9-letter words starting with ka
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- kapok oil — a yellowish-green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used especially in foods and in the manufacture of soap.
- karabiner — a D -shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.
- karaganda — a city in central Kazakhstan.
- karakoram — Also called Mustagh. a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- karakorum — a ruined city in central Mongolian People's Republic: capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century.
- karankawa — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians who lived in southeastern Texas until the mid 19th century.
- karateist — A person who does karate.
- karatekas — Plural form of karateka.
- karl marx — Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- karlfeldt — Erik Axel [ey-rik ahk-suh l] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1864–1931, Swedish poet: Nobel Prize posthumously 1931.
- karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
- karnataka — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- karsavina — Tamara [tuh-mah-ruh] /təˈmɑ rə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Russian dancer.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- karyogamy — the fusion of the nuclei of cells, as in fertilization.
- karyogram — (genetics) A graphical representation of a karyotype.
- karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
- karyosome — Also called chromocenter. any of several masses of chromatin in the reticulum of a cell nucleus.
- karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- kaskaskia — a river in E central Illinois, flowing SW to the Mississippi River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- katabasis — a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
- katabatic — (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Compare anabatic (def 1).
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- katalyses — catalysis.
- katalysis — catalysis.
- katangese — a native or inhabitant of Katanga.
- kathakali — a form of dance drama of S India using mime and based on Hindu literature
- katharine — a popular female first name
- katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
- katherine — a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”.
- kathiawar — a peninsula on the W coast of India.
- kathmandu — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- katyushas — Plural form of katyusha.
- kauffmann — Angelica (andʒeˈlikə). 1741–1807, Swiss painter, who worked chiefly in England
- kauri gum — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- kayibanda — Grégoire [grey-gwahr;; French grey-gwar] /greɪˈgwɑr;; French greɪˈgwar/ (Show IPA), 1924–76, president of the Republic of Rwanda 1962–73.
- kazatskes — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- kazillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).