K

In Praise of K Names and Words. Take a sack full and run!  Or, add some . . .  

I. Proper K: People, Places, Products, Texts.

Kabbalah/Kabala
Kabul
Kaddish
Kafka
Kahn
Kahlil
Kahlua
Kaiser
Kalahari
Kalamazoo
Kalashnikov
Kali
Kaluga
Kamchatka
Kanawha
Kandahar
Kandinsky
Kansas
Kant
Kaplan
Karachi
Karbala/Kerbala
Karen
Karl
Karloff
Karnak
Karpov
Kashi
Kashmir
Kaspar
Kasparov
Kassite
Katari
Kate
Katherine
Kathleen
Katmandu
Kaufman
Kava Coffee ("Kava-Kava!")
Keitel
Kay(e)
Kazakhstan
Kean(e)
Keaton
Keats
Keebler
Keech
Kegel
Keith
Kellogg
Keller
Kelly
Kelvin
Kemal
Kemp
Kendall
Kennedy
Kennebunkport
Kenny
Kenosha
Kensington
Kent
Kentucky
Kenya
Keokuk
Kepler
Kerensky
Kern
Kerouac
Kerr
Kerry
Kesey
Keurig/K-Cups
Kevlar
Kevorkian
Kew
Key(e)
Keynes
KGB (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti)
Khartoum
Khmer
Khomeini
Kibbles 'n Bits
Kindle
Kierkegaard
Kiev
Kilimanjaro
Kirchner
Kitchener
Krebs
Kruschev
Khyber Pass
Kickapoo
Kikkoman
Kilkenny
Kilroy
Kimmel
Kinks
Kir
Kirgizstan
Kirk
Kikuk
Kirlian (photography)
Kiwanis
Klamath
Klaus
Klee
Kleenex
Kleopatra
Klimt
Klinefelter
Klingon
Klink
Klondike
Knesset
Knicker
Knickerbock(er)
Knicks
Knoxville
Koala
Kobe
Kobenhavn
Koch
Kodak
Kodiak
Koestler
Kohl's
Koinonia
Komodo
Kong
Konrad
Konstantin
Kon-Tiki
Kookaburra
Kool-Aid
Koran
Korda
Korea
Korinthos
Korsakov
Kosciuszko
Kosovo
Kotex
Kraft
Kraftwerk
Krakatoa
Krakow
Krasner
Kremlin
Krishna
Kris
Kris(s) Kringle
Kristen (and variants)
Kuala Lumpur
Kübelwagen
Kublai Kahn
Kubrick
Kuhn
Kurd
Kurdistan
Kursk
Kurt
Kush
Kutuzov
Kuwait
Kwai
Kwame
Kyle
Kyoto
Kyrgyzstan
K-Ration
Special K

II. K in General Terms.

Kabob/Kebob
Kabuki
Kakistocracy
Kale
Kaleidoscope
Kalian
Kaliph
Kamikaze
Kangaroo
Kanzu
Kappa
Kaput
Karaoke
Karate
Karma/Kharma
Kasbah
Katabolic
Katana
Katydid
Katzenjammer
Kava
Kayak
Kazoo
Keckling
Kecklish
Keel over
Keelboat
Keen
Keep
Keister
Keg
Keloid
Kelp
Kemp
Ken
Keno
Kepi
Kerb
Kerchief
Kernel
Kerosene
Ketchup
Kettle
Kettledrum
Key
Keynote (key + etc.)
Khaki
Khalif
Khedive
Kibbeh/kibbe
Kibbutz
Kibitzer
Kibosh
Kick
Kickback (kick + etc.)
Kid
Kidney
Kielbasa
Kilo
Kilowatt (kilo + etc.)
Killjoy
Kiln
Kilt
Kimbo (arms akimbo)
Kimono
Kind
Kindergarten
Kindle
Kindred
Kinematic
Kinescope
Kinetic
King
Kingpin (king + etc.)
Kink/kinky
Kiosk
Kip
Kipper
Kirk
Kirsch
Kirtle
Kismet
Kiss
Kit & Kaboodle
Kite
Kitchen
Kitsch
Kith & Kin
Kitten
Kiva
Kiwi
Klatch/Klatsch
Klavier
Klaxon
Kleptocracy
Kleptomaniac
Klick
Klieg light
Kludge
Klutz
Knack
Knackered
Knackwurst
Knap
Knapsack
Knave
Knead
Knee
Kneel
Knell
Knicker
Knicknack
Knife/dirk/kirpan
Knight
Knish
Knit
Knob
Knock
Knoll
Knot/Knotty
Know
Knowledge
Knuckle
Knurl
KO/knockout
Kommissar
Koan
Kola
Kook
Kopeck/Kopek
Korma
Koruna
Kosher
Kraal
Kraken
Kremlin (generic)
Krieg
Krill
Kroner
Kryptonite
Kudos
Kudzu
Kulak
Kumara
Kvetch

III. "Uncool K" list.

Khmer Rouge
Kidnap
Kill
Ku Klux Klan

Today's Rune: Strength.