English Words: Q
2,880 words · Page 22 of 58
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.
A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.
Synonym of quartarius, quarter-sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L
The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
A quarter of a circle. The shape formed from an arc that is a quarter of the circumference of a circle.
Each of the four days customarily regarded as starting a new quarter year, formerly established as a time for rents and other payments to be due, tenancies to begin and end, and various meetings and assemblies to be held.
A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.
A combination of water, food coloring, and sugar sold as a drink in small plastic bottles for 25 cents.
Very half-assed; that is (from another figurative viewpoint), even less than half-assed.
Having one "half-caste" parent; especially, having three Caucasian and one non-Caucasian grandparents
A situation resembling the mid-life crisis but taking place earlier, when roughly a quarter of one's adult life has passed, typically in one's twenties or thirties.
A quarter of a statute mile, a measurement of 440 yards, or 1,320 feet, or 402.336 metres.
A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.
A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
A square tract of laud containing 160 acres, and constituting one fourth of a section.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter Q contains 2,880 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 58 pages, and you are currently viewing page 22. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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