| ALKALIC | • alkalic adj. (Geology, of a rock) Containing a relatively high proportion of alkali; alkaline. • ALKALIC adj. of a rock or mineral, containing large amounts of alkali, also ALKALIN. |
| ALKALIN | • ALKALIN adj. containing an alkali, also ALKALINE. |
| ALKALIS | • alkalis n. Plural of alkali. • ALKALI n. (Arabic) a substance which, dissolved in water, forms a solution containing hydroxyl ions and with a pH of more than 7. |
| JACKALS | • jackals n. Plural of jackal. • jackals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackal. • JACKAL v. to play the jackal, do someone else's dirty work. |
| KALENDS | • kalends n. Alternative spelling of calends. • KALENDS n. (Latin) the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides, also CALENDS. |
| KALIANS | • kalians n. Plural of kalian. • KALIAN n. (Persian) a Persian hookah or water-pipe. |
| KALIMBA | • kalimba n. (Music) A type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira. • KALIMBA n. (Bantu) a musical instrument played with the thumbs, consisting of metal strips along a small hollow piece of wood. |
| KALIPHS | • kaliphs n. Plural of kaliph. • KALIPH n. (Arabic) an Eastern ruler, also CALIF, CALIPH, KALIF, KHALIF. |
| KALIUMS | • KALIUM n. an old name for potassium. |
| KALMIAS | • kalmias n. Plural of kalmia. • KALMIA n. (Swedish) a genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. |
| KALONGS | • kalongs n. Plural of kalong. • KALONG n. (Malay) a fruit-eating bat. |
| KALOOKI | • kalooki n. (Card games) A form of contract rummy, popular in Jamaica. • KALOOKI n. a card game similar to rummy, using two packs of cards and two jokers, also KALOOKIE, KALUKI. |
| KALPACS | • KALPAC n. (Turkish) a triangular Turkish or Tatar felt cap, also CALPAC, CALPACK, KALPAK. |
| KALPAKS | • kalpaks n. Plural of kalpak. • KALPAK n. (Turkish) a triangular Turkish or Tatar felt cap, also CALPAC, CALPACK, KALPAC. |
| KALUKIS | • KALUKI n. a card game similar to rummy, using two packs of cards and two jokers, also KALOOKI, KALOOKIE. |
| MISKALS | • miskals n. Plural of miskal. • MISKAL n. (Arabic) an Oriental unit of weight. |
| SEAKALE | • seakale n. Alternative form of sea kale. • sea␣kale n. Crambe maritima, a halophytic perennial plant that grows wild along the coasts of Europe. • SEAKALE n. a kind of maritime cabbage. |
| SERKALI | • SERKALI n. (Swahili) in Africa, the Government. |
| SKALDIC | • skaldic adj. Of or relating to the skalds (Norse poets). • SKALDIC adj. pertaining to an ancient Scandinavian poet, also SCALDIC. |