kavya
A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.
poetry (especially in a classical style) in the literatures of India's modern languages

kayadanda
complete control over one's bodys
bodily actions
corporal punishments in the Indosphere

kayles
The game of skittles or ninepins.
A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.

kebyar
A style of gamelan music based on a five-tone scale, with marked changes in tempo.

keepering
gamekeeping

kegling
The game of bowling.

kemari
An ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.

kennetjie
A children’s (boy’s) game where a short stick is flipped into the air by a longer stick, batted and hopefully caught by ‘fielders’.
The short stick used in this game.

keratogram
A diagnostic image produced by keratography.

keratograms
plural of keratogram

keraunion
An Ancient Greek thunderbolt-shaped symbol, of uncertain meaning.

kerokan
A sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body.

ketjak
A form of Balinese musical drama featuring rhythmic, percussive chanting.

ketoret
An incense used in Jewish rituals.

keyboardism
The art or skill of playing a musical keyboard.

keyfile
A file that contains encryption or license keys

keyfiles
plural of keyfile

keymap
A collection of keymappings.

keymaps
plural of keymap

kha
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.

khachkar
An Armenian carved memorial stone.

khachkars
plural of khachkar

khaf
The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive).

khafs
plural of khaf

khanhoo
A Chinese card game of the draw-and-discard type.

khaph
Alternative form of khaf.

khaphs
plural of khaph

khatam
A Persian style of marquetry.

khatauni
Alternative form of khatuni.

khataunis
plural of khatauni

khatuni
A record of an individual's or family's landholdings, forming part of a khewat.

khatunis
plural of khatuni

khayal
Alternative form of khyal.

khayals
plural of khayal

khetauni
Alternative form of khatuni.

khetaunis
plural of khetauni

khewat
A catalogue of landholdings.

khewats
plural of khewat

khirik
Alternative form of hiriq.

khorovod
a Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to chorea of ancient Greece, also in Romania (horă)

khorovods
plural of khorovod

khuru
A traditional Bhutanese darts game.

khyal
A form of Indian song composed of two matras.

khyals
plural of khyal

kickabout
An informal amateur game of football/soccer.

kickabouts
plural of kickabout

kidcom
A sitcom designed for children.

kidcoms
plural of kidcom

kiddiot
script kiddie

kiddiots
plural of kiddiot

kideo
kidvid

kideos
plural of kideo

kidpic
A film aimed at children.

kidpics
plural of kidpic

kidpix
plural of kidpic.

kidvid
Video material produced for children.

kidvids
plural of kidvid

kifu
A record of an abstract strategy game, especially Go or shogi.

kifus
plural of kifu

kigo
A seasonal word; a word required in haiku to indicate the season.

kigos
plural of kigo

killcam
A replay showing how a player or enemy was killed.

killcams
plural of killcam.

killfie
A selfie taken in an extremely dangerous situation, possibly resulting in the death of the selfie taker.

killfies
plural of killfie

kiloamp
One thousand ( 10³ ) amperes. Symbol: kA or KA.

kiloamps
plural of kiloamp

kilobaud
one thousand baud; symbol kBd

kilobauds
plural of kilobaud

kilocalorie
A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

kilocalories
plural of kilocalorie

kilohm
Alternative spelling of kiloohm.

kilohms
plural of kilohm

kilohour
One thousand hours. Symbol: khrs.

kilohours
plural of kilohour

kiloohm
One thousand (10³) ohms. Symbol: kΩ.

kiloohms
plural of kiloohm

kilopascal
one thousand (1000) pascals, symbol kPa.

kilopascals
plural of kilopascal

kilovolt
One thousand volts. Symbol: kV or KV.

kilovolts
plural of kilovolt

kineme
In kinesics, a group of movements with an associated meaning, analogous to a phoneme in spoken language.

kinemes
plural of kineme

kinemics
The study of gestures as body language

kineticon
A text-based symbol used in online communication to express an action, such as *kiss* or ~~hugs you~~.

kineticons
plural of kineticon

kinetocardiogram
A diagnostic image produced by kinetocardiography.

kinetocardiograms
plural of kinetocardiogram

kinetocardiography
A noninvasive technique for recording cardiovascular activity.

kinetogram
The image produced by a kinetograph

kinetograms
plural of kinetogram

kinkfic
Fan fiction featuring kink (particularly BDSM) content.

kintsugi
The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.

kintsukuroi
The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.

kirigami
An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted.

kirimon
A Japanese governmental emblem resembling a stylized paulownia.

kirimons
plural of kirimon

kirtan
A call-and-response chant performed in India's devotional traditions.

kirtans
plural of kirtan

kitab
An Islamic book.

kitabs
plural of kitab.

kittenball
The game of softball.

kittlepins
The game of skittles.

kje
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ќ / ќ.

kjes
plural of kje

knaue
Obsolete typography of knave.

knaues
plural of knaue

knickknackatories
plural of knickknackatory

knickknackatory
A collection of knick-knacks.

knifehand
A strike using the part of the hand opposite the thumb (from the little finger to the wrist); a karate chop.

knifestory
A story told by storyknifing.

knockbuster
Synonym of mockbuster.

knockbusters
plural of knockbuster

knockemdowns
The game of tenpins.

knotwork
A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot
Work involving the tying of knots.
An object composed of or using knots.

knotworks
plural of knotwork

knucklestones
The game of knucklebones.

kobzar
An itinerant Ukrainian bard, often blind, who played the kobza

kobzari
plural of kobzar

kobzars
plural of kobzar

kochari
an Armenian folk dance, initially performed only by men

koftgari
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.

koftwork
koftgari

koka
The smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition.

kokas
plural of koka

kokugi
sumo

kolattam
A kind of Indian folk dance.

kolattams
plural of kolattam

kolenang
A type of bonang (a gong chime) with gongs laid out in a V or U-shape, used in the gamelan degung music of Sunda.

kolenangs
plural of kolenang

komainu
Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines.

komusubi
A sumo wrestler of the lowest sanyaku rank, below sekiwake and above maegashira.

komusubis
plural of komusubi

konpa
Synonym of compas.

kopeck
Alternative spelling of kopek.

kopecks
plural of kopeck

kopeika
Alternative form of kopek.

kopeikas
plural of kopeika

kopeiki
plural of kopeika

kopejka
Alternative spelling of kopeika (“kopek”).

kopejkas
plural of kopejka

kopek
A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.
A kapiejka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).

kopeks
plural of kopek

kopeyka
Alternative spelling of kopeika (“kopek”).

kopeykas
plural of kopeyka

kopeyki
plural of kopeyka