| KAHIKATEA | • kahikatea n. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. • KAHIKATEA n. (Maori) a tall New Zealand coniferous tree. |
| KAHIKATOA | • kahikatoa n. (New Zealand) Leptospermum scoparium, the manuka. • KAHIKATOA n. (Maori) a New Zealand myrtaceous tree, with strong elastic wood and aromatic leaves. |
| KAIKAWAKA | • kaikawaka n. (New Zealand) Libocedrus bidwillii, the New Zealand cedar, an evergreen coniferous tree. • KAIKAWAKA n. (Maori) a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer, aka pahautea. |
| KAIKOMAKO | • kaikomako n. (New Zealand) Pennantia baylisiana, a rare tree of New Zealand. • KAIKOMAKO n. (Maori) a small New Zealand tree with white flowers and black fruit. |
| KAIMAKAMS | • kaimakams n. Plural of kaimakam. • KAIMAKAM n. (Turkish) a Turkish governor, also CAIMAC, CAIMACAM, QAIMAQAM. |
| KAKARIKIS | • kakarikis n. Plural of kakariki. • KAKARIKI n. (Maori) a green-feathered New Zealand parrot. |
| KALAMKARI | • kalamkari n. A type of hand-printed cotton cloth from India. • KALAMKARI n. (Persian) a method of colouring and decorating by several dyeings or printings; a chintz fabric treated in this way. |
| KAMIKAZES | • kamikazes n. Plural of kamikaze. • kamikazes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kamikaze. • KAMIKAZE n. (Japanese) a suicide attack by a Japanese airman. |
| KATHAKALI | • kathakali n. A spectacular lyric dance drama of southern India performed with acrobatic energy and highly stylized pantomime. • KATHAKALI n. (Malayalam) a highly stylized form of South Indian drama, using dance and mime. |
| KAYAKINGS | • KAYAKING n. the act of paddling a kayak. |
| KINAKINAS | • KINAKINA n. (Quechua) a tree yielding cinchona bark, from which quinine is made, also CHINACHINA, CINCHONA, KINA, QUINA, QUINAQUINA, QUINQUINA. |
| KRAKOWIAK | • krakowiak n. A lively, syncopated Polish dance in duple time. • KRAKOWIAK n. (Polish) a lively Polish dance, also CRACOVIENNE. |
| PICKABACK | • pickaback adv. (Carried) on the back or the shoulders. • pickaback v. (Transitive) Dated form of piggyback (“carry someone on the back or shoulders”). • PICKABACK n. a carry on one's back. |
| PICKAPACK | • pickapack adv. Dated form of pickaback. • PICKAPACK n. a carry on one's back. • PICKAPACK v. to carry on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKBACK, PIGGYBACK. |
| SKOKIAANS | • SKOKIAAN n. (South African) a strong home-brewed alcoholic liquor fermented with yeast. |
| TIKTAALIK | • Tiktaalik prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the class Sarcopterygii – a fishapod: an extinct fish which evolved to walk on land. • TIKTAALIK n. (Inuit) any of a genus of extinct lobe-finned fish from the late Devonian period. |