Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
queasily |
adverb |
In a queasy manner. |
quebrith |
noun |
Sulphur. |
queening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Queen, Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago. |
queendom |
noun |
The dominion, condition, or character of a queen. |
queerish |
adjective |
Rather queer; somewhat singular. |
quelling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Quell |
quemeful |
adjective |
Kindly; merciful. |
quenched |
imp. & past participle |
of Quench |
quencher |
noun |
One who, or that which, quenches. |
quenelle |
noun |
A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing. |
quercite |
noun |
A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol. |
querying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Query |
questant |
noun |
One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. |
question |
noun |
The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer., Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question., Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture., That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query., Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question., Talk; conversation; speech; speech., To ask questions; to inquire., To argue; to converse; to dispute., To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness., To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query., To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to., To talk to; to converse with. |
questmen |
plural |
of Questman |
questman |
noun |
One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures., A churchwarden’s assistant; a sidesman., A collector of parish rents. |