intore
A traditional dance in Rwanda and Burundi, performed by men carrying weapons (now replicas).

isopropylamine
An amine, a hygroscopic colourless flammable liquid with an ammonia odour, with various applications such as in herbicides, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and chemical weapons.

isopropylamines
plural of isopropylamine

izmel
A specialized surgical knife used by the mohel in the Jewish circumcision ritual of Brit Milah for infant males. It must have certain characteristics, per Jewish Law, including that it may not stop the flow of blood (unlike the constricting devices commonly used by a surgeon or Urologist).

jackknife
Alternative spelling of jack-knife.
A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.

jackknives
plural of jackknife

jacknife
Misspelling of jackknife.

jaeger
Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
A hunter's guide.
A rifle.
A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.

jager
Alternative form of jaeger.

jagers
plural of jager

jamdad
Alternative form of jamdhar.

jamdads
plural of jamdad

jamdhar
A kind of Indian dagger, broad at the base and slightly curved, and having a cross-grip on the hilt.

jamdhars
plural of jamdhar

jav
Clipping of javelin.

javelin
A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).

javelined
Wielding or equipped with a javelin or javelins.

javelining
present participle and gerund of javelin

javelinned
Alternative spelling of javelined (“wielding or equipped with a javelin or javelins”).

javelinning
present participle and gerund of javelin

javelins
plural of javelin

jiggumbob
A worthless trifle or bauble; a gimcrack.

jiggumbobs
plural of jiggumbob

jill
To masturbate.

jills
third-person singular simple present indicative of jill

jimp
neat; trim; delicate
scant; barely sufficient.

jimping
A series of notches (jimps) down the spine of a blade, created to provide grip on a knife beyond the bolster

jimps
plural of jimp

jockteleg
A folding knife.

jocktelegs
plural of jockteleg

jocteleg
Pocketknife.

joctelegs
plural of jocteleg

jodo
A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.

jojutsu
Synonym of jodo (“Japanese martial art using a short staff”).

jooker
knife

jookers
plural of jooker

juramentado
A Moro swordsman who attacked and killed occupying and invading police and soldiers, expecting to be killed himself.

juramentados
plural of juramentado

kakivak
A kind of fishing spear used by Inuits, with two recurved points, sometimes made from reindeer antlers.

kakivaks
plural of kakivak

kakotrophy
Archaic form of cacotrophy.

kalis
A Filipino sword akin to the kris.

kampilan
A kind of single-edged sword with a tapered blade, traditionally used by various ethnic groups in the Philippines.

kampilans
plural of kampilan

karambit
A small, curved Southeast Asian knife resembling a Sumatran tiger's claw.

karambits
plural of karambit

kart
A go-cart.
A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.
A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.

karts
plural of kart

kaskara
A type of sword traditionally used in Sudan, Eritrea, and Chad.

kaskaras
plural of kaskara

kasuyu
A traditional axe-like weapon from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

katakiribori
A Japanese sword-making technique employing a chisel at two different angles.

katana
A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

katanagari
An instance in which a ruler confiscates the weapons of all potential opponents.

katanas
plural of katana

katars
plural of katar

katyusha
Alternative letter-case form of Katyusha.

katyushas
plural of katyusha

katzbalger
Alternative letter-case form of Katzbalger.

katzbalgers
plural of katzbalger

kayakujutsu
In Japanese martial arts, the use of firearms, gunpowder and explosives, especially by ninja.

kebbie
cudgel, staff

kebbies
plural of kebby
plural of kebbie

kebby
Alternative form of kebbie.

kelter
Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”).

kelters
plural of kelter

kenjutsu
Japanese swordsmanship

kerambit
A small, double-edged, curved Southeast Asian knife, with a finger ring, resembling a tiger's claw.

kerambits
plural of kerambit

kew
The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

kews
plural of kew

keyphrase
A phrase used in encryption as a key, like a single keyword (password).
A phrase of relative importance in a text, acting like a keyword (important term) or a combination of keywords.

keyphrases
plural of keyphrase

khanda
A double-edged sword from India, used ceremonially in Sikhism.
A religious symbol of Sikhism, ⟨☬⟩, having the shape of three swords: a khanda, a chakram and two kirpans.

khandas
plural of khanda

khanjali
Alternative form of kindjal.

khanjalis
plural of khanjali

khanjar
A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.

khanjars
plural of khanjar

khavershaft
camaraderie or solidarity

khepesh
Alternative form of khopesh.

khepeshes
plural of khepesh

khopesh
An Ancient-Egyptian sickle-like sword.

khopeshes
plural of khopesh

khukuri
Alternative form of kukri.

khukuris
plural of khukuri

kickback
A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face.
A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
A relaxed party.

kickbacks
plural of kickback

kierie
A traditional club used as a weapon by certain indigenous groups of South Africa.

kieries
plural of kierie

kila
Synonym of phurba (“Tibetan dagger”).

kilas
plural of kila

kindjal
A kind of short sword or dagger used in Russia.

kindjals
plural of kindjal

kinjal
Alternative form of kindjal.

kinzhal
Alternative form of kindjal.

kinzhals
plural of kinzhal

kiotome
A knife for amputating the uvula.

kiotomes
plural of kiotome

kirpan
A ceremonial sword that must be worn at all times by baptized Sikhs, and one of the five Ks.

kirpans
plural of kirpan

kissaki
The curved tip of a Japanese sword, just behind the point.

kissakis
plural of kissaki

kitars
plural of kitar

kleptarchies
plural of kleptarchy

knifeblades
plural of knifeblade

knifeboard
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.

knifeboards
plural of knifeboard

knifecraft
The skill or art of using a knife.

knifecrime
Alternative form of knife crime.

knifecrimes
plural of knifecrime