koakt-ar: (tr.) to constrain, coerce, oblige, compel, force (N.B. this refers especially to moral; social, intellectual compulsion, rather than physical force; cf. forco, forsar); respekto, gratitudo, autoritato koaktas me silencar: respect, gratitude, authority compel me to be silent; ne koatkez il: do not use compulsion with him; vivo esas perpeuta koakto: life is a perpetual constraint; -anta, -iva povo: coactive, coercive power; koakto-kamizolo: strait-jacket. — F
koal-o: (2001) (bio.) koala: Australian arboreal marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus). — DEFIRS
koalis-ar: (intr.) to form a coalition (kun); -o, -uro: coalition: union of persons, parties or states. — DEFIRS
koaltar-o: coal tar: tar made from coal. — EF
kobalt-o: (min.) cobalt. — DEFIRS
kobay-o: (zool.) guinea-pig (Cavia cobaya). — FS
kobe-o: (bot.) cobaea (Cobaea). — DEFIRS
kobold-o: koblod: imp, hobglobin, familiar spirit or brownie, puck, sprite. — DEF
kobra-o*: (zool.) cobra.
kochenil-o: (insect and dye) cochineal. — DEFIRS
kocig-o: (anat.) coccyx.
kocinel-o: (ent.) coccinella: ladybird, ladybug. — EFIS
kodein-o: (2001) codeine. — DEFIRS
kodex-o: (legal, signal, etc.) code, codex; -o farmaci-ala: pharmacopoeia, dispensatory; -igar: to codify. — DEFIRS
kodicil-o: (jur.) codicil. — DEFIRS
koeficient-o: (alg.) coefficient. — DEFIRS
koercitiv-a: (elec.) coercitive.
kofi-o: bonnet, cap, coil (such as worn only by country women). — EFS
kofr-o: trunk, coffer, chest; (cf. kesto); -eto: small trunk, portemanteau. — DEFIRS
kognat-o*: cognate: having the same origin (through the female line).
koher-ar: (intr.) to cohere, be coherent; -anta, -ema, -iva: coherent, cohesive, consistent; -ero: coherer (radio). — DEFIS
kohort-o: (hist.) cohort. — DEFIRS
koin-o*: coin, money-piece.
koincid-ar: (intr.) to coincide (kun) (in form, in time). — DEFIS
koit-ar: (tr.) to perform the sexual act (cf. kopulac-ar).
kok-o: coke. — DEFIS
koka-o: (bot.) coca (Erythroxylum coca). — DEFIRS
kokain-o: cocaine. — DEFIRS
kokard-o: cockade. — DEFIRS
koket-a: coquettish; -ino: coquette; -ulo: coxcomb, beau; -esar: to be c.; -igar: to coquet with, flirt with. — DEFIRS
kokle-o: (anat.) cochlea. — EFIS
koklush-o: (med.) whooping-cough. — FR
kokon-o: cocoon; -ifar: to spin, form c.s. — DEFR
kokos-o: cocoa-nut; -iero: c.n. tree; -lakto: c.n. milk. — DEFIRS
kol-o: (anat. and fig.) neck; -ala: relating to n., cervical; -umo: collar of shirt or garment); -umo rigida: stiff c.; -umo stac-anta: standing c.; -umo jac-anta: turn-down collar; -o-peco: neck-piece (butchery); -o-parto: neck part (of clothes); -lig-ilo: tie; -luko: neck-cloth, neckerchief; -o di veziko: n. of the bladder; -o di botelo: n. of a bottle. — FIS
kola-o: (bot.) cola (tree) (cola acuminata).
kolacion-ar: (tr.) to collate: compare two writings; to assemble and verify the sheets of a book for binding. — DEFI
kolagen-o: (2001) collagen. — DEFIRS
kola-nuc-o: kola nut; -iero: k. tree (Cola acuminata). — DEFI
kolaps-ar*: (intr.) to collapse, fall from exhaustion.
kolaret-o: collarret (of cambric, lace, etc, for women and children). — DEFI
kolateral-a, -o: (geneal., jur.) colateral; -a parenti: c. relations. — DEFIS
kolchik-o : (bot.) colchicum (genus: Colchicum). — EFIS
kold-a: (pr. and fig.) cold, frigid, cool: -eso: coldness; -igar: to make cold, to cool; -a balno: c. bath; la supo koldeskas: the soup is becoming c.; homo di kolda karaktero: (fig.) a man of phlegmatic, or cold character; -a mento: a cool mind; traktar amiko kolde: to treat a friend coldly. Ant.: varma — DE
koldkrem-o: coldcream. — DEFIRS
koleg-o: colleague. — DEFIRS
kolegl-o: (all senses) college; -ano: collegian. — DEFIRS
kolekt-ar: (tr.) to collect (books, plants, etc.); to gather (of persons, objects, matter, into a mass); -ala, -iva: collective. — DEFIRS
kolektiv-ismo: (sociol.) collectivism; -isto: collectivist. — DEFIS
kolektor-o: (tech.) collector: part of a commutator.
koleopter-o: (ent. genus) coleopter, beetle. — DEFISL