English words starting with kas

Meanings of Kas:

noun

(in ancient egypt) the supposed spiritual part of an individual human being or god, which survived (with the soul) after death and could reside in a statue of the person.

Usage examples:

It was made to provide a dwelling place for the ka of the king after his death

abbreviation

Karnataka.

Meanings of Kasbah:

noun

The citadel of a north african city.

Usage examples:

A town dominated by its ancient kasbah

Meanings of Kasha:

noun

(in russia and poland) porridge made from cooked buckwheat or similar grain.

Usage examples:

Cook kasha in a large skillet for about 4 minutes.

Meanings of Kashmir:

proper noun

A region on the northern border of india and north-eastern pakistan. formerly a state of india, it has been disputed between india and pakistan since partition in 1947, with sporadic outbreaks of fighting. the north-western part is controlled by pakistan, most of it forming the state of azad kashmir, while the remainder is incorporated into the indian state of jammu and kashmir.

Meanings of Kashmiri:

adjective

Relating to kashmir, its people, or their language.

Usage examples:

The kashmiri language has never been the medium of instruction here, except during sheikh abdullah'…

noun

A native or inhabitant of kashmir.

Usage examples:

Now, the lashkar's ranks have just a few pashtuns and even fewer kashmiris.

Meanings of Kashrut:

noun

The body of jewish religious laws concerning the suitability of food, the use of ritual objects, etc.

Usage examples:

For this reason, jewish medical ethics is merely the application of jewish law to medicine, just as…

Meanings of Kashruth:

noun

The body of jewish religious laws concerning the suitability of food, the use of ritual objects, etc.

Usage examples:

For this reason, jewish medical ethics is merely the application of jewish law to medicine, just as…

Meanings of Kashubian:

noun

A native or inhabitant of kashubia, a region of poland west and north-west of gdansk.

Usage examples:

It should also be added that the kashubians have never wanted to separate themselves from poland.

adjective

Relating to kashubia, its people, or their language.

Usage examples:

‘he closed his business, got his wife into the car and drove a great distance across poland to wher…

Meanings of Kasida:

noun

A classical arabic or persian monorhyme poem in uniform metre, consisting of ten or more distichs set in a usually tripartite episodic structure, frequently with a panegyric or elegiac theme.