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English words: quittance to QZE

283 English words, part 13 of 13 of the words starting with Q, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.

English words quittance to QZE

  1. quittance noun, verb /ˈkwɪtəns/: A release or acquittal.
  2. quitter noun, verb /ˈkwɪ.tə/: Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
  3. Quitter's Day noun: The day when most people give up on their New Year's resolutions, considered to occur on the second Friday of January.
  4. quittin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of quitting.
  5. quitting noun, verb: The deliberate ending of something.
  6. quitting time noun: The time when a day's work ends, and an employee is permitted to go home.
  7. quittor noun /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/: A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
  8. Quitu noun: A group of pre-Columbian indigenous peoples in Ecuador who founded Quito.
  9. quiver adjective, noun, verb /ˈkwɪvə/: A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  10. quiver tree noun: An aloe of species Aloidendrom dichotomum (syn. Aloe dichotoma), native to southern Africa.
  11. quivered adjective, verb /ˈkwɪvəd/: Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
  12. quiverer noun: One who quivers.
  13. quiverful noun: The amount held by a quiver
  14. Quiverfull noun: A member of the Quiverfull religious movement.
  15. quiverin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of quivering.
  16. quivering adjective, noun, verb /ˈkwɪvəɹɪŋ/: shaking, shivering
  17. quiveringly adverb: While quivering, or as if quivering
  18. quiverish adjective: quivery
  19. quiverleaf noun: quaking aspen
  20. quiverness noun: agility
  21. quiversome adjective: Characterised or marked by quivering.
  22. quivertip noun: A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait
  23. quivery adjective /ˈkwɪvəɹi/: quivering; aquiver
  24. Quivira proper noun: a province of the Wichita tribe's lands; it was probably located in present-day state of Kansas
  25. Quiviran adjective: Of or relating to the legendary region of Quivira.
  26. quixabeira noun: The South American tree Sideroxylon obtusifolium.
  27. Quixote noun /ˈkwɪk.sət/: One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist.
  28. Quixote yucca noun: Synonym of Our Lord's candle.
  29. Quixotean adjective: quixotic
  30. quixotic adjective, noun /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/: Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without...
  31. quixotical adjective: quixotic
  32. quixotically adverb: In a quixotic manner.
  33. quixotish adjective: Quixotic.
  34. quixotism noun /ˈkwɪksəˌtɪzm/: A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor,...
  35. quixotize verb: To behave in a quixotic manner
  36. quixotry noun /ˈkwɪksətɹi/: A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
  37. Quiyoughcohannock noun: A member of a Virginian Algonquian group which was part of the Powhatan Confederacy, and which spoke a lect sometimes identified with Tapehanek. lived many...
  38. quiz noun, verb /kwɪz/: An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.
  39. quiz bowl noun: A competitive game of answering trivia questions, often played by school and college students.
  40. quiz kid noun: A very intelligent or accomplished child or young person, especially one who demonstrated his or her knowledge and quick thinking on radio or television...
  41. quiz show noun: A game show in the form of a quiz.
  42. quizartinib noun: The kinase inhibitor 1-(5-tert-butyl-1,2-oxazol-3-yl)-3-[4-[6-(2-morpholin-4-ylethoxy)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazol-2-yl]phenyl]urea.
  43. quizbook noun: A book containing questions and answers on some topic, intended to test the reader's knowledge or to form the basis of a quiz.
  44. quizee noun: Alternative form of quizzee.
  45. quizlet noun /ˈkwɪz.lət/: A short quiz.
  46. quizlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quiz (question challenge).
  47. quizmaster noun /ˈkwɪzˌmæs.tə(ɹ)/: A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
  48. quizmistress noun: A female quizmaster.
  49. Quizon proper noun: A Filipino surname from Tagalog/Kapampangan/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.
  50. quizshow noun: Alternative spelling of quiz show.
  51. quizzable adjective: Fit to be quizzed or teased; comical in appearance or habits.
  52. quizzacious adjective /kwɪˈzeɪʃəs/: Mocking or satirical.
  53. quizzaciously adverb /kwɪˈzeɪ.ʃəs.li/: In a mocking or satirical manner.
  54. quizzee noun: One who is quizzed or teased.
