(comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
(mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
(music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
(not comparable) The same in all respects.
(obsolete) Fair, impartial.
(obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
noun
(obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
A person or thing of equal status to others.
verb
(informal) To have as its consequence.
(mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
(transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
faruq
manqu
maqui
maqui
noun
A South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
Misspelling of maquis (Mediterranean coastal scrub).
The edible berry of this shrub.
paque
piqua
quack
quack
adj
Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.
noun
(derogatory) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients
(figuratively, derogatory) Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.
(humorous slang, mildly derogatory) Any doctor.
The sound made by a duck.
verb
(intransitive) Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
(obsolete) To make vain and loud pretensions.
To make a noise like a duck.
To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
quadi
quadi
Noun
An ancient Germanic people who lived in Moravia
quads
quads
noun
(music) a set of four tenor drums played by a drummer, typically in a marching band or drum corps
(poker slang) four of a kind
plural of quad
quaff
quaff
noun
Misspelling of coif.
The act of quaffing; a deep draught.
verb
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
quags
quags
noun
plural of quag
quail
quail
noun
(obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
verb
(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
(obsolete) To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
(transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone).
quais
quake
quake
noun
A trembling or shaking.
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
verb
(intransitive) To tremble or shake.
(intransitive, figurative) To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
quaky
quaky
adj
Inclined to quake; tremulous.
quale
quale
noun
(philosophy) An instance of subjective, conscious experience.
qualm
qualm
noun
(archaic, UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.
(archaic, UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
(now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
verb
(intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.
quant
quant
adj
Short for quantifiable.
Short for quantitative.
noun
(finance) A quantitative analyst.
A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.
Short for quantifier.
Short for quantity.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To propel using a quant.
quare
quare
adj
(Ireland) (used to suggest emphasis such as "a lot of" or "very" (suggesting an Irish accent).)
(dated, Ireland) queer, strange (suggesting an Irish accent)
quark
quark
noun
(Falkland Islands, informal) The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
(computing, X Window System) An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.
(physics) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.
A soft creamy cheese, eaten throughout northern, central, eastern, and southeastern Europe as well as the Low Countries, very similar to cottage cheese except that it is usually not made with rennet.
quarl
quarl
noun
(archaic) A medusa or jellyfish.
A fire-resistant channel for a burner in a boiler or furnace.
quart
quart
noun
(card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
(obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
quash
quash
verb
(law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
(obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
To defeat decisively, to suppress.
quasi
quasi
adj
Resembling or having a likeness to something.
quass
quass
verb
(obsolete) to drink deeply; to quaff.
quata
quata
noun
Archaic form of coiata.
quate
quate
adj
(Scotland) quiet
quauk
quave
quave
noun
A shaking; trembling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To quiver or tremble.
quawk
quawk
noun
(US) The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
The harsh call of this or other birds.
verb
Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.
quays
quays
noun
plural of quay
qubba
qubba
noun
A tomb structure in the Arab world, particularly an Islamic domed shrine.
queak
queak
noun
Alternative form of queek
queal
queal
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To faint away.
Obsolete form of quail.
quean
quean
noun
(Scotland) A young woman, a girl; a daughter.
(archaic) A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.
quica
quica
noun
A small opossum, Didelphis quica, from Guiana and Brazil
quila
quina
quina
noun
(archaic) quinine
quira
quira
noun
The tough wood of Platymiscium pinnatum.
quita
quoad
quoad
prep
(archaic) With respect to.
quota
quota
noun
(business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
quran
sequa
squab
squab
adj
Clumsy.
Curt; abrupt.
Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
Shy; coy.
Unfledged; unfeathered.
adv
(slang) With a heavy fall; plump.
noun
(sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.
A baby rook.
A person of a short, fat figure.
A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
The meat of such a baby bird used as food.
verb
(obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
(transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
(transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
squad
squad
noun
(UK, dialect) Sloppy mud.
(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
(informal) A collective noun for a group of squid.
(slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.
A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
verb
(intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.
squam
squam
noun
(US, fishing) An oilskin hat; a southwester.
squat
squat
adj
Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
noun
(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
(mining) A small vein of ore.
(obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.
(slang, Canada, US) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
(weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
The angel shark (genus Squatina).
verb
(Internet) To cybersquat.
(dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
(exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
(weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
squaw
squaw
noun
(now offensive, ethnic slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.
taqua
umiaq
yaqui
zaque
zaque
noun
(historical) A ruler in the northern area of Muisca.