| 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. |