| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| quarte | noun | A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary’s right breast., Same as 2d Carte. |
| quacha | noun | The quagga. |
| quadra | noun | The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like., A fillet, or listel. |
| quaere | verb imperative. | Inquire; question; see; — used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation. |
| quagga | noun | A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. |
| quaggy | adjective | Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. |
| quahog | noun | Alt. of Quahaug |
| quaigh | noun | Alt. of Quaich |
| quaich | noun | A small shallow cup or drinking vessel. |
| quaily | noun | The upland plover. |
| quaint | adjective | Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily., Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat., Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. |
| quaked | imp. & past participle | of Quake |
| quaker | noun | One who quakes., One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, — the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4., The nankeen bird., The sooty albatross., Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; — so called from the quaking noise made during flight. |
| quandy | noun | The old squaw. |
| quanta | plural | of Quantum |
| quarry | noun | Same as 1st Quarrel., Quadrate; square., A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds., A heap of game killed., The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks., To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy., A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a)., To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. |
| quarto | adjective | Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto., Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size. |
| quartz | noun | A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque. |
| quasje | noun | The brown coati. See Coati. |
| quatch | adjective | Squat; flat. |
| quatre | noun | A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips |
| quaver | verb i. | To tremble; to vibrate; to shake., Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument, To utter with quavers., A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music., An eighth note. See Eighth. |
| queach | noun | A thick, bushy plot; a thicket., To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i. |
| queasy | adjective | Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish., Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish. |
| queest | noun | The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat. |
| queint | adjective | See Quaint., imp. & p. p. of Quench. |
| quench | verb t. | To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; — said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc., To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering., To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. |
| querpo | noun | The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo. |
| querry | noun | A groom; an equerry. |
| quesal | noun | The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus mocinno, formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and Central America. Called also quetzal, and golden trogon. |
| quidam | noun | Somebody; one unknown. |
| quince | noun | The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves., a quince tree or shrub. |
| quinch | verb i. | To stir; to wince. |
| quinia | noun | Quinine. |
| quinic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. |
| quinoa | noun | The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made. |
| quinsy | noun | An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; — called also squinancy, and squinzey. |
| quinze | noun | A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points. |
| quipus | plural | of Quipu |
| quirky | adjective | Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer. |
| quitch | noun | Same as Quitch grass., Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil. |
| quitly | adverb | Quite. |
| quiver | adjective | Nimble; active., To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver., The act or state of quivering; a tremor., A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person. |
| quorum | noun | Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present. |
| quoted | imp. & past participle | of Quote |
| quoter | noun | One who quotes the words of another. |
| quotha | interj. | Indeed; forsooth. |
| quotum | noun | Part or proportion; quota. |