English Words: Q
2,880 words · Page 28 of 58
Having, or appearing to have, certain aspects or properties of music; apparently, but not actually, musical.
Whose bulk is more significant in terms of interactions than its edges, where boundary layer effects may occur.
Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
Describing a matrix, all of whose elements are nonnegative except for those on the main diagonal
A complex function of momentum and energy applied to an individual attractor in a complex system of multiple attractors
To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.
Practices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology.
Apparently random, but produced by a non-random algorithm (typically from a given "seed")
Describing a trial in which a quasirandom method is used to assign participants to groups
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 28. 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.