kabob
Kahlúa (trademark; use “coffee liqueur”)
Kalamata olive
karat (gold)
keeping room (n)
keeping-room (adj)
keiretsu (Japanese style)
Kelly green
ketchup (not “catsup”)
Key lime pie
kilim
kimchi
king-size
kir
Kisses (trademarked) milk chocolates, milk chocolates with almonds, milk chocolates with caramel
Kitchen Bouquet (trademarked)
Kitchener stitch (n)
Kitchener-stitch (v)
kitchenware
kiwi(s)
Kmart
knee wall
knickknack
knife rack
knit (past tense v)
knitted (adj)
knock out (v)
knockout (n, adj)
knockwurst
knotty pine (n, adj)
kolache, kolaches
Komen Race for the Cure
Kool-Aid (trademarked; use “powdered drink mix”)
koozie
kraft paper
krumkake (singular); krumkaker (plural)
kudos
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