9-Letter Words Starting with K

Kabbalah

Kabeljou

Kaddish

Kaffiyeh

Kailyard

""KAISER an emperor, also KEASAR, KESAR""

Kaiserin

""KAISER an emperor, also KEASAR, KESAR""

Japanese wall-pictures

Kakiemon

Succulent houseplant with long-lasting blooms

Kalewife

Kaleyard

Kalifate

Kallidin

Kalyptra

Kamaaina

Kamacite

K2 summit assaulters, it may seem

W.W. II menaces

Big drinking night, stop #4 (college bar)

""A water-soluble broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 18 H 36 O 11 N 4 , obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus.""

Joey and his parents (wordplay)

They stop when out of bounds

Thick-tailed animals

Kaoliang

Chief constituent of china clay

Clay mineral used in glossy paper

Metal link with a spring clip, used by climbers

KARATE a Japanese art of self-defense

""The coming together and fusing of cell nuclei, as in fertilization.""

""Cells a specialty within cytology that studies the anatomy of cell nuclei with emphasis upon the nature and structure of chromosomes. ; karyologist , ; karyologic, karyological,""

An irregular aggregation of chromatin in the nucleus of a cell not undergoing mitosis.

Karyotin

Cells

Kasher

Kashruth

Of or relating to a cold flow of air traveling downward: a katabatic wind.

Katakana

Katchina

Plural or third person singular

Purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis.catharsis.

Kavakava

Kayaking

Kedgeree

Keelboat

Keelhale

Keelhale

Subjects to old Royal Navy punishment

Carpets university residences, say (wordplay)

Severely rebukes

Pressed flowers, perhaps

Souvenirs, of sorts

Retain bets, with no time for tokens

Keeshond

Red-and-white headdresses for many Saudis

Kennel

Greyhound at home (wordplay)

Kept a dog at home perhaps

Greyhound off track

Kenosis

Kenotron

Pigs of iron used for ballast.

Kephalin

Inflammation of the cornea

Corneal inflammation

Keratoma

KERATOSE resembling horny tissue

Skin condition marked by horny growth

Wart for example, horny growth over one's skin

Pl. keratoses (-s z) Excessive growth of horny tissue of the skin.

Square head scarfs

Knotted scarves

Head covered with king and queen's neckwear

UK reel, triple forte, causing commotion

Noisy disturbance

Confusion, slangily

Kermesse

Kernel

Kernel

Some fuel oils

Some lamp fillers

Oils obtained from petroleum, coal or wood

Kerosine

Sounds of fall (wordplay)

English word

""The formation of ketone bodies, as occurs in diabetes.""

Alternatives to pianos

Position in a rock band

Pianists' black-and-white rows

English word

Orators on July 7th and 14th

Convention V.I.P.'s

Convention speakers

Keynote

They lock the arches

They are central to arches

They hold it all together

Single motion during typing

Clicker's alternative

Typist's tap

Sultry spring winds in Egypt

KHEDIVE a Turkish viceroy

Kibbitz

""KIBBITZ to give unwelcome advice, also KIBITZ""

Kibbitz

Jewish communal agricultural settlements

Israeli settlements

Fifths for bridge (wordplay)

Fifths at bridge

They know everything

Kibitz

Kibosh

Examples of graft in industry.

Bribes of a sort

Payments for favours

Kickball

""A buoyant board used to keep the upper body of a swimmer afloat while allowing free movement of the legs, used chiefly to improve kicking technique or develop leg strength and endurance.""

Fighter getting a leg up (wordplay)

1989 Van Damme film

One who fights with fists and feet

Kickshaw

Hog support (wordplay)

It holds a motorcycle up

Biker's prop

KIDDING kid

Kiddush

Kidnapee

Kidnaper

An act of kidnaping

Youngster drifted off! That's novel!

Taken for ransom

Held for ransom

""-naps , -napping , -napped US -naps , -naping , -naped (tr) to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom [ kid 1 + obsolete nap to steal; see nab ]""

Sleeping goat (wordplay)

Ransom-note writer

Child sent to head as criminal

Brats' cousins

Polish sausages

Mineral in last bit of rock that is found at location containing erbium

A liquid measure of 18 gallons

Like drink? Somehow this should keep you going

Sounds as if one murdered 'er relations with a cask

Killdeer

""Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow. Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.""

