kapok
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
kapok
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
kappa
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
Kapsiki
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
kapuka
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
kaput
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
karabiner
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
karachi
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan
Karaites
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
Karakalpak
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak
Karakalpak
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a member of a Turkic people living near Lake Aral in central Asia
karakoram
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
karakul
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
karaoke
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
karat
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
karate
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
karaya gum
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics
karbala
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
Karel Capek
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938)
Karelia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea