(dialect, intransitive) To make a squelching sound.
(transitive) To squelch; to eliminate.
quelea
quelea
noun
The African weaverbird (genus Quelea).
quells
quells
noun
plural of quell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quell
quelme
quemoy
quemoy
Proper noun
a small archipelago, also known as Kinmen, in southern China
quenby
quench
quench
noun
(physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
(physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
verb
(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
(transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
(transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
quenda
quenda
noun
A short-nosed bandicoot found mostly in southern Australia, Isoodon obesulus.
quenna
queres
querns
querns
noun
plural of quern
querre
quesal
quesal
noun
Archaic form of quetzal (the bird).
questa
quests
quests
noun
plural of quest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quest
quetch
quetch
verb
Alternative form of quitch
quethe
quethe
verb
(obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
quetta
quetta
Proper noun
A city in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.
queued
queued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of queue
queuer
queuer
noun
(computing) A process, etc. that places data items on a queue.
One who queues; a person waiting in line.
queues
queues
noun
plural of queue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queue
quezal
quezal
noun
Archaic form of quetzal. (the bird)
quezon
quiapo
quibdo
quibus
quiche
quiche
adj
(slang) Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.
noun
A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked.
quicks
quicks
noun
plural of quick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quick
quidae
quidam
quidam
noun
A nobody; a person of no importance.
quidde
quieta
quieti
quiets
quiets
noun
plural of quiet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiet
quiffs
quiffs
noun
plural of quiff
quiina
quiles
quilez
quills
quills
noun
plural of quill
quilly
quilly
adj
Pertaining to or resembling a quill.
With quills; quilled.
quilts
quilts
noun
plural of quilt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quilt
quimby
quinas
quinby
quince
quince
noun
(informal) Short for quinceañera.
A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
quinch
quinch
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To stir; to act as if in pain, flinch, wince.
quincy
quincy
Proper noun
An American male given name transferred from the surname.
Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. named after people with the surname, including:
a CDP in California, and the county seat of Originally named Quinsy.
a city in Florida
a city in Illinois
Noun
A kind of dry white wine made from Sauvignon blanc grapes grown near Quincy in the Loire valley.
A toilet: a fixture for urination and defecation, particularly as a personification of the device.
quinet
quinia
quinia
noun
(chemistry, archaic) quinine
quinic
quinic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
quinin
quinoa
quinoa
noun
A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
quinol
quinol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of hydroquinone
quinon
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.
quinta
quinta
noun
A country house in Madeira.
quinte
quinte
noun
(fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
quinto
quints
quints
noun
plural of quint
quinua
quinyl
quinze
quinze
noun
An old French card game of Spanish origin, players attempting to make fifteen points.
quippe
quippu
quippy
quippy
adj
Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
quipus
quipus
noun
plural of quipu
quired
quired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quire
quires
quires
noun
plural of quire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quire
quirks
quirks
noun
plural of quirk
quirky
quirky
adj
Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.
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.
quitch
quitch
noun
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
verb
(intransitive) To flinch; shrink.
(intransitive, now UK, regional) To stir; to move.
(transitive, obsolete) To shake (something); to stir, move.
quiver
quiver
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
noun
(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
(mathematics) A multidigraph.
(obsolete) A vulva.
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
verb
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
quizzy
quizzy
adj
(dated) Odd; eccentric.
(rare) Inquisitive, curious.
qumran
quogue
quohog
quohog
noun
Alternative form of quahog
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
quokka
quokka
noun
A cat-sized marsupial, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.
quorum
quorum
noun
A selected body of persons.
The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
quotas
quotas
noun
plural of quota
quoted
quoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quote
quotee
quotee
noun
Somebody whose words are being quoted.
quoter
quoter
noun
Someone who quotes.
quotes
quotes
noun
Quotation marks.
plural of quote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quote
quotha
quotha
intj
(archaic) Forsooth; indeed.
quotid
quotum
quotum
noun
A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
qurush
qwerty
qwerty
adj
Alternative letter-case form of QWERTY.
raquel
raquel
Proper noun
name borrowed from
raquet
raquet
noun
Misspelling of racquet.
rauque
requin
requin
noun
(dated) The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
requit
requit
verb
Obsolete form of requite.
requiz
requiz
verb
(transitive) To quiz or interrogate again.
risque
risque
adj
(US) Alternative form of risqué
noun
Obsolete spelling of risk
roquer
roques
roquet
roquet
noun
In croquet, the act of hitting another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
verb
In croquet, to hit another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
sacque
sacque
noun
Alternative spelling of sack (“a short, loose-fitting garment for women and children”)
sauqui
sauqui
noun
Archaic form of sockeye (“type of salmon”).
secque
seqrch
sequan
sequel
sequel
noun
(Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
(dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
(mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
(obsolete) A person's descendants.
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
soquel
squabs
squabs
noun
plural of squab
squads
squads
noun
plural of squad
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
squall
squall
noun
(meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
(often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
A loud cry or wail.
verb
To cry or wail loudly.
squalm
squama
squama
noun
(botany) Any scaly bracted leaf.
(botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.
(entomology) A calypter.
(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
squame
squame
noun
(anatomy) A bony plate.
(medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.
(medicine) A squamous (scale-like) cell.
(zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
squamy
square
square
adj
(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
(nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
(of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
Honest; straightforward; fair.
Hypernyms: rectangular, polygonal
Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
Shaped like a square (the polygon).
Solid, decent, substantial.
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
adv
Directly.
noun
(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
(Britain) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
(Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
(academia) A mortarboard.
(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
(brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
(colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal.
(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
(dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
(figuratively, obsolete) A true measure, standard, or pattern.
(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
(military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
(often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
(slang) Cigarette.
(slang, MLE) A well-defined core of a human body, a flat section from the fundament to the thoracic diaphragm.
A cell in a grid.
A square piece, part, or surface.
An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
verb
(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
(nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
(rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
(transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
(transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
(transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
(transitive, intransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
To form with four sides and four right angles.
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
squark
squark
noun
(physics) A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half.
squary
squary
adj
(UK, dialect) neat and compact
squash
squash
noun
(Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
(biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
(botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
(cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
(obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
(obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
(obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
(slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.