Tiscali - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Kappa: Monkey-like creatures that live in water and strangle people who invade their territory.

Karkaroff, Igor: Headmaster of the Durmstrang Institute. Knows a lot about the Dark Arts. He is tall and thin with white hair and a goatee.

Keeper: Quidditch player who guards the goalposts.

Kettleburn, Professor: Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts. Retired at the end of Harry's second year.

King's Cross Station: The station in London where the Hogwarts Express leaves from platform nine and three-quarters.

Knight Bus, the: Emergency bus that transports witches and wizards to any destination. Stick out your wand hand to stop the bus. Has no seats, only brass bedsteads.

Knockturn Alley: Street of wizard shops devoted totally to the Dark Arts. Shops include Borgin and Burkes .

Knut: Bronze wizarding money. Twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle.

Krum, Viktor: Seeker for the Bulgarian national Quidditch team. Pupil at the Durmstrang Institute. Dark, with a large curved nose and thick eyebrows; walks duck-footed! and round-shouldered but is in his element on a broomstick.

Kwikspell: Correspondence course in beginner's magic for Squibs (magicians who have little magical powers).