knickpoint
Part of a river or channel where there is a sharp change in slope, such as a waterfall or lake.

knickpoints
plural of knickpoint

knickzone
A section in a river where the channel becomes unusually steep.

knightage
knighthood; state of being a knight
knights collectively

knightages
plural of knightage

kninkles
Knee wrinkles.

knut
An idle upper-class man about town.

knuts
plural of knut

kofun
A megalithic tomb or tumulus in Japan, often with a distinctive keyhole-shaped mound.

kofuns
plural of kofun

koinonia
Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church.

koinonias
plural of koinonia

kojang
A former unit of weight in Indonesia, varyingly equal to 27, 28 or 30 pikols.

kojangs
plural of kojang

koki
A fibre-tip pen.

kokis
plural of koki

kolhosp
A collective farm in the former Soviet Union; a kolkhoz.

kolhosps
plural of kolhosp

kolhospy
plural of kolhosp

kolhoz
Alternative form of kolkhoz.

kolhozes
plural of kolhoz

kolhozy
plural of kolhoz

koliwada
A colony of fishermen.

koliwadas
plural of koliwada

kolkhos
Alternative form of kolkhoz.

kolkhose
Alternative form of kolkhoz.

kolkhoses
plural of kolkhos
plural of kolkhose

kolkhosy
plural of kolkhos

kolkhoz
A farming collective in the former Soviet Union.

kolkhozes
plural of kolkhoz

kolkhozy
plural of kolkhoz

kolkoz
Alternative spelling of kolkhoz.

kolkozes
plural of kolkoz

kolkozy
plural of kolkoz

kollel
An institute for full-time advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature.

kollelim
plural of kollel

kollels
plural of kollel

kollergang
edge mill

kollergangs
plural of kollergang

kominuter
A kind of Danish ball mill with a peripheral discharge.

kominuters
plural of kominuter

kommunalka
A communal apartment in the former Soviet Union, typically shared by several families. Each family has a room and the kitchen, bathroom, and toilet are shared.

kommunalkas
plural of kommunalka

konbini
A convenience store in Japan.

konbinis
plural of konbini

kotal
Alternative form of kotul.

kotals
plural of kotal

kotul
A mountain pass; a col.

kotuls
plural of kotul

kotwalee
Archaic form of kotwali.

kotwalees
plural of kotwalee

kotwali
A police station.

kotwalis
plural of kotwali

kovil
A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.

kovils
plural of kovil

koyan
Alternative form of kojang (“former unit of weight”).

koyang
Alternative form of kojang (“former unit of weight”).

koyangs
plural of koyang

koyans
plural of koyan

kraton
A Javanese or Balinese royal court or palace.

kratons
plural of kraton

kremlin
A fortified, central complex found in various Russian cities.

kremlins
plural of kremlin

kronen
plural of krone

krupsis
Alternative form of krypsis.

krypsis
The doctrine that Christ, during His state of humiliation, continued to possess in a veiled way the divine attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, etc.

ksar
a granary, or village containing a granary, in the Maghreb (Berber countries).

ksars
plural of ksar

kshetra
A holy precinct or temenos.

kshetras
plural of kshetra

ksour
plural of ksar

ktetory
An Eastern Orthodox church or monastery built or reconstructed by a ktetor.

kujawiak
A Polish folk dance in triple meter, from the Kujawy region.

kujawiaks
plural of kujawiak

kulturkampf
A conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck.

kulturkampfs
plural of kulturkampf

kunstkammer
An early form of museum in which strange or rare objects were exhibited.

kunstkammers
plural of kunstkammer

kurgan
A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.

kurgans
plural of kurgan

kurort
A health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.

kurorts
plural of kurort

kursaal
A public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino

kursaals
plural of kursaal

kuruc
A group of armed anti-Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1671 and 1711.

kurucs
plural of kuruc.

kuttab
Synonym of maktab.

kuttabs
plural of kuttab

kvutza
A Jewish communal settlement, primarily in Israel before it became a modern state.

kvutzah
Alternative form of kvutza.

kvutzahs
plural of kvutzah

kvutzas
plural of kvutza

kvutzot
plural of kvutza
plural of kvutzah

kvutzoth
plural of kvutza
plural of kvutzah

kyaung
A kind of Buddhist monastery in Burma/Myanmar.

kyaungs
plural of kyaung

kyle
A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

kyogen
A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
A work in this genre.

kyogens
plural of kyogen

kyohwaso
A prison in North Korea used as a reeducation camp.

kyoung
A Buddhist monastery in Burma.

kyoungs
plural of kyoung

kyrk
Obsolete spelling of kirk.

kyrks
plural of kyrk

labbies
plural of labbie

labelscar
An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building.

labelscars
plural of labelscar

labful
Synonym of laboratoryful.

labfuls
plural of labful

labmate
A colleague working in the same laboratory.

labmates
plural of labmate

laboratoria
plural of laboratorium

laboratorian
A researcher or technologist who works in a laboratory: either a research laboratory or a clinical laboratory.

laboratorians
plural of laboratorian

laboratorium
A laboratory.

laboratoriums
plural of laboratorium

laboratorization
Conversion to laboratory conditions

laboratoryful
Enough to fill a laboratory.

laboratoryfuls
plural of laboratoryful

laborshed
A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.

laborsheds
plural of laborshed

labourshed
Alternative form of laborshed.

laboursheds
plural of labourshed

labsful
plural of labful

lagg
Waterlogged, marshy area around the perimeter of a (raised) bog, where water collects.

laggs
plural of lagg

lagman
In medieval Scandinavia and parts of the Danelaw: a district official, magistrate or judge; a lawspeaker.
The presiding justice of the supreme court; a lawman.

lagmans
plural of lagman

lagoon
A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

lagoonlet
A small lagoon.

lagoonlets
plural of lagoonlet

lagoons
plural of lagoon

lagunamide
Any of a group of cyclic depsipeptides isolated from the lagoon-dwelling marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula.

lagunamides
plural of lagunamide

lagune
Dated form of lagoon.

lagunes
plural of lagune

laine
an area of arable land at the foot of a hill

laines
plural of laine

lairage
A place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transit to a market or abattoir.

lairages
plural of lairage

lairstone
The stone laid over a grave within a church.

lairstones
plural of lairstone

lakebed
The bottom of a lake, especially after the lake has gone dry.

lakebeds
plural of lakebed

lakefill
Land reclaimed from a lake by filling it.

lakefills
plural of lakefill

lakehead
The part of a lake most distant from its outlet.

lakeheads
plural of lakehead

lakeland
Terrain with many lakes.

lakelands
plural of lakeland

lakelet
A small lake.

lakelets
plural of lakelet

lakelore
The knowledge of local conditions on a lake; the traditions and customs of life on a lake; the history of life on a lake.

lakescape
A landscape dominated by a lake or lakes.

lakescapes
plural of lakescape

lakeshore
The shore of a lake.

lakeshores
plural of lakeshore

lakewater
The water in a lake.

lakewaters
plural of lakewater

lamasaries
plural of lamasary

lamasary
Alternative form of lamasery.

lamaserai
Dated form of lamasery.

lamaserais
plural of lamaserai

lamaserie
Dated form of lamasery.

lamaseries
plural of lamasery
plural of lamaserie

lamasery
A monastery for lamas.

lamasteries
plural of lamastery

lamastery
Alternative form of lamasery.

lambfold
An enclosure for keeping lambs.

lambfolds
plural of lambfold

lamesteries
plural of lamestery