A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
biloquist
biloquist
noun
(rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
blomquist
bouquetin
bouquetin
noun
ibex
boutiques
boutiques
noun
plural of boutique
catoquina
coquitlam
coquitlam
Proper noun
A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
elroquite
equations
equations
noun
plural of equation
equirotal
equirotal
adj
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
frasquito
liquation
liquation
noun
(metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
liquorist
liquorist
noun
A manufacturer of liquors.
loquacity
loquacity
noun
Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
misquoted
misquoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misquote
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
misquotes
misquotes
noun
plural of misquote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misquote
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
mosquitos
mosquitos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mosquito
obliquate
obliquity
obliquity
noun
(astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
obsequity
obsequity
noun
The state of being obsequious; unctuousness
ortanique
ortanique
noun
A cross between an orange and a tangerine.
overquiet
overquiet
adj
Excessively quiet.
politique
politique
adj
Obsolete form of politic.
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
postiques
postiques
noun
plural of postique
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quartinho
quartzoid
quartzoid
noun
(mineralogy) A form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.
quaterion
quattrino
quattrino
noun
(historical) A former very small Italian coin.
quercitol
quercitol
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
questions
questions
noun
A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose.
plural of question
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of question
quickfoot
quietsome
quietsome
adj
(archaic) Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil
quillwort
quillwort
noun
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.
quinovate
quinovate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quinteron
quintetto
quintetto
noun
(archaic) A party of five.
(music) A quintet.
quintfoil
quintroon
quintroon
noun
(dated) The offspring of a mustiphini (1/16 black) and a white person: 1/32 black
(dated) The offspring of an octoroon (1/8 black) and a white person: 1/16 black
quitemoca
quixotism
quixotism
noun
A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.
quixotize
quixotize
verb
To behave in a quixotic manner
quodlibet
quodlibet
noun
(art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
(card games) A card game that combines several different contracts.
(music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
(philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
quoitlike
quoitlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quoit.
quotation
quotation
noun
(obsolete) A quota, a share.
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
The act of setting a price.
quotative
quotative
adj
(grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
(linguistics) A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
quotidian
quotidian
adj
(medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
Happening every day; daily.
Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary, mundane.
noun
(Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.
(medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.
(usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.
quotients
quotients
noun
plural of quotient
quotingly
quotingly
adv
By giving a quotation.
quotlibet
requoting
requoting
verb
present participle of requote
roqueting
roqueting
verb
present participle of roquet
semiquote
semiquote
noun
(informal) A partly paraphrased quotation.
sobriquet
sobriquet
noun
A familiar name for a person; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others), that is descriptive.
totaquina
totaquina
noun
A quinine derivative used to treat malaria, consisting of a minimum of 70% crystallizable alkaloids, of which at least 15% are quinine, and with not more than 20% amorphous alkaloids.
totaquine
totaquine
Noun
A mixture of alkaloids from Cinchona species, formerly used to treat malaria.
turquoise
turquoise
adj
Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
noun
(countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
(countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.