KILLING a sudden notable success

Kilobase

Kilobaud

Kilobyte

One thousand periods per second

1,000 hertz, old style

Measure of frequency

English word

Units of weight

Metric units of weight

Metric weights

Frequency of 1,000 cycles per second

What AM radio frequencies are given in

1,000 cycles per second

1,000 watt-seconds

""Abbr. kl A metric unit of volume equal to 1,000 liters (1,056 liquid quarts).""

About five-eighths of a mile

One of about five in a league

Click, so to speak

Kilomole

Units of electric power transmission

Electric units

Units of electrical power

Power of base article in sanctified island

Most good-hearted

Most warm-hearted

Most considerate

Kindling

Pertaining to motions of bodies

Relating to motion

Treating of the motion of bodies in space.

Cathode-ray television tube.

Film version of a TV show.

Early TV medium

Gray flycatchers

Kingbolt

Machiavelli's subject, like corruption, includes its leader

Old art of ruling with Billie Jean's service in court

Kinghood

Most regal, perhaps

Checker stacker (wordplay)

Wielder of political influence

Warwick's nickname

Kingpost

Some monarchies

Kingside

Kingwood

Raccoon relatives

Aspect of Cabaret's cabaret scenes

Aspect of the cabaret scenes in 'Cabaret'

Family repeatedly getting letter revealing abnormality

Perhaps 10 winks stirred old chap

Niece or aunt

Grandmother, for example

Sisters and aunts, for example

Sisters and aunts, e.g

Kipperer

Kipper

Kirigami

Fairs having dishes of sloppy food after an aperitif

Kitten

Playful but not catty yet (wordplay)

Tike hints about being playful

Equipment then is modified, so lively

Small pearl-grey gull

Pool said to revive seabird

Feline heard to rouse bird

An Auckland apple? Not exactly!

Possible trifle ingredient

Green salad ingredient

Klatsch

Klezmer

More clumsy than anyone

Some electron tubes

Beat, to the Beatles

Dog-tired in London

Finished at the yard, exhausted

Chip bags or containers

they go on back

They're thrown over the shoulder

Knapweed

Dishonest doings.

In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.

That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.

Keel shone (anagram)

They're surrounded by drawers

Some office openings

Athlete's foot applications (wordplay)

Legwear with a Fauntleroy suit

Shin-covering footwear

Adjective meaning resembling

It's dark with the monarch around for one in 6 across in the making

Special thing, being welcomed by monarch bestowing honour

Mittens and sweaters

Knobby

Knobbly

Fell - to this bargain price (wordplay)

Criticize pillow filling (wordplay)

Demolish buildings at a very low price

Illegal copies of goods

Cheap copies

Cheap imitations

Typical Tyson triumphs

Count up to ten in the ring for them

Ten second finishes

Much-jointed common weed

Observation posts for Peeping Toms

Flaws in lumber

Tough spots

Most difficult bird to draw on street

Most complex

Most convoluted

Knotting

Knotweed

Knowing

On purpose

Like monarch, accepting present with awareness

Power, so they say

An organised body of information

More than equivalent to force.

Knubby

Knuckler

Knuckly

Knuckle

Knurly

Kolbassi

Kolkhos

Kolkhoz

Komondor

KOOKIE eccentric

Kosher

Koumiss

Koumyss

Kowtower

Toadyism

Kreutzer

Krumhorn

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany another name for elfin forest , woodland [from German krumm bent + Holz wood]""

Old double-reed musical instrument

'twas blown as gloom lifted from hearts ere noon

Kryolite

Kryolith

""Hinduism Energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine until it is activated, as by the practice of yoga, and channeled upward through the chakras in the process of spiritual perfection.""

Kurbash

Kurbash

Australian tree with a fibrous bark

Kvetchy

Kvetch

Kyanise

Kyanize

Kybosh