jumboization
The shipbuilding technique of enlarging a ship by inserting middle sections to it, extending its length.

jumpform
A kind of formwork; a temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured, in order to create vertical concrete structures that rise with the building process.

jumpforms
plural of jumpform

jutka
A light horse-drawn cart.

jutkas
plural of jutka

jutti
An item of footwear embroidered with silver or gold thread.

juttis
plural of jutti

juvenaria
plural of juvenarium

juvenarium
A shell or portion thereof of a foraminifer in the youngest stage of shell-building.

juvenariums
plural of juvenarium

juzail
Alternative form of jezail.

juzails
plural of juzail

kabitka
Alternative spelling of kibitka.

kabitkas
plural of kabitka

kago
An open and suspended Japanese style of sedan chair.
Any Japanese litter, inclusive of norimonos and other styles.

kagos
plural of kago

kalamdan
Alternative spelling of qalamdan.

kalamdans
plural of kalamdan

kalpides
plural of kalpis

kalpis
A kind of Ancient Greek water jug.

kamotik
An Inuit-style sleigh or sled

kamotiks
plural of kamotik

kamotiq
Alternative form of kamotik.

kamotiqs
plural of kamotiq

kango
A Sino-Japanese word, a Japanese word of Chinese origin or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines.

kangos
plural of kango

kannakin
Alternative form of canakin.

kannakins
plural of kannakin

karakoa
Alternative form of caracoa.

karanchi
Alternative form of kuranchee.

karanchis
plural of karanchi

karwa
cooking pot

karwas
plural of karwa

karyoid
Any of the minute spherical bodies attached to the chlorophyll plate of Conjugatae and desmids.

karyoids
plural of karyoid

katasukashi
A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent down by placing his hands on the opponent's shoulder blade (one inside and one outside) and pulling him down and forward while backing away.

kati
A weight equivalent to about 1.5 pounds, adopted as a standard by British companies.

katis
plural of kati

kawali
frying pan

kawalis
plural of kawali

kayaktivism
Waterborne demonstration using kayaks, rafts, and other small boats, both as a demonstration and to interrupt the docking of vessels that are being protested.

kayle
A pin used in kayles or skittles.

kellet
A weight placed on an anchor to stop it dragging.

kellets
plural of kellet

kellong
Alternative form of kelong.

kellongs
plural of kellong

kelong
A wooden offshore platform for fishermen found in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore.

kelongs
plural of kelong

kendang
Alternative form of kendhang.

kendangs
plural of kendang

kendhang
A drum used in gamelan music.

kendhangs
plural of kendhang

keratotome
The surgical instrument used in keratotomy.

keratotomes
plural of keratotome

kermi
A string: a long, slightly elevated, ridge in a bog.

kernoi
plural of kernos

kernos
A pottery ring or stone tray to which are attached several small vessels for holding ritual offerings in Ancient Greece.

kero
Kerosene.

keros
plural of kero

kettlebell
A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

kettlebells
plural of kettlebell

keybit
A binary digit forming part of a cryptographic key.

keybits
plural of keybit.

keychain
A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring.
A digital repository for the storage of cryptographic keys.

keychains
plural of keychain

keyguard
A plate or shield with a set of holes that fits over a keyboard.
A feature on a mobile phone, etc. that prevents keys from being pressed by accident.

keyguards
plural of keyguard

keylet
A small key

keylets
plural of keylet

keyplate
The plate that prints the detail in an image.
A plate mounted to a door and containing the keyhole.

keyplates
plural of keyplate

keytag
A keychain.

kezboard
A computer keyboard whose keys are arranged in the qwertz layout.

kezboards
plural of kezboard

khatiya
A rope bed.

khatiyas
plural of khatiya

kibbutz
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kibbutzes
plural of kibbutz

kibbutzim
plural of kibbutz

kibibytes
plural of kibibyte

kibitka
A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.

kibitkas
plural of kibitka

kickball
A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
The ball used in the above sport.

kickballs
plural of kickball

kilhig
A short pole used as a lever to direct the fall of a tree during logging.

kilhigs
plural of kilhig

killerball
Synonym of murderball (“team sport resembling dodgeball”).

killogie
The fireplace of a kiln.

killogies
plural of killogie

kilnhole
The opening of a kiln into which material is fed.

kilnholes
plural of kilnhole

kilotex
A gram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

kinara
A candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations.

kinaras
plural of kinara

kinderwhore
A feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.
A feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.

kinderwhores
plural of kinderwhore

kingpin
The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place.
The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.
The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord.
The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.

kingpins
plural of kingpin

kistvaen
A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.

kistvaens
plural of kistvaen

klackers
A fad toy of the 1970s, consisting of two hard balls connected by a single string.

kleptosquamy
Hyalosphenid recycling of shell plates from euglyphid prey.

knaggie
A small wooden drinking vessel with an upright handle

knaggies
plural of knaggie

knapbasket
A type of indigenous basket backpack found among the various ethno-linguistic groups of Northern Luzon.

knifelessness
Absence of knives.

knifemaking
The making of knives, as a craft or a manufacturing industry.

knifery
The act or practice of using knives.

knobology
The functionality of controls on an instrument as relevant to their application.

knowbot
a bot that roams a distributive network (especially the Internet) to gather or distribute information

knowbots
plural of knowbot

knuckleballer
A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.

knuckleballers
plural of knuckleballer

knuller
A chimney sweep who solicited work by ringing a bell.

knullers
plural of knuller

kobang
Alternative form of koban.

kobangs
plural of kobang

kobans
plural of koban

koftgaree
Archaic form of koftgari.

kombinat
A combine; an industrial business conglomerate, particularly in the former Soviet Union.

kombinats
plural of kombinat

komboskini
A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.

koojah
Alternative form of cooja.

koojahs
plural of koojah

kooliman
A trough-like vessel for holding water, made from stringybark by the Aboriginal Australians.

koolimans
plural of kooliman

kooza
Alternative form of cooja.

koozas
plural of kooza