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608 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

klezmer: klezmer
klingon: the Klingon language
klingon: Klingon
klossowskien: Klossowskian
klystron: klystron
knickerbockers: knickerbockers
knickers: knickerbockers
knock-out: knockout
knockouter: to knock out (boxing)
knout: knout, scourge; a flogging administered with such a multiple whip; a condemnation to suffer it
ko: abbreviation of kilooctet (“kilobyte”)
koala: koala
koan: koan
kobold: kobold
kogo: kogo (“Korean corndog”)
koi: alternative spelling of quoi
koinè: koine; Koine (language)
koinéisation: koinëisation
kolkhoze: kolkhoz (farming collective)
kolkhozien: kolkhoznik
kolkhozienne: kolkhoznik
kombu: kombu
kommando: a group of French Second World War prisoners of war in Germany
konkani: the Konkani language; a Konkani person
konzo: konzo
kopeck: kopek; a wooden nickel or brass farthing, an iota
kopiopie: synonym of asthénopie
koppa: alternative spelling of coppa
korfbal: korfball (team ballgame in which one scores by throwing the ball into a basket)
korrigan: korrigan
kosovar: Kosovan
kot: student flat, student room
koter: to live or stay in a student flat
koto: koto (musical instruments)
kouchan: Kushan
kouffar: kafir
kouglof: Gugelhupf; bundt cake
kouign-amann: kouign-amann
koulack: kulak
koulak: kulak (a prosperous peasant)
koulibiac: coulibiac
koulibiak: coulibiac
koumis: koumiss
kourtchatovium: kurchatovium
koutchéen: Kuchean (language)
koutchéen: Kuchean
koweitien: Kuwaiti
koweïtien: Kuwaiti
koï: koi (domesticated varieties of the common carp)
kpata: spiffy, well-dressed
kpoklé: fizgig, skank, a woman who compromises on morals a lot for personal benefit
kpê: quim, twat
krach: crash
kraftwerkien: Kraftwerkian
krak: crusader castle
kraken: Kraken
kraï: krai
kraï de Krasnoïarsk: Krasnoyarsk Krai (a krai of Russia)
kremlinologie: Kremlinology
kremlinologue: Kremlinologist