Nouns Beginning with the Letter "k"

Find the words in the word search puzzle below, that run diagonally and horizontally throughout the grid. Each search word is a noun that begins with the letter "k". No proper nouns are used. To read definitions of the less common words used in the puzzle, scroll below the grid.

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Below are definitions to seventeen of the less common "k" nouns used in the puzzle above:

• kagu: A large flightless bird, native to the island of New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific.
• kaiten: A conveyor belt used to display food to diners in some Japanese restaurants.
• kaka: A parrot, native to New Zealand; it has greenish brown feathers and a long gray beak.
• kame: A ridge of loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks, oftentimes by a melting glacier.
• kana: Either of two systems of symbols representing syllables, used in Japanese writings.
• kaolin: A fine white clay used in the manufacture of ceramics, porcelain, and in medicines as an absorbent substance. (Derives from a French form of a Chinese word meaning "high hill".)
• kapok: A silky fine fiber, which grows around the seeds of a tropical tree, used as stuffing and padding material for cushions, soft toys, and et cetera.
• kappa: The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, represented in the English alphabet as "k".
• kauri: 1. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood. Synonyms: Agathis australis, kaury. 2. A strong light-colored wood distinguished by fine speckling, used in boat making, cabinetry and carvings. 3. Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum. Synonyms: kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin.
• kava: 1. An herbal medicine made from the dried roots and rhizome of a bush of the pepper family. Used to relieve anxiety and improve sleep. 2. An alcoholic drink made from the roots of a bush of the pepper family. (Sometimes called kavakava.) 3. A Polynesian bush of the pepper family whose root and rhizome are the source of kava.
• kepi: A French military hat with a circular flat top and a visor. Synonyms: peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap.
• kerf: A cut made by an ax, saw, or other cutting tool.
• kersey: A smooth woolen cloth.
• kestrel: 1. A small North American falcon. Synonyms: American kestrel, Falco sparverius, sparrow hawk. 2. A small Old World falcon that hovers before swooping on its prey of small mammals.
• kibitka: 1. In Russia, a covered sled or wagon. 2. A felt tent used by the Tatars. 3. A family of Tatars.
• kine: 1. Domesticated bovine animals as a group, regardless of gender or age. 2. A plural noun meaning cows or cattle.
• kirk: A Scottish church.

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