English Words: Q

2,880 words · Page 31 of 58

A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.

quatre quartnoun

French pound cake

A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

Lasting four days

Alternative form of cuatro.

quatrumviratenoun

Alternative form of quattuorvirate: rule by four people.

Nonsense, rubbish, foolish speech or writing.

A small village in Quatt Malvern parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7588).

Quatt Malvernname

A civil parish in south-east Shropshire, England.

An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.

Four consecutive goals by a single player.

Quattrocchiname

A surname from Italian.

quattrocentistnoun

An artist of the 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period

quattrocentonoun

The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.

A surname from Italian.

quattuordecillionnum

10⁴⁵.

quattuordecimaladj

Based upon the number fourteen.

quattuordecupleadj

Fourteenfold.

quattuorquadragintillionnum

10¹³⁵.

quattuortrigintillionnum

10¹⁰⁵.

quattuorvigintillionnum

10⁷⁵.

quattuorvirnoun

A member of a quattuorvirate; one of four people associated in some office.

quattuorviraladj

Of or belonging to the quattuorviri or the quattuorvirate.

quattuorviratenoun

A group of four people, especially a council of four men sharing office or rule.

quattuorvirinoun

plural of quattuorvir

To quiver or tremble.

A trembling shake.

One who quavers.

quaverinessnoun

The state or condition of being quavery.

The act of something that quavers.

In a quavering manner; tremulously.

quavery

Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.

quawnoun

Alternative form of quag (“swamp”).

Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.

quaynoun

A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

Quay Countyname

One of 33 counties in New Mexico, United States. County seat: Tucumcari.

The fee charged for using a quay.

past participle of quail

Furnished with a quay.

As much or many as a quay can accommodate.

A surname from Manx.

Resembling or characteristic of a quay.

A characteristic phrase or statement made by Dan Quayle (born 1947), American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

A man who works on a quay.

A harbourmaster in charge of a quay

plural of quay

An area alongside a quay.

One who lives or works on a quayside.

Towards a quay; in the direction of a quay.

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 31. 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.

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