Words that Start with K

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Interesting notes about the letter K:

The letter K is the eleventh letter of the English alphabet; it is a consonant.
It makes one general sound – \ k \ as in kingdom and lack.
It is often silent when followed by the letter n, as in know.
The Phoenicians called it Kaph, the palm of the hand. The Greeks called it kappa, and the Romans used it as K.

The following are a couple of examples of words starting with K.

Kinkajou: arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
- The little brown kinkajou seemed more like a small bear than a monkey.
Koala: sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
- During the fires in Australia, a picture of a fireman giving water to a koala bear was all over the Internet.
Katydid: large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
- When we were out camping, we heard dozens of katydids.

Kindergarten: a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
- Moms always cry when their children start kindergarten.
Kingdom: the domain ruled by a king or queen
- My little sisters have their own kingdom in their room, which is ruled by Queen Barbie.
Kraal: a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
- The kids were not allowed to wander too far outside of the kraal.

Knackered: very tired
- The two toddlers are knackered from all their playing this morning.
Keen: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- The detective showed how keen he was when he solved the mystery.
Kind: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
- The kind boy helped his grandmother serve dinner before eating.

Kooky: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- His plan on how to make the video is rather kooky but also interesting.
Kludgy: sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant
- It was ovios that she was making up the kludgy ideas on the spot.

Khaki: of a yellowish brown color
- There auditorium was an ocean of khaki with all the uniformed men.
Kitsch: Said especially of art and decor that is considered to be of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
- He thought that all the gold decorations were kitsch, but she liked them.
Kaleidoscopic: continually shifting or rapidly changing
- The kaleidoscopic lights were coming from the candle lights shining through the staned glass.

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