| Kaddish |
an ancient Jewish prayer recited during the daily service. [2 definitions] |
| kadi |
variant of cadi. |
| kaffee klatsch |
see "coffee klatsch." |
| kaffir |
(derogatory) in South Africa, a black person. |
| kaffiyeh |
a cloth headdress that is draped over the head and held with a cord wound around the head, worn by Arabs for protection from dust and heat. |
| kaftan |
variant of caftan. |
| Kailash |
a large mountain in the Himalayas that is considered sacred in a number of religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. In Hinduism, Kailash is believed to be the home of Shiva. |
| kaiser |
an emperor of Germany from 1871 to 1918. |
| kaiser roll |
a large baked roll with a hard crust, used for sandwiches. |
| Kalahari |
a desert of southern Africa occupying a large area of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa (prec. by "the"). |
| Kalahari Desert |
an arid and sandy region of southern Africa occupying a large area of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa. |
| kale |
a variety of the cabbage plant having loose wrinkled and curled leaves, or the leaves of this plant used as a vegetable. |
| kaleidoscope |
a rotating tube in which changing symmetrical forms are created by the reflection, in mirrors set at angles to each other, of small bits of colored class moving in a chamber at one end of the tube. [2 definitions] |
| kalends |
variant of calends. |
| Kali |
a Hindu goddess of life and death. |
| Kalmuck |
a member of a Buddhist Mongol tribe of northwestern China and the lower Volga River region. [2 definitions] |
| kalsomine |
see "calcimine." |
| Kamasutra |
an ancient Hindu manual of sexual love. |
| kami |
in the Shinto religion of Japan, a divine being or force. |
| kamikaze |
in the Japanese armed forces during World War II, a pilot whose mission was to crash his airplane against the target as a suicide bomb. |
| Kampala |
the capital of Uganda. |