5 Letter Words That Start With K

krill

Noun : any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

Noun : A surname.

knave

Noun : (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.

Noun : (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.

Noun : (dated) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.

kythe

Verb : Alternative spelling of kithe [(archaic in Scotland, obsolete elsewhere) To make known; to reveal.]

knell

Verb : (intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

Verb : (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.

Verb : (transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

kinky

Adjective : Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

Adjective : (informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

Adjective : Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

kooky

Adjective : (slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

Adjective : (surfing) Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like.

Noun : (childish) Alternative form of kookie (“kookaburra”) [(childish) A kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).]

knock

Noun : An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

Noun : A sharp impact.

Noun : (figuratively, informal) A criticism.

knoll

Noun : A small mound or rounded hill.

Noun : (oceanography) A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.

Noun : A knell.

kente

Noun : A type of fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, native to Ghana.

knack

Noun : A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.

Noun : A petty contrivance; a toy.

Noun : Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

kithe

Verb : (archaic in Scotland, obsolete elsewhere) To make known; to reveal.

kitty

Noun : (informal) A kitten or young cat, or sometimes adult cat.

Noun : (childish, sometimes capitalized) A pet name for a cat.

Noun : A money pool used for a particular purpose, such as for a card game or for shared expenses.

kudos

Noun : Praise; accolades.

Noun : Credit for one's achievements.

Verb : (informal) To give praise or accolades.

kebab

Noun : (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

Noun : (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.

Noun : (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.

kalon

Noun : Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.

kiosk

Noun : A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

Noun : A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.

Noun : A public telephone booth.

knead

Verb : (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

Verb : (intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

kaput

Adjective : (informal) Out of order; not working.

keens

Adjective : (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.

Adjective : Fierce, intense, vehement.

Adjective : Having a fine edge or point; sharp.

karma

Noun : (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.

Noun : A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.

Noun : (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.

kappa

Noun : The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Noun : (finance) A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.

Noun : (Japanese mythology) A tortoise-like demon or imp.

klutz

Noun : (US, derogatory) A clumsy or stupid person.

Noun : A surname.

kodak

Noun : (dated) A camera: a device for taking still photographs.

Noun : (dated) A still photograph.

Verb : (transitive, dated) To photograph.

kempt

Adjective : (now usually humorous) Neat and tidy; especially used of hair.

knife

Noun : A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.

Noun : A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.

Noun : Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

known

Adjective : Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.

Adjective : Accepted, familiar, researched.

Noun : Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.

kaaba

Noun : (Islam) The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.

kiddo

Noun : (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A close friend; especially used as a form of address.

Noun : (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A child.

krewe

Noun : A private organization in New Orleans or elsewhere that exists to stage a Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Parade, or both.

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khaki

Noun : A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Noun : Khaki green, a dull green colour.

Noun : A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

kneel

Verb : (intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

Verb : (intransitive, of a bus or other vehicle) To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to kneel.

kraal

Noun : In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.

Noun : In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.

Noun : An enclosure for livestock.

kanji

Noun : (uncountable) The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.

Noun : Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

Noun : A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.

keeve

Noun : (bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.

Noun : (brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.

Noun : (mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.

kalan

Noun : (archaic) The sea otter.

klang

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A city in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia.

Noun : (music) Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).

kissy

Adjective : Sentimentally affectionate.

Adjective : (informal) Tending to kiss.

Adjective : (informal) Tending to kiss frequently.

katha

Noun : (countable) The recitation of a Hindu religious story.

Noun : (uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre.

Noun : A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.

krone

Noun : The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.

Noun : (historical) The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.

keyed

Adjective : (Internet slang, originally 4chan slang) Praiseworthy and admirable, often through exhibiting independence and security; based.

Adjective : (slang, African-American Vernacular) Intoxicated by recreational or illegal drugs; drunk or high.

knurl

Noun : A contorted knot in wood.

Noun : A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.

Noun : A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.

kabob

Noun : US spelling of kebab [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

Verb : US spelling of kebab [(transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.]

karst

Noun : (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.

Noun : A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau.

kedge

Noun : (nautical) A small anchor used for warping a vessel.

Noun : (Yorkshire) A glutton.

Verb : (transitive) To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

klick

Noun : (military slang) A kilometer.

Noun : (slang, usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.

Noun : Alternative spelling of click (mostly as an interjection) [A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.]

kasha

Noun : A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

Noun : A kind of dry curry from Bengal.

Noun : (folklore) A yokai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds.

kvass

Noun : A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.

khaya

Noun : (South Africa, strictly) A native house or hut.

Noun : (South Africa, loosely) Servants' quarters separated from the main house.

Noun : (South Africa, slang) Anyone's house or home.

kugel

Noun : A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.

