kümmel
n.
5Ger, caraway OHG kumil, kumin L cuminum: see CUMIN6 a colorless liqueur flavored with caraway seeds, anise, cumin, etc.

I have always disliked the taste of caraway seed. My father would not have bread iwith caraway seed
In the house. I suspected, but dared not ask, that he had once found what looked like caraway seed was
Actually mouse droppings.


kunzite
n.
5after G. F. Kunz (1856-1932), U.S. gem expert + 3ITE16 a transparent variety of spodumene, occurring in lilac crystals, used as a gem


kayak
n.
5Esk6
1 an Eskimo canoe made of skins completely covering a wooden frame except for an opening in the middle for the paddler
The spelling bee has it spelled "kayack" , which is not often used. It would really be a shitty trick to call
Contestant in error if he left out the "c".


kylix
n.,
pl. ky[li[kes 7kj4li kcz#, kil4i38 5Gr kylix IE base *(s)kel3, cup > L calix6 a lavishly decorated, ancient Greek two-handled drinking cup with a stem and a wide, shallow bowl: also cylix


kylin
n. (in Chinese art) a mythical
animal of composite form.
[from Chinese ch'i-lin, literally:
male-female]