Grandiloquent Dictionary

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kaffiyeh - ( )

  The cloth head gear worn by many palestinians

kainophobia - ( )

  See cainophobia

kainotophobia - ( )

  See cainophobia

kakidrosiphobia - ( )

  A fear of body odour or sweat

kakistocracy - ( )

  Rulership by the worst leader

kakorrhaphiophobia - ( )

  A fear of failure

kalling - ( )

  Fortunetelling based on what variety of cabbage a blindfolded person picks

kalogram - ( )

  A monogram which uses the persons full name

kalology - ( )

  The study of beauty

kalopsia - ( )

  The delusion that things are more beautiful than they really are

kamalayka - ( )

  A shirt made of seal guts

kantele - ( )

  A five stringed harp from Finland

karao - ( )

  The marriage of a widow to her brother-in-law

katagelophobia - ( )

  See catagelophobia

kathenotheism - ( )

  The belief that there are multiple gods with a single leader

kathisophobia - ( )

  See cathisophobia

keb - ( )

  An ewe which has aborted its lamb

kebbie - ( )

  A Scottish walking stick or cudgel

keedug - ( )

  A raincoat made out of an old sack

keelivine - ( )

  A pencil which uses lead

kenophobia - ( )

  The fear of open spaces

kepi - ( )

  The hat worn by members of the french foreign legion

keraunophobia - ( )

  The fear of thunderbolts (lightning or thunder and lightning)

keraunoscopia - ( )

  Divination using thunder

kerdomeletia - ( )

  An excessive desire for material wealth

kerf - ( )

  The initial cut made in a piece of wood that is used to guide the saw blade

kevel - ( )

  To paw the ground and toss one's head like a bull

kinesipathy - ( )

  The practice of treating illness with exercise

kinesophobia - ( )

  A fear of motion or movement

kirkbuzzer - ( )

  One who robs churches

kiyoodle - ( )

  A mangy, worthless dog

klebenleiben - ( )

  A pathological reluctance to stop talking about a given subject

klebenleiben - ( )

  The reluctance to stop talking about a certain subject

knissomancy - ( )

  Divination using burning incense

koimetrophobia - ( )

  A fear of cemeteries

koinoniphobia - ( )

  A fear of a room full of people

koniophobia - ( )

  A fear of dust

kopophobia - ( )

  A fear of being mentally or physically exhausted

korophilia - ( )

  Being attracted to young men or boys

kosmokrator - ( )

  The ruler of the world

krobylos - ( )

  A tuft of hair on top of one's head

krukolibidinous - ( )

  The act of staring at someone's crotch

kurveyor - ( )

  A travelling merchant who sells dry goods from a cart

kymatology - ( )

  The study of waves

kymophobia - ( )

  See cymophobia

kynophobia - ( )

  See cynophobia

kyphophobia - ( )

  The fear of stooping

kyphorrhinos - ( )

  Having a nose with a bump in it

kyphotic - ( )

  Hump-backed