| kudos | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: congratulations, extolment, praise |
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| kudu | (noun) either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush | Synonyms: koodoo, koudou |
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| kudzu | (noun) fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States | Synonyms: kudzu vine, Pueraria lobata |
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| kumis | (noun) an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia | Synonyms: koumiss |
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| kummel | (noun) liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin | - |
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| kumquat | (noun) small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp | - |
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| (noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: cumquat, kumquat tree |
| kunzite | (noun) a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone | - |
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| kurakkan | (noun) East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient | Synonyms: African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana, finger millet, ragee, ragi |
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| kurchee | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchi |
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| kurchi | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee |
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| kurrajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, currajong |
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| kurrat | (noun) coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized | Synonyms: Allium ampeloprasum, Levant garlic, wild leek |
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| kurta | (noun) a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) | - |
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| kuru | (noun) a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned | - |
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| kurus | (noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: piaster, piastre |
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| kutch | (noun) tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas | Synonyms: cutch |
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| kuvasz | (noun) long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog | - |
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