| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| keel | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| keen (of senses) | None | 1 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| kerosene | a flammable hydrocarbon oil usually obtained by distillation of petroleum and used as a fuel, solvent, and thinner (Merriam-Webster) | 11 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| key (of a door) | 5 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| keystone | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| khash | South Caucasian dish of boiled cow or sheep parts, which might include the head, feet, and stomach | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kidney | NEW: one of a pair of vertebrate organs that excrete metabolic waste and regulate body fluids by producing urine; in humans, bean-shaped organs located in the posterior abdominal cavity | 4 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| kilogram | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| kind (n.) | NEW: a specific or recognized variety | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kind, good-hearted | 3 | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kindergarten | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| king (a playing card) | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| king (chess) | None | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| king's counselor | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| kinkajou | Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kinship | NEW: the quality or state of being kin; relationship | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kiss | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| kite | bird of prey of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kite (lightweight toy) | lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral, carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines | 1 | 11 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| knee | NEW: a joint in the middle part of the leg forming the articulation between the femur, tibia, and patella | 9 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| knee-cap | flat, roundish bone in the knee | 16 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kneepit | popliteal fossa, a shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| knife | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| knight (chess) | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| knot | NEW: an interlacement of the parts of one or more flexible bodies forming a lump or knob (as for fastening or tying together) | 11 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| knowledge | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| koala | tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| kshatriya | member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste | 1 | Show shifts | Show map |