  55. quizzer noun: A person who quizzes or asks questions.
  56. quizzery noun: Mockery; teasing or playing pranks.
  57. quizzic adjective: Quizzical.
  58. quizzical adjective /ˈkwɪzɪkəl/: Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
  59. quizzicality noun: The state or condition of being quizzical.
  60. quizzically adverb: In a quizzical manner; as if puzzled or asking a question.
  61. quizzicalness noun: The state or condition of being quizzical.
  62. quizzicle noun /ˈkwɪzɪkəl/: A short quiz.
  63. quizzification noun: quizzing; teasing; mockery
  64. quizzify verb: To chaff or mock; to tease.
  65. quizziness noun: Quality of being quizzy.
  66. quizzing noun, verb: The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.
  67. quizzing glass noun: An eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.
  68. quizzingly adverb: in a quizzing manner.
  69. quizzish adjective: quizzical
  70. quizzism noun: The act or habit of quizzing.
  71. quizzity noun: Oddity; eccentricity.
  72. quizzle verb: To make a whizzing sound
  73. quizzy adjective: Odd; eccentric.
  74. qulfi noun: Alternative form of kulfi.
  75. qulkhwani noun: A ritual for deceased Muslims.
  76. Qulla noun: Alternative form of Colla (“indigenous people”)
  77. qulliq noun: A kudlik, a lamp used by the Inuit, consisting of a cup of soapstone filled with oil (commonly from blubber) with cottongrass or moss used as a wick.
  78. qullqa noun: An Incan storehouse or warehouse
  79. qumix noun: A mixed state in a quantum computing system.
  80. qumode noun: An information-carrying unit of a harmonic oscillator.
  81. Qumran proper noun /kʊmˈɹɑːn/: A region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
  82. Qumranic adjective: Belonging to the Qumran region.
  83. Quneitra proper noun: A city in the Quneitra governorate, Syria
  84. qungua noun /ˈt͡ʃunɡuɑ/: A traditional two-piece dress worn by Chinese women.
  85. quo noun, verb /kwəʊ/: quoth
  86. quo warranto noun: A legal proceeding used to challenge the right of an individual or corporation to hold a public office or to exercise a certain franchise or privilege.
  87. quoad preposition /ˈkwoʊ.æd/: With respect to.
  88. quoad hoc adverb: as far as this
  89. quoad hunc adverb: With reference to the non-consummation of a marriage
  90. quoad omnia adverb: in respect of all things
  91. quoad sacra phrase: With respect to religious observance or worship, as opposed to temporal matters.
  92. quob noun, verb /kwɒb/: To throb; to quiver.
  93. quobby adjective: Marshy, boggy.
  94. quoc ngu noun: The romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.
  95. quockerwodger noun /ˈkwɒkəˌwɒd͡ʒə/: Synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”).
  96. quod noun, verb /kwɑd/: A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.
  97. quod erat demonstrandum phrase: which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.
  98. quod google phrase: Which one should Google. (Used after a term to indicate that more information on the term can be found through a Google search.)
  99. quod non noun: Something that is not true.
  100. quoddity noun: The individual identity of something.
  101. quoddy noun: Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy.
  102. quodlibet noun: A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
  103. quodlibetal adjective: Of or relating to quodlibet.
  104. quodlibetarian noun /ˌkwɒd.lɪbɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/: One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
  105. quodlibetary adjective: Of or relating to quodlibet.
  106. quodlibetic adjective: Of or relating to a quodlibet
  107. quodlibetical adjective: Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously.
  108. quodlibetically adverb: In a quodlibetic manner.
  109. quodlibetificate verb: To debate by means of quodlibets
  110. quodque determiner: each, every
  111. quog noun: Synonym of quahog.
  112. quoggy adjective: Alternative spelling of quaggy.
  113. Quogue proper noun: A hamlet in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York.
  114. quohog noun: Alternative form of quahog.
  115. quoigenic adjective /kwɑːˈdʒɛ.nɪk/: Of a system, having an origin that is unknown, intentionally undisclosed, or treated as irrelevant.
  116. quoilers noun: The breeching of the harness of a horse-drawn cart.
  117. quoin noun, verb /k(w)ɔɪn/: Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
  118. quoin post noun: The post of a canal's lock gate which abuts against the wall.
