| kabala |
see "cabala." |
| kabob |
(usu. pl.) small pieces of meat, sometimes interspersed with vegetables, cooked by roasting on a skewer; shish kebab. |
| kabuki |
a form of Japanese popular drama using male actors for both male and female roles, and with highly stylized acting, music, and dancing. |
| Kabul |
the capital of Afghanistan. |
| kachina |
among the Hopi Indians, any of various minor deities or ancestral spirits, or a doll, dancer, or dancer's mask representing such a spirit. |
| 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] |