English words: K

166 words under K; 101–166 on this page.

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• kiss verb (kiss, kisses, kissed, kissing); noun (a kiss, kisses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To kiss means to touch someone with your lips to show love, care or a greeting.
• kissedst verb, old form used with thou (past)
  «kissedst» means «you kissed», a form of «kiss»: To kiss means to touch someone with your lips to show love, care or a greeting.
• kit noun (kit, kits); verb…
  A kit is a set of things kept together for a job, like a first aid kit or a tool kit.
• kitchen noun (a kitchen, kitchens)
  The room where food is stored, prepared and cooked.
• kitchenmaid noun
  A girl or woman who helps in the kitchen with rough work.
• kite noun (kite, kites)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A kite is a light toy made of paper, plastic or cloth on a long string that flies in the wind.
• kith noun (no plural)…
  Your friends and acquaintances, or the people you know well.
• kitten noun (a kitten, kittens)
  A kitten is a young cat.
• kitty noun (a kitty, kitties)
  A child's word for a kitten or cat.
• kiver verb
  To cover over.
• kiwi noun (a kiwi, kiwis); Kiwi (informal, a New Zealander)
  A kiwi is a small brown bird from New Zealand that cannot fly; it has a long beak with nostrils at the tip and hunts at night.
• km abbreviation (km, short for kilometre/kilometer); also said…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Km is the short way to write kilometre, a unit for long distances.
• knack noun (a knack, knacks — usually singular)
  A special skill or clever way of doing something, often one that is hard to explain.
• knacker verb…
  To knacker something is to break it or wear it out; to knacker someone is to make them very tired.
• knackered adjective (knackered — slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ)…
  Knackered means extremely tired, worn out.
• knapsack noun (knapsacks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bag carried on the back, used for carrying food and things on a journey.
• knave noun (a knave, knaves)
  A dishonest man who tricks people; a rogue.
• knead verb (knead, kneads, kneaded, kneading)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To knead means to press, fold and stretch dough with your hands to make bread.
• knee noun (a knee, knees); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends.
• kneecap noun (a kneecap, kneecaps); verb…
  The kneecap is the small, flat, roundish bone at the front of your knee.
• kneel verb (kneel, kneels, knelt or kneeled, kneeling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To kneel is to go down or stay with one or both knees on the ground.
• knew verb, past tense of know
  To be aware of someone or to recognise them; in the third sentence, to have chosen or loved someone before they were born.
• knewest verb, old form used with thou (past)
  «knewest» means «you knew», a form of «know»: To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.
• knife noun (a knife, knives); verb (knife — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A knife is a tool with a sharp blade and a handle, used for cutting.
• knight noun (a knight, knights); verb…
  In the Middle Ages, a knight was a soldier who fought on horseback in armour and served a king, queen or lord.
• knighthood noun (a knighthood, knighthoods)
  A knighthood is the title and honour of being a knight, given in the UK by the king or queen to people for great service, so a man is…
• knightly adjective (no comparative in use)
  Like a knight: brave, honest, polite and ready to help others.
• knit verb (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine.
• knitted adjective (knitted); past form of the verb knit…
  Knitted means made by knitting, by looping wool or yarn together with two long needles or a machine: "a knitted scarf".
• knitting noun (knitting — uncountable); verb form…
  Knitting is making clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine.
• knob noun (a knob, knobs)
  A knob is a round handle you turn or pull to open a door or drawer.
• knobbly adjective (knobbly, knobblier, knobbliest); US often…
  Knobbly means covered with small round lumps or bumps.
• knock verb…
  To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you.
• knockest verb, old form used with thou
  «knockest» means «you knock», a form of «knock»: To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you.
• knockout noun (a knockout, knockouts); adjective (knockout); also…
  In boxing, a knockout is a punch or a win when a fighter is knocked down and cannot get up in time.
• knoll noun (knolls)
  A small, round hill, often standing alone.
