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- JERKA sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- JESTEROne who jests, jokes or teases.
- JINGLEThe sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
- JOCKEYOne who rides racehorses competitively.
- JOCKTELEGA folding knife.
- JOKEAn amusing story.
- JOKERA person who makes jokes.
- JOTUNA member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.
- JOUKTo evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
- JOUNCETo shake (someone or something) up and down, for example, by driving a vehicle over obstructions or riding a horse roughly; to jolt.
- JOWLThe jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
- JUDGEABLECapable of being judged.
- JUDGEROne who, or that which, judges.
- JUICYHaving lots of juice.
- JUMBLETo mix or confuse.
- JUMPTo propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- JUNKERA young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
- JURISTIClegal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence
- KABELJOUA type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus.
- KAFFIRIn Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim.
- KAINITEAn evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO4·KCl·3H2O, found in German salt mines.
- KAIROMONEAny substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer.
- KALMIAAny plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.
- KAMEA round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.
- KAMERADTo surrender, as a German in World War II.
- KASHAA porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
- KASHERTo render kosher. (of meat) to remove excess blood from by washing and salting
- KAYLESThe game of skittles or ninepins.
- KEECHA mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
- KEELA large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- KEELEROne who works on a barge or keel.
- KEELHAULTo punish by dragging under the keel of a ship with the intent of causing painful injuries.
- KEELSONA longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness.
- KEENLYIn a keen manner.
- KEEPABLEThat can be kept or is worth keeping.
- KEEPEROne who keeps (retains) something.
- KEGLERA ten-pin bowling player or enthusiast.
- KEISTERThe anus or buttocks.
- KELPAny of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
- KEMBObsolete form of comb.
- KEPTsimple past and past participle of keep
- KERNA corn; grain; kernel.
- KERNELThe core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- KERSEYA type of rough woollen cloth.
- KETCHA fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
- KETTLEA vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- KEVELA strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
- KIAATPterocarpus angolensis (African teak).
- KIBITZTo make small talk or idle chatter.
- KIERA bleaching vat.
- KIESELGUHRDiatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
- KILLEROne who or that which kills.
- KILLINGThat literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
- KILTERChiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
- KINDA type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- KINDLETo start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
- KINDLYHaving a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
- KINEplural of cow
- KINGDOMA realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- KINGFISHERAny of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish. common k
- KINGHOODThe quality or state of being a king.
- KINGLYOf or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
- KIPPERA split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
- KIRSCHA clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.
- KITCHENERA kitchen servant; a cook.
- KITEA bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- KITHETo make known; to reveal.
- KITLINGAny young animal; cub, whelp, kit.
- KITSCHArt, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
- KLANGAny periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).
- KLAPTo strike; to smack.
- KLATCHAn informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.
- KLIPDASA small mammal (Hyrax capensis), found in South Africa, that closely resembles the daman.
- KLISTERA soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.
- KLOOFA deep glen or ravine.
- KLUDGEAn improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
- KLUGESomething that should not work, but does.
- KLUTZA clumsy or stupid person.
- KNAGA short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
- KNAIDELA type of dumpling made of matzo eaten by Ashkenazi Jews during Passover.
- KNAPTo break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap. To break away flakes from (a brittle materia
- KNARA knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.
- KNAVEA boy; especially, a boy servant.
- KNAVISHHaving the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
- KNAWELA low, spreading weed of the genus Scleranthus, especially Scleranthus annuus, common in sandy soil. Scleranthus biflorus
- KNEADEROne who kneads.
- KNEELTo rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- KNEELERA person who kneels.
- KNEIDLACHmatzo balls
- KNIGHTA young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
- KNIGHTLYOf or pertaining to a knight or knights.
- KNITTo turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- KNITCHA small bundle.
- KNITTERA person or a machine that knits.
- KNOBA rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- KNOBBLEA small knob.
- KNOLLA small mound or rounded hill.
- KNOPA knob, usually ornamental
- KNOSPAlternative form of knop (“a knob”).
- KNOUTA leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.