khakistocracy
Military rule of a country, often in collusion with the elite and business classes.

khalifat
Dated form of caliphate.

khalifate
Alternative spelling of caliphate.

khalifates
plural of khalifate

khalifats
plural of khalifat

khaltura
Black-market or low-quality work.

khalturas
plural of khaltura

khaltury
plural of khaltura

khamaseen
Alternative form of khamsin (“hot wind in Egypt”).
An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.
According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.

khamaseens
plural of khamaseen

khamseen
Alternative spelling of khamsin.

khamseens
plural of khamseen

khamsin
A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.

khamsins
plural of khamsin

khanate
The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory.

khanates
plural of khanate

kheder
Alternative spelling of cheder.

khederim
plural of kheder

kheders
plural of kheder

khedivate
The region ruled by a khedive.

khedivates
plural of khedivate

khediviate
Alternative spelling of khedivate.

khediviates
plural of khediviate

khenaut
Alternative form of canaut.

khenauts
plural of khenaut.

kheyder
Alternative spelling of cheder.

kheyders
plural of kheyder

khilafat
caliphate

khilafats
plural of khilafat

khirbat
A ruin, in the Arab world.

khirbats
plural of khirbat

khlong
A canal on the central plain of Thailand.

khlongs
plural of khlong

khor
A swampy depression in Middle Eastern countries.

khors
plural of khor

khud
A steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.

khudd
Alternative form of khud.

khudds
plural of khudd

khuds
plural of khud

khum
A commune of Cambodia, a subdivision of a srok.

khural
parliament or national congress in Mongolia; also in Buryatia, Kalmykia or Tyva (in Russia)

khurals
plural of khural

khutir
Alternative form of khutor.

khutirs
plural of khutir

khutor
A single-homestead rural settlement of Eastern Europe.

khutora
plural of khutor

khutors
plural of khutor

kiabooca
Amboyna wood, the reddish wood taken from burls of Pterocarpus indicus.

kickover
A gymnastic move in which the gymnast uses a kicking motion to return from a backbend or bridge to a standing position.

kickovers
plural of kickover

kidcote
A local lockup / prison

kidcotes
plural of kidcote

kijichon
A camptown.

kiladar
The governor of a fort or large town in medieval India.

kiladars
plural of kiladar

killadar
Alternative form of kiladar.

killadars
plural of killadar

killedar
Alternative form of kiladar.

killedars
plural of killedar

killese
Alternative form of killesse.

killeses
plural of killese

killesse
A gutter, groove, or channel.
A hip roof.

killesses
plural of killesse

kilnsite
A location where kilns are used.

kindergarden
Eggcorn of kindergarten.

kindergarten
An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
The elementary school grade before first grade.
The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

kindergartens
plural of kindergarten

kindies
plural of kindy

kindy
Diminutive of kindergarten.

kingcroaker
The weakfish or sea trout.

kingcroakers
plural of kingcroaker

kingcup
Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.

kingcups
plural of kingcup

kingdomful
Enough to fill a kingdom.

kingdomfuls
plural of kingdomful

kingdomhood
The status or period of being a kingdom.

kingdomlet
A small kingdom (in various senses).

kingdomlets
plural of kingdomlet

kingdomsful
plural of kingdomful

kinglet
A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
A young or little king.
A prince.
Any of several birds of the family Regulidae.

kingship
The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
A monarchy.
The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.

kinnah
Any of the dirges or elegies traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av to mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history, including the Crusades and the Holocaust.

kinnot
plural of kinnah

kinnoth
plural of kinnah

kinnow
Alternative form of kinoo.

kinnows
plural of kinnow

kinomere
Synonym of centromere.

kinomeres
plural of kinomere

kinoo
A hybrid mandarin citrus fruit from two citrus cultivars, 'King' Citrus nobilis and 'Willow Leaf' of Citrus reticulata (syn. Citrus deliciosa), grown extensively in the Punjab region.

kinoos
plural of kinoo

kintergarden
Misspelling of kindergarten.

kioum
Alternative form of kyoung (“Buddhist monastery in Burma”).

kioums
plural of kioum

kipuka
A zone of unharmed land completely surrounded by lava flows.

kipukas
plural of kipuka

kirana
convenience store

kiranas
plural of kirana

kirat
A Middle Eastern unit of area, ¹⁄₂₄ of a feddan.
Eye deformity.

kirats
plural of kirat

kirk
A church.

kirkgarth
A churchyard.

kirkyard
A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.

kirkyards
plural of kirkyard

kirmess
An outdoor festival and fair, usually in a German or Dutch-speaking country
An indoor entertainment and fair combined.

kirmesses
plural of kirmess

kirri
An Afghan settlement or encampment.

kirris
plural of kirri

kirta
A floating island on Lake Chad.

kirtas
plural of kirta

kishlak
Alternative form of qishlaq.

kishlaks
plural of kishlak

kismat
Alternative spelling of kismet.

kismats
plural of kismat

kismet
Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.

kismets
plural of kismet

kistbandi
The settlement of the yearly land revenue in instalments called kists.

kistibandi
Alternative form of kistbandi.

kiva
A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.

kivas
plural of kiva

klephtism
The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.

klesha
A mental state, such as fear or ignorance, that clouds the mind and leads to unwholesome actions.

kleshas
plural of klesha

kliros
The section of an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church dedicated to the choir.

kloncilium
A judicial body in the Ku Klux Klan.

klonciliums
plural of kloncilium

klong
Alternative form of khlong.

klongs
plural of klong

kloyz
a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning

kludgie
A toilet.

kludgies
plural of kludgie

knee
In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
In birds:
In birds:
The part of a garment that covers the knee.
A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.

kneed
Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
Having angular joints like the knee.

kneehole
A space for the knees (and lower legs), especially under a desk.

kneeholes
plural of kneehole

kneen
plural of knee

kneepit
Alternative spelling of knee pit.

kneepits
plural of kneepit

knees
plural of knee

kneesie
Knee.
Knee-to-knee contact, especially as a method of flirtation when out of sight; kneesies.
A trampoline move in which one bounces on the knees.
A knee-length skirt.

kneesies
flirtatious touching using the knee(s)
plural of kneesie

kneesock
Alternative form of knee sock.

kneesocks
plural of kneesock

kneetop
A portable computer.

kneetops
plural of kneetop