(postpositive) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
maquis
maquis
noun
(botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
(historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.
maquon
marque
marque
noun
A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
A ship commissioned for making captures.
masqat
masque
masque
noun
(historical, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
A facial mask.
A masquerade.
Archaic form of mask.
Words and music written for a masque.
mequon
miquon
mosque
mosque
noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
qualms
qualms
noun
plural of qualm
qualmy
qualmy
adj
queasy; nauseous
quelme
quemoy
quemoy
Proper noun
a small archipelago, also known as Kinmen, in southern China
quidam
quidam
noun
A nobody; a person of no importance.
quimby
qumran
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.
quotum
quotum
noun
A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
sequim
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
squeam
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.
umiaqs
umiaqs
noun
plural of umiaq
umpqua
zaqqum
zaqqum
Proper noun
A tree that grows in Jahannam (Hell), whose dwellers are compelled to eat the bitter fruit.