  119. quoin up verb: To set quoins in place prior to fastening them (locking up).
  120. quoined adjective, verb: Furnished with a quoin.
  121. quoining noun, verb: The architectural elements, such as stone or brick, that form a quoin.
  122. quoinless adjective: Without a quoin.
  123. quoiromantic adjective: Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.
  124. quoisexual adjective: Being on the asexual spectrum and not understanding the concept of sexual attraction.
  125. quoit noun, verb /kɔɪt/: A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
  126. quoiter noun: One who plays the game of quoits.
  127. quoitlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quoit.
  128. quoits noun /kɔɪts/: A competitive game in which players throw rings, aiming to land them over vertical sticks.
  129. quokka noun /ˈkwɒkə/: A cat-sized wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.
  130. quoll noun /ˈkwɒl/: Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a domestic cat.
  131. quominus noun: A writ and legal fiction that (until the late 19th century) allowed the Court of Exchequer to obtain a jurisdiction over cases normally brought in the Court...
  132. quomodo noun: The means, way, or method (of doing something).
  133. quomodocunquizing adjective: Of questionable financial tactics.
  134. Quon proper noun: A surname from Chinese.
  135. quondam adjective /ˈkwɒndəm/: Former; once; at one time.
  136. quondamly adverb: Formerly; at an earlier time.
  137. quondamship noun: The property of being former, no longer current.
  138. quondong noun: Alternative form of quandong.
  139. quoniam noun: A kind of drinking-cup.
  140. quonk noun, verb /ˈkwɒŋk/: Unwanted noise picked up by a microphone in a broadcasting studio.
  141. quonset noun /ˈkwɒnsɪt/: A prefabricated building having a roof of corrugated iron and semicircular cross section.
  142. Quonset hut noun: A lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel, having a semicircular cross section.
  143. quop verb /kwɒp/: To throb or beat.
  144. quoracy noun: The condition of being quorate, or having enough members to carry out business and cast votes.
  145. Quoran noun /ˈkwɔːɹən/: A user of Quora, an online community where people answer each other's questions.
  146. quorate adjective /ˈkwɔːɹət/: Having a quorum; having the minimum number of people necessary to conduct business and to cast votes.
  147. quork noun, verb: The cry of a raven.
  148. quormone noun: Any of a class of cyclic peptides active in quorum sensing.
  149. Quorn proper noun /kwɔːn/: A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.
  150. quorum noun /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/: A select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body....
  151. quorum call noun: A roll call of members of a legislative body for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists.
  152. quorum sensing noun: A proposed method of communication between bacterial cells by the release and sensing of small diffusible signal molecules.
  153. quot. adjective, noun /kwɒt/: Abbreviation of quotation.
  154. quot homines tot sententiæ phrase [ˌkʷot ˈhomineːs ˌtot senˈtentiai]: There are as many opinions as there are people who hold them.
  155. quota noun /ˈkwəʊ.tə/: A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
  156. quota-hopping noun: The circumvention of a trade quota by registering a business (or a fishing vessel) in a foreign country in order to benefit from its quota
  157. quota quickie noun: A typically low-cost, low-quality film commissioned to satisfy the quota requirements of the Cinematograph Films Act 1927.
  158. quota refugee noun: a refugee who's been relocated, by the UNHCR, to some other country than the one they sought asylum in, in accordance with certain UN quotas
  159. quotability noun: The degree to which a person, literature, or a speech is useful or relevant for being quoted.
  160. quotable adjective /ˈkwəʊtəbəl/: Capable or worthy of being quoted
  161. quotableness noun: The quality or degree of being quotable.
  162. quotably adverb: In a way or to an extent that is quotable
  163. quotaism noun: The practice of taking a certain action to fulfil a quota, regardless of the action's merits (for example, ensuring that 10% of students admitted to a...
  164. quotaless adjective: Without a quota.
  165. quotalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quota.
  166. quotation noun /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/: A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
  167. quotation dash noun: A dash used to introduce a line of dialogue.
  168. quotation mark noun /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩ mɑɹk/: Either of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing.
  169. quotational adjective: Characteristic of a quotation
  170. quotationally adverb /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənəli/: As a quotation; by use of quotations.