Noun : (by extension, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A wealthy young Jewish woman characterized as materialistic and selfish.

Noun : A traditional hanging ornament of German origin made of coloured glass, usually spherical but also produced in other shapes such as bunches of grapes and drops.

kevel

Noun : (nautical) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.

Noun : A stonemason's hammer.

Noun : A gazelle.

kirin

Noun : Synonym of qilin; typically used in Japanese contexts.

Noun : (dated) Synonym of Jilin (a province in northeastern China).

Noun : (dated) Synonym of Jilin (a city in the province of the same name).

karoo

Noun : Any vast prairie bordering a desert.

Noun : (South Africa) Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo.

Noun : The vast plain in South Africa that borders the Kalahari Desert.

kites

Noun : A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

Noun : Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).

Noun : A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

kiver

Verb : (archaic, dialect) To cover.

Noun : (archaic, dialect) Cover.

Noun : A shallow wooden vessel or tub.

keres

Noun : (Greek mythology) The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae.

Adjective : Alternative form of Keresan [Of or pertaining to the Keres Pueblo peoples of New Mexico.]

Noun : Alternative form of Keresan [Any member of the Keres Pueblo peoples of New Mexico.]

kibed

Adjective : chapped; cracked from cold; affected with chilblains.

ki-yi

Verb : (US) to howl like a dog

Noun : (US) the howl of a dog; a whoop or similar shout of excitement

kilig

Adjective : (Philippines) excited; thrilled

kinly

Adjective : Involving or characteristic of kinship.

karat

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative spelling of carat [A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.]

ketch

Noun : A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.

Verb : (rare) To hang.

Noun : A hangman.

kiddy

Noun : (obsolete, UK, slang) A man or boy.

Noun : (obsolete, UK, slang) A low thief.

Verb : (archaic) To kid; to hoax or tease.

kinin

Noun : (biochemistry) Any of various structurally related polypeptides of the autacoid family, such as bradykinin and kallikrein, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle.

kloof

Noun : (South Africa) A deep glen or ravine.

knelt

Verb : (intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

Verb : (intransitive, of a bus or other vehicle) To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to kneel.

knish

Noun : An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough

kinda

Verb : (colloquial) Kind of; somewhat.

Noun : A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.

klein

Noun : A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.

kandy

Noun : A city in Sri Lanka.

Noun : Alternative form of candy (Indian unit of mass) [(uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.]

kurta

Noun : A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.

kulak

Noun : (historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.

Noun : A surname.

kefir

Noun : A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquid.

Noun : Alternative form of kafir [(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, politics) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.]

kicks

Noun : (colloquial) Shoes.

Noun : (colloquial) Commissary, or the balance of a commissary account.

kafka

Noun : A surname from German.

Noun : Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

kemps

Noun : A card game, played in teams of two, the object being to get four of a kind, then silently communicate the fact to one's partner, who shouts "Kemps!".

keeps

Noun : Only used in for keeps

kevin

Noun : A male given name from Irish.

Noun : (British, derogatory, slang) A working-class male.

kyrie

Noun : (Christianity) A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.

Noun : (music) A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.

kluge

Noun : Something that should not work, but does.

Noun : A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

Noun : A surname.

katie

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.

Noun : (poker slang) A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T"

Noun : (with the) Alternative spelling of Katy (“the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad”). [A diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie.]

kukri

Noun : A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.

keble

Noun : A surname from Old English.

Noun : (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Keble College, Oxford.

kibei

Noun : (US) A Japanese-American who is born in the United States but primarily educated in Japan.

knosp

Noun : The unopened bud of a flower.

Noun : (architecture) Alternative form of knop (“a knob”) [A knob, usually ornamental]

keith

Noun : (countable) A Scottish surname.

Noun : (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A placename.

kanga

Noun : (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.

Noun : A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.

Noun : (slang) A prison warder.

kesar

Noun : (South Asia, cooking) Saffron.

Noun : Obsolete form of Kaiser. [An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.]

kvell

Verb : (intransitive, US slang) To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.

kalis

Noun : A Filipino sword akin to the kris.

kibbe

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative spelling of kibbeh [A form of dumpling, from the Levant, made of spiced lamb and bulgur wheat.]

knick

Verb : Alternative spelling of nick [(transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.]

koans

Noun : (Zen Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.

Noun : A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.

Noun : A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.

kandi

Noun : Alternative spelling of candy (“rave accessory”) [(uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.]

khans

Noun : (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

Noun : An Ottoman sultan.

Noun : A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

kosha

Noun : (philosophy) Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy.

Noun : A particular type of Sanskrit dictionary.

keefe

Noun : A surname.

kulfi

Noun : A flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream.

kahle

Noun : A surname.

keele

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8045).

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