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kettle hole |
Noun
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in geology, a hollow -- typically filled by a lake -- that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits |
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kidney stone |
Noun
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a calculus formed in the kidney |
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knoll |
Noun
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a small natural hill |
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kopje |
Noun
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a small hill rising up from the African veld |
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koppie |
Noun
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a small hill rising up from the African veld |
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kelpy |
Noun
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in Scottish folklore, a water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders |
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kike |
Noun
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term for a Jew |
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Kraut |
Noun
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offensive term for a person of German descent |
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Krauthead |
Noun
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an offensive term for a person of German descent |
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kaliph |
Noun
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the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth |
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kalif |
Noun
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the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth |
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khalif |
Noun
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the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth |
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khalifah |
Noun
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the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth |
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kabbalist |
Noun
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an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters |
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keeper |
Noun
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something that should be kept |
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keeper |
Noun
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a person having charge of buildings or grounds or animals |
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keeper |
Noun
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a person in charge of other people |
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knucklehead |
Noun
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a stupid person |
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know nothing |
Noun
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an ignorant person |
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kissing cousin |
Noun
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a more or less distant relative |
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kissing kin |
Noun
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a more or less distant relative |
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kitchen help |
Noun
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help hired to work in the kitchen |
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kitchen police |
Noun
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work that enlisted personnel perform to support the kitchen staff |
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KP duty |
Noun
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work that enlisted personnel perform to support the kitchen staff |
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kitchen patrol |
Noun
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work that enlisted personnel perform to support the kitchen staff |
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kleptomaniac |
Noun
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someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive |
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klepto |
Noun
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someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive |
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klutz |
Noun
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from Yiddish, a clumsy dolt |
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knacker |
Noun
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someone who buys up old horses for slaughter |
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knacker |
Noun
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someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them |
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knight bachelor |
Noun
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a knight of the lowest order, often awarded for public service |
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Knight Bachelor |
Noun
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a knight of the lowest order, often awarded for public service |
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knight banneret |
Noun
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a knight honored for valor |
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knight-errant |
Noun
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a medieval wandering knight traveling in search of adventure |
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knitter |
Noun
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someone who makes garments or fabrics by intertwining yarn or thread |
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knower |
Noun
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a person who knows or apprehends |
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know-it-all |
Noun
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someone who thinks they know everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others |
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know-all |
Noun
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someone who thinks they know everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others |
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kolkhoznik |
Noun
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a member of a kolkhoz |
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kook |
Noun
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someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group |
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kaffir |
Noun
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an offensive and insulting term for any Black African |
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kaffir |
Noun
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important for human and animal food |
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kafir |
Noun
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an insulting term for any Black African |
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kerb crawler |
Noun
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someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women |
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keyboardist |
Noun
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a musician who plays a keyboard instrument |
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kibbutznik |
Noun
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a member of a kibbutz |
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kibitzer |
Noun
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from Yiddish, a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others |
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kicker |
Noun
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a player who kicks a football |
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kiddy |
Noun
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a young child |
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kidnapper |
Noun
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someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim, usually for ransom |