• knot noun (a knot, knots); verb (knot, knots, knotted, knotting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A place where a piece of string, rope or ribbon is tied around itself or another piece.
• knotted adjective (knotted); verb form…
  Tied in a knot or having knots.
• knotty adjective (knottier, knottiest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Full of knots, or lumpy and twisted, like old wood or rough legs.
• know verb (know, knows, knew, knowing, known)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.
• knowest verb, old form used with thou
  «knowest» means «you know», a form of «know»: To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.
• knoweth verb, old form of «knows» (he, she, it)
  «knoweth» means «knows», a form of «know»: To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.
• knowledge noun (knowledge — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Information, facts and understanding that you have learned.
• knowledgeable adjective (knowledgeable); adverb knowledgeably
  Knowledgeable means knowing a lot about something, or about many things.
• known verb form (known; past participle of know); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Known is the form of know used after have or be: I have known her for years.
• knuckle noun (a knuckle, knuckles); verb…
  One of the joints of your fingers, especially where the fingers join the hand.
• knuckles noun (plural of «knuckle»: a knuckle, knuckles); verb…
  Knuckles are the joints in your fingers, especially where your fingers join your hand, which stick out when you make a fist.
• ko noun (a KO, KOs); verb (KO, KO's, KO'd, KO'ing — informal)…
  Short for «knockout»: in boxing, hitting the other fighter so hard they cannot get up and the fight ends.
• koala noun (a koala, koalas)
  A koala is a grey, furry Australian animal with big round ears and a black nose that lives in eucalyptus trees and eats their leaves.
• kodiak noun (Kodiak; a Kodiak bear, Kodiak bears)
  Kodiak is a large island off the south coast of Alaska, USA.
• kohlrabi noun (a kohlrabi, kohlrabis; kohlrabi, uncountable as food)
  Kohlrabi is a vegetable of the cabbage family with a round, swollen stem that grows just above the ground; you can eat it raw or cooked.
• kola noun (kola, kola nuts); also a place name…
  Kola (or cola) is a tree from West Africa whose nuts contain caffeine.
• kongo noun (Kongo; the Kongo people, the Kingdom of Kongo)…
  The Kongo are a people of Central Africa who live in Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• koodoo noun (a koodoo, koodoos – Kipling's spelling of «kudu»)
  Kipling's spelling of kudu: a large African antelope; the male has long spiral (twisted) horns, and both have thin white stripes on a…
• kookaburra noun (a kookaburra, kookaburras)
  A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing.
• kopje noun (a kopje, kopjes; also koppie)
  A small hill, usually rocky, standing alone on flat open land (the veld).
• korean adjective (Korean); noun…
  Korean means from or about Korea, a peninsula in East Asia that is divided into two countries, South Korea and North Korea.
• kosher adjective (kosher)
  Kosher food is food that is allowed by Jewish law, prepared in the right way; for example, meat and milk are not eaten together, and pork…
• kowtow verb (kowtow, kowtows, kowtowed, kowtowing); noun (a kowtow)
  To kowtow is to kneel and touch the ground with your forehead to show deep respect, as people once did before the Emperor of China.
• kremlin noun (the Kremlin; a kremlin, kremlins)
  The old walled fortress in the centre of Moscow, where the President of Russia has his offices.
• krill noun (krill — plural is the same, usually uncountable)
  Krill are tiny shrimp-like sea animals that live in huge groups in cold oceans and are food for whales, penguins, seals, fish and seabirds.
• kris noun (a kris, krises; also «keris», «creese»); proper noun…
  A short dagger from Malaysia, Indonesia and nearby lands, often with a wavy blade, a traditional weapon and a work of art passed down in…
• kudu noun (a kudu, kudus or kudu)
  A large African antelope with grey-brown fur and thin white stripes; the males have long, spiral, twisted horns.
• kw abbreviation (kW, kw)
  kW stands for kilowatt, a unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.
• kwa noun (Kwa — a language group); fragment (kwa)
  Kwa is a large family of languages spoken in West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria; Akan (Twi)…
• kylie noun (a kylie, kylies)
  A kylie is a boomerang, especially a non-returning hunting boomerang, a curved throwing stick made by Aboriginal Australians.

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