Words starting with Q

48 words.

• qanat An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to vil
• qobar A dry fog or dry haze, chiefly of the upper Nile but rarely also elsewhere, which has a brownish-yel
• quademic A concurrent surge in cases of four different diseases or pathologies.
• quadragene An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various
• quadral Referring to four (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quadral grammatical number.
• quadrat A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
• quadriga A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
• quadrilogue A discourse or colloquy by four people.
• quadrireme A galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
• quaere To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
• quaestor An ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
• quaich A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to
• quaintrelle A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
• qualtagh The first person one encounters, either after leaving one's home or (sometimes) outside one's home,
• quaquaversal Going off in all directions from the center.
• quartan A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
• quartern A quarter part; one fourth.
• quatsch Nonsense, rubbish, foolish speech or writing.
• quattuorvir A member of a quattuorvirate; one of four people associated in some office.
• queme To please, to satisfy.
• querciform Resembling an oak: in particular, resembling the (lobed) leaf of an oak.
• querist A person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a questioner.
• querl To twirl; turn or wind around; coil.
• quern A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
• quiddity The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
• quiddle To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
• quietus A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
• quillon Either of the two arms of a crossguard.
• quinch To twitch, as if in pain; flinch, wince.
• quindecennalia The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 15th year of rul
• quine A program that produces its own source code as output.
• quinquefid Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments.
• quinquennium A period of five years.
• quinquereme An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an
• quintain An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, o
• quintate The set of the series of integers that occur between a multiple of five and the next (exclusive of t
• quipu A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.
• quirkyalone Someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefer
• quirl To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up).
• quirt A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
• quisquous Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.
• quist The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
• quitch To shake (something); to stir, move.
• quitclaim To relinquish or release (a claim, title, etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).
• quittance A release or acquittal.
• quitter Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
• quoiromantic Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.
• quotidian A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.