Words that start with K
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. kite
A. A country with a king as head of state
2. kansas
B. A republic in eastern Africa
3. keyboard
C. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful
4. kidney
D. The act of terminating a life
5. kitchen
E. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front
6. kitten
F. A state in east central United States
7. knowledge
G. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
8. korea
H. The act of delivering a blow with the foot
9. kill
I. Room where food is cooked
10. keys
J. A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
11. keep
K. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them
12. kenya
L. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins
13. knee
M. The financial means whereby one lives
14. knob
N. A member of the Siouan people of the ___ river valley in ___ (plural)
15. knoxville
O. A circular rounded projection or protuberance
16. kentucky
P. A complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
17. kick
Q. A touch with the lips
18. kaleidoscope
R. One thousand grams
19. kangaroo
S. An Asian peninsula separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan
20. kayak
T. Metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's (plural)
21. kilogram
U. Set of keys you type on or play like a piano
22. kingdom
V. Young domestic cat
23. kiss
W. A tight cluster of people or things
24. knot
X. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper