electronically eliminated.
- karbala — Kerbela.
- karelia — a region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, comprising Lake Ladoga and Onega Lake and the adjoining area along the E border of Finland.
- karengo — an edible Pacific seaweed, Porphyra columbina
- karkheh — a river in SW Iran, flowing SW to marshes along the Tigris River. About 350 miles (565 km) long.
- karloff — Boris (William Henry Pratt) 1887–1969, British actor in the U.S.
- karmapa — the head of the Kagyupa, Karma Kagyu or Black Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism, third in importance in the hierarchy of lamas
- kärnten — Carinthia
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- karstic — an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- karting — An open-wheeled motorsport that uses small vehicles called karts or go-karts.
- karvina — an industrial city in the NE Czech Republic, in N Moravia.
- kasbahs — Plural form of kasbah.
- kashiwa — a city in E Honshu, Japan.
- kashmir — the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat.
- kashrut — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- kassala — a city in the E Sudan, near Eritrea.
- kassapa — Kasyapa.
- kassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- kastler — Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1902–84, French physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1966.
- kastner — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, German writer.
- kasugai — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Nagoya.
- kasyapa — an important disciple of the Buddha who called together a council of Arhats after the death of the Buddha to compose the Pali Canon.
- katanga — former name of Shaba.
- katayev — Valentin Petrovich [vuh-lyin-tyeen pyi-traw-vyich] /və lyɪnˈtyin pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1986, Russian writer.
- katcina — kachina.
- kathryn — a feminine name
- katniss — (archaic) Sagittaria sagittifolia, a herbaceous perennial flowering plant that grows in water.
- katorga — the system of labour camps in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, a precursor to the Gulag system
- katrina — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- katrine — Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- katsina — Alternative form of kachina.
- katsura — An ornamental eastern Asian tree that has leaves that resemble those of the Judas tree and light, fine-grained timber.
- katydid — any of several large, usually green, American long-horned grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic song.
- kaufman — George S(imon) 1889–1961, U.S. dramatist.
- kaupapa — A principle or policy.