| KLAPPING | • klapping v. Present participle of klap. • KLAP v. (South African) to slap. |
| KLATCHES | • klatches n. Plural of klatch. • KLATCH n. (German) in North America, a coffee party or other social function, also KLATSCH, KAFFEEKLATSCH. |
| KLAVERNS | • klaverns n. Plural of klavern. • KLAVERN n. a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| KLAVIERS | • KLAVIER n. (German) an early keyboard instrument, also CLAVIER. |
| KLAXONED | • klaxoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of klaxon. • KLAXON v. to sound a klaxon. |
| KLEAGLES | • Kleagles n. Plural of Kleagle. • KLEAGLE n. an official in the Ku Klux Klan. |
| KLEFTIKO | • kleftiko n. A Greek dish of lamb marinated and baked on the bone. • KLEFTIKO n. (Modern Greek) a Greek dish of slowly cooked lamb. |
| KLEPHTIC | • klephtic adj. (Historical) Relating to the klephts. • KLEPHTIC adj. (Modern Greek) of or like a klepht, a Greek brigand. |
| KLEZMERS | • klezmers n. Plural of klezmer. • KLEZMER n. (Yiddish) a style of music, part Jewish, part big-band. |
| KLINKERS | • klinkers n. Plural of klinker. • KLINKER n. (Dutch) a very hard paving brick, also CLINKER. |
| KLISTERS | • klisters n. Plural of klister. • KLISTER n. (Norwegian) a kind of wax for skis. |
| KLONDIKE | • klondike n. Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”). • klondike v. To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones. • Klondike prop.n. A river in Yukon, Canada. |
| KLONDYKE | • klondyke n. Alternative form of klondike. • klondyke v. Alternative form of klondike. • KLONDYKE v. to export herrings, also KLONDIKE. |
| KLOOCHES | • klooches n. Plural of klooch. • KLOOCH n. (Native American) a Native American woman, wife or squaw, also KLOOCHMAN, KLOOTCH, KLOOTCHMAN. |
| KLUDGIER | • kludgier adj. Comparative form of kludgy: more kludgy. • KLUDGY adj. involving or put together with ill-fitting components, also KLUDGEY. |
| KLUDGING | • kludging v. Present participle of kludge. • KLUDGE v. to contrive a clumsy makeshift mechanism, also KLUGE. |
| KLUTZIER | • klutzier adj. Comparative form of klutzy: more klutzy. • KLUTZY adj. clumsy. |
| KLYSTRON | • klystron n. (Physics) an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation. • KLYSTRON n. a type of electron tube. |