English Words: Q
2,880 words · Page 24 of 58
The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.
The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold from quartz.
An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
A surname from Akan. An anglicised form of Akan Kwasi, a given name for a boy born on a Sunday
An adjectival noun, a specific Japanese part of speech. Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). In Japanese grammar, these words are categorized as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi).
a security arrangement that is not based on a formal defense pact, but on tacit agreements
An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.
A particular generalization of the derivative of a function between two Banach spaces.
The condition, as of a king etc., of being considered to have some attributes of a god.
Based on faulty etymological grounds or reasoning; employing the techniques of etymology but not in a rigorous, scholarly, or accurate manner.
Being or supporting a system of government that appears to be devolved as a federation, but in fact still centrally controlled.
a body comparable to a planet, but not a planet, such as a dwarf planet or a planetary-mass moon
A concept introduced in order to apply quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics
Locally closed with respect to the Zariski topology on projective n-space; isomorphic to such a set.
The noncognitivist metaethical view that although ethical sentences do not express propositions (and thus cannot be true or false), they nevertheless project emotional attitudes as though this could be the case.
The income earned, in excess of post-investment opportunity cost, by a sunk cost investment.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
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 24. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "Q" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.