A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
aquo
piqu
quab
quab
noun
(by extension) Something immature or unfinished.
An unfledged bird.
verb
Alternative form of quob
quad
quad
adj
(poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
Having four shots of espresso.
noun
(Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
(chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
(informal) A quadcopter.
(informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
(informal) A quadriplegic person.
(informal) A quadrupel beer.
(informal) A quadruplet (infant).
(informal) Quadruplex videotape.
(informal) The quadriceps muscle.
(informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
(letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
(printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
(skating) Clipping of quadruple (“kind of jump in figure skating”).
(typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
A quad bike (from quadricycle)
A serving of four shots of espresso.
A skate with four wheels.
Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (10¹⁵ BTU)
verb
(letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
(transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
(typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
to ride a quad bike
quae
quag
quag
noun
(obsolete) quagmire; marsh; bog.
quai
qual
qual
noun
(sports) Alternative form of quali
(usually in the plural) Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or prospective grad student) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
quam
quan
quar
quar
noun
(obsolete) A quarry
(slang) quarantine
verb
To choke or block (typically a river)
quat
quat
adj
(Scotland, dialectal, with "of") Free; no longer involved with; quit.
Quaternary.
noun
(chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
(obsolete) A pustule.
(obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.
Alternative spelling of khat.
verb
(Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
(Wales and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down.
(transitive, obsolete) To satiate.
quaw
quaw
noun
Alternative form of quawmire
quay
quay
adj
(MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”)
noun
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
verb
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
quei
quel
quem
ques
ques
noun
plural of que
quet
quey
quey
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A heifer.
quia
quia
adj
(Lutheranism) Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible.
adv
In a quia manner.
quib
quib
noun
(archaic) A quip or gibe.
quid
quid
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, by extension, rare) dollar, dollars
(Britain, colloquial, slang) pound sterling (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
(Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, historical) various national currencies typically known by the name "pound"
(Ireland, colloquial, by extension) euro
(US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tobacco
(US, historical) A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
(historical) A sovereign or guinea.
A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
The inherent nature of something.
verb
(of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing.
To chew tobacco.
quim
quim
adj
(Ulster) Affectedly nice, prim.
(Ulster) Moving with ease and precision.
noun
(vulgar, derogatory) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.
(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva.
quin
quin
noun
(informal) A quintuplet.
A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
quip
quip
noun
A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
verb
(intransitive) To make a quip.
(transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
quis
quit
quit
adj
(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
noun
Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
verb
(reflexive, archaic) To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
(transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
(transitive) To leave (a place).
(transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
(transitive, archaic) To carry through; to go through to the end.
(transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
(transitive, computing) To close (an application).
(transitive, intransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
(transitive, intransitive) To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
(transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something).
(transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
quiz
quiz
noun
(dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.
(dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person.
(education) A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
A competition in the answering of questions.
verb
(transitive) To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz.
(transitive) To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.
(transitive, archaic) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
(transitive, archaic) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To play with a quiz.
qung
quod
quod
noun
(countable) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.
(uncountable, Australia, slang) Confinement in a prison.