(British parliament) Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.
(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.
(chiefly BBC, historical) A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
(sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
A pale pinkish brown colour.
A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
verb
(transitive) To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.
equips
equips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equip
faqirs
faqirs
noun
plural of faqir
fiques
iraqis
maquis
maquis
noun
(botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
(historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.
piques
piques
noun
plural of pique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pique
qasida
qasida
noun
An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
quails
quails
noun
plural of quail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quail
quashi
quibus
quicks
quicks
noun
plural of quick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quick
quiets
quiets
noun
plural of quiet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiet
quiffs
quiffs
noun
plural of quiff
quiles
quills
quills
noun
plural of quill
quilts
quilts
noun
plural of quilt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quilt
quinas
quinse
quinsy
quinsy
noun
(pathology) A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
quints
quints
noun
plural of quint
quipus
quipus
noun
plural of quipu
quires
quires
noun
plural of quire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quire
quirks
quirks
noun
plural of quirk
quirts
quirts
noun
plural of quirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quirt
quisby
quisby
adj
(UK, slang, archaic) Drunk; tipsy.
(UK, slang, archaic) In difficult circumstances; in trouble.
(UK, slang, archaic) Mean; destitute; strange.
noun
(slang, obsolete) A wretch; an idle person.
quisle
quisle
verb
To collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.
quoins
quoins
noun
plural of quoin
quoits
quoits
noun
A competitive game in which players throw rings, aiming to land them over vertical sticks.
plural of quoit
risque
risque
adj
(US) Alternative form of risqué
noun
Obsolete spelling of risk
sauqui
sauqui
noun
Archaic form of sockeye (“type of salmon”).
sequim
sequin
sequin
noun
(fashion) A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
(now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
sesqui
squail
squail
noun
A disc or counter used in the game of squails.
verb
(intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals.
To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
squali
squibb
squibs
squibs
noun
plural of squib
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squib
squids
squids
noun
plural of squid
verb
present of squid
squier
squier
noun
Obsolete form of square.
squill
squill
noun
A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean
A sea onion (Drimia maritima)
squint
squint
adj
(Scotland) askew, not level
Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
noun
(informal) A short look; a peep.
(radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
A hagioscope.
A quick or sideways glance.
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
verb
(intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
(intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
(intransitive, figurative) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
(transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
squire
squire
noun
(UK, colloquial) Term of address to a male equal.
(historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
(obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
A male attendant on a great personage.
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
verb
(transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
(transitive) To attend as a squire.
squirk
squirl
squirl
noun
(US, dialect) A squirrel.
A flourish in handwriting.
squirm
squirm
noun
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
verb
To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
squirr
squirr
verb
Alternative form of squir
squirt
squirt
noun
(UK, US, Australia, slang) A small child.
(hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
(informal) An act of urination.
(kayaking) A maneuver in which the boat is forced into a nearly vertical position.
(slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
(slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
A burst of noise.
A small, quick stream; a jet.
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
verb
(intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
(intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
(kayaking) To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of the boat is forced nearly vertical.
(transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
(transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
squish
squish
noun
(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
(countable, politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate.
(slang) A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.
(uncountable, UK, slang, archaic) Marmalade.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To be compressed or squeezed.
(transitive, informal) To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).