  171. quotationist noun /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənɪst/: One who makes, or is given to making, quotations; a quoter.
  172. quotationless adjective: Without quotations.
  173. quotatious adjective: tending to use quotations
  174. quotative adjective, noun: A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
  175. quotatively adverb: As a quotative.
  176. quotativeness noun: Quality of being quotative.
  177. quotativity noun: The quality of being quotative.
  178. quote noun, particle, verb /kwəʊt/: A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
  179. quote-driven adjective: Describing any market system in which prices are established by quotations given by market makers.
  180. quote end quote adverb: Eggcorn of quote unquote
  181. quote mark noun: A quotation mark; a quote.
  182. quote mining noun: Synonym of contextomy.
  183. quote on quote adjective: Eggcorn of quote unquote.
  184. quote retweet noun, verb: Alternative form of quote tweet.
  185. quote-seeker noun: A journalist who speaks to a celebrity in order to elicit quotable remarks fit for publication.
  186. quote stuffing noun: A form of market manipulation employed by high-frequency traders that involves quickly entering and withdrawing large orders in an attempt to flood the...
  187. quote tweet noun, verb: A retweet posted with additional commentary by the retweeter.
  188. quote unquote adjective, adverb /kwəʊ̯t ʌn.kwəʊ̯t/: Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term.
  189. quotebook noun: A book of quotations.
  190. quotedness noun: The state of having being quoted.
  191. quotee noun: Somebody whose words are being quoted.
  192. quoteless adjective: Without quotations; quotationless.
  193. quotemark noun: Alternative form of quote mark.
  194. quotemaster noun: An expert in quotations.
  195. quoter noun: Someone who quotes.
  196. quoteworthy adjective: Worthy of being quoted; quotable.
  197. quoth verb /kwəʊθ/: Said.
  198. quotha interjection: Forsooth; indeed.
  199. quotid. adjective: Abbreviation of quotidian.
  200. quotidial adjective: quotidian, daily
  201. quotidially adverb: In a quotidial manner
  202. quotidian adjective, noun /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/: Happening every day; daily.
  203. quotidianly adverb: Occurring on a quotidian basis; daily or commonplace.
  204. quotidianness noun: The quality of being quotidian.
  205. quotient noun, verb /ˈkwəʊʃənt/: The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another.
  206. quotient group noun: A group obtained from a larger group by aggregating elements via an equivalence relation that preserves group structure.
  207. quotient map noun: A surjective, continuous function from one topological space to another one, such that the latter one's topology has the property that if the inverse image...
  208. quotient ring noun: For a given ring R and ideal I contained in R, another ring, denoted R / I, whose elements are the cosets of I in R.
  209. quotient set noun: the set consisting of all equivalence classes
  210. quotient space noun: A space obtained from another by identification of points that are equivalent to one another in some equivalence relation.
  211. quotientive adjective: Of an adverb: expressing how often, or how many times.
  212. quotiety noun: The relation of an object to number.
  213. quoting noun, verb: A quoted statement; a quote.
  214. quotingly adverb: By giving a quotation.
  215. quotition noun: An approach to division in which one asks how many parts there are, rather than (as in partition) what the size of each part is.
  216. quotitive adjective: Relating to quotition.
  217. quotity noun: A quotum or quota; a number of people or things
  218. Quotron noun /ˈkwəʊˌtɹɒn/: A computer system or service that provides stock market quotations
  219. quotum noun: A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
  220. quoy noun: An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.
  221. ququart noun /ˈkjuːkwɔːt/: A quantum quart; the unit of quantum information described by a superposition of four states; a quaternary qudit.
  222. Qur'an noun /kəˈɹɑːn/: A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.
  223. qur'anic adjective: Alternative letter-case form of Qur'anic.
  224. Qur'anically adverb: Alternative form of Quranically.
  225. Qur'anism noun: Alternative spelling of Quranism.
  226. Quraish noun: Alternative form of Quraysh.
  227. Quraishi proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
  228. Quraishite noun: Alternative form of Qurayshite.
  229. Quran thumper noun: Alternative spelling of Koran thumper.
  230. quranic adjective: Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
  231. Quranically adverb: In terms of, or in the context of, the Qur'an.
  232. Quranism noun: A denomination in Islam that generally rejects the authoritative role of hadiths, and considers the Qur'an to be the only dependable religious text.
