English Words Starting With K

• koji

  nounLow
  /ˈkəʊdʒi/A starter culture, typically the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in East Asian food fermentation to produce soy sauce, miso, sake, and other products.
• kok-saghyz

  nounVery low (technical/scientific/historical)
  /ˌkɒk ˈsɑːɡɪz/A perennial herbaceous plant (Taraxacum kok-saghyz), native to Central Asia, cultivated as a source of natural rubber.
• kokako

  nounC2
  /ˈkəʊkəkəʊ/A rare, large forest bird endemic to New Zealand, with distinctive blue-grey plumage, a black facial mask, and a notable, haunting song.
• kokand

  nounVery Low
  /kəʊˈkænd/A city in Uzbekistan, historically an important center on the Silk Road and the capital of the Kokand Khanate.
• kokanee

  nounLow (Specialist/Biological)
  /ˈkəʊkəniː/A landlocked, freshwater form of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) found in certain lakes, especially in western North America.
• kokiri

  nounVery low
  /kɒˈkɪə.ri/A proper noun from the fictional video game franchise The Legend of Zelda, referring to a race of eternal children who live in Kokiri Forest.
• kokkola

  nounVery Low
  /ˈkɒk.ə.lɑː/A city and municipality in Finland.
• koko

  nounLow
  /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/A reduced form of 'cocoa', a tropical seed used to make chocolate and cocoa powder; also, a slang term for the drug cocaine.
• koko nor

  nounVery Low (C2/Proficiency)
  /ˌkəʊkəʊ ˈnɔː/The historical name for a large saline lake on the Tibetan Plateau, now more commonly known as Qinghai Lake.
• kokomo

  nounC2
  /ˈkəʊ.kə.məʊ/A proper noun referring primarily to a city in Indiana, USA, or the title of a famous song.
• kokopu

  nounVery Low
  /ˈkɒkəpuː/A freshwater fish native to New Zealand, belonging to the genus Galaxias.
• kokoschka

  nounVery Low
  /kəˈkɒʃkə/A surname of Austrian origin, most famously associated with the expressionist painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka.
• kokowai

  nounVery Low
  /ˈkɒkəʊˌwaɪ/A noun referring to a traditional Māori pigment, also known as red ochre, made from iron oxide-rich clay, used for painting canoes, buildings, and for personal adornment.
• koku

  nounC1/C2 (Very Low)
  /ˈkəʊkuː/A traditional Japanese unit of volume, historically used to measure rice.
• kokura

  nounVery low
  /kəʊˈkʊərə/A district in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, historically a castle town and a major industrial center.
• kol nidre

  nounLow
  /ˌkɒl ˈnɪdreɪ/A Jewish liturgical formula and prayer recited at the beginning of Yom Kippur, which annuls vows made to God.
• kola

  nounLow
  /ˈkəʊ.lə/A tropical tree native to West Africa, or its nut, which contains caffeine and theobromine and is used as a flavoring agent.
• kola nut

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈkəʊlə ˌnʌt/The seed of the kola tree, native to tropical Africa, containing caffeine.
• kola peninsula

  nounLow
  /ˈkəʊlə pəˈnɪnsjʊlə/A large peninsula in northwestern Russia, located in the Murmansk Oblast, bordered by the Barents Sea to the north and the White Sea to the east and southeast.
• kolacky

  nounLow
  A sweet pastry, often filled with fruit or jam.

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