  233. Quranist noun: An adherent of the Ahle Quran branch of Islam.
  234. Quranite noun: An adherent of the Ahle Quran branch of Islam.
  235. Quranization noun: Alternative spelling of koranization.
  236. Quranize verb: To increase or expand society's familiarity with the Quran.
  237. Qurano- prefix: Pertaining to the Quran.
  238. Quranologist noun: One who studies Quran-related topics
  239. Quranophobia noun: An irrational fear of, hatred of, or aversion to the Quran.
  240. Quraysh noun: An ancient Bedouin tribe that controlled Mecca at the time of Muhammad and to which he belonged.
  241. Qurayshite adjective, noun: part of, or descended from, the Quraysh tribe.
  242. Qurbana noun: The Eucharistic service in Syrian Christianity.
  243. qurbani noun: The sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.
  244. quregister noun: The equivalent of a register in a quantum computing system.
  245. Qureshi proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
  246. qursh noun: A monetary unit in Saudi Arabia equivalent to a twentieth of a rial.
  247. Qurti noun: A people mentioned on ancient Sumerian tablets as having lived in the land of Karda, and who are held to be related to the modern Kurds.
  248. qurush noun: Alternative form of qursh.
  249. qurut noun: Synonym of kashk.
  250. qurutob noun: A dish made from qurut, originating from Tajikistan.
  251. qutb noun: One of the Sufi spiritual leaders of a particular era.
  252. Qutbism noun: An Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb, the figurehead of the Muslim Brotherhood, involving the use of military force to propagate sharia law.
  253. Qutbist adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Qutbism.
  254. Quti noun: Alternative form of Guti.
  255. Qutian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Gutian (“member of ancient people of Zagros Mountains”).
  256. qutrit noun /ˈkjuːtɹɪt/: A quantum trit; the unit of quantum information described by a superposition of three states; a ternary qudit.
  257. quus conjunction /kwʌs/: Indicates the quaddition operation.
  258. quux noun /kwʌks/: A metasyntactic variable.
  259. Quvenzhané proper noun: A female given name.
  260. Quw'utsun noun: Synonym of Cowichan.
  261. quwyrdaq noun: Alternative form of kuurdak.
  262. qux noun: Alternative form of quux.
  263. Quy proper noun /kwaɪ/: A surname.
  264. quya noun: An Inca queen.
  265. quylthulg noun /ˈkwɪlθʌlɡ/: In some roguelike games, a type of fictional invisible monster that summons other monsters.
  266. quyrdaq noun: Alternative form of kuurdak.
  267. qv adverb, noun, prefix: Alternative form of q.v..
  268. qvevri noun: Alternative spelling of kvevri.
  269. QVL noun: Initialism of qualified vendor list.
  270. QVT noun: Initialism of Query/View/Transformation, a standard for model transformation in a certain model-driven architecture.
  271. QWAN noun: Acronym of quality without a name, referring to a more metaphysical attribute that expresses elegancy of code.
  272. qway adjective, adverb /kweɪ/: Far, remote in space or time.
  273. qwerty adjective, noun /ˈkwɜːti/: Alternative letter-case form of QWERTY.
  274. qwertyuiop adjective, noun /ˌkwəːtɪˈjuːiˌɒp/: Synonym of QWERTY.
  275. qwertz noun: A style of keyboard layout used in some European countries.
  276. qwertzu noun: Synonym of qwertz (“a style of keyboard layout used in some European countries”).
  277. qwertzuiop noun: Synonym of qwertz (“a style of keyboard layout used in some European countries”).
  278. qword noun /kjuː wɜːd/: A quadword: four words, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits.
  279. qy noun: Abbreviation of query.
  280. Qypchaq adjective, noun: Alternative form of Kipchak.
  281. Qyrghyz adjective, noun: Alternative form of Kyrgyz.
  282. Qyzylbash noun: Alternative form of Qizilbash.
  283. QZE noun: Initialism of quantum Zeno effect.

Part 12 · English words: Q

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Q: 3,883 words, in 13 parts.