English Words: Q

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queerplatonicadj

Not romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship.

Characterised or marked by queerness; peculiar; odd

The children of gay or lesbian parents.

The style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.

queersploitationnoun

A genre of exploitation films dealing with queer or homosexual people.

The community of queer influencers on TikTok.

Queer; curious; strange.

An old custom in Holland by which sweethearts were allowed to share a bed and talk together, without any amorous activity.

The inverse of the distance between successive lines in a Fourier transform, measured in seconds.

Obsolete spelling of Guizhou.

A traditional drink from Galicia, Spain, made from aguardiente, herbs, lemon peel, coffee beans and cinnamon. It is set alight before drinking.

Obsolete form of quenched.

A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing lead, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and zinc.

Quekname

A Chinese surname from Hokkien or Teochew.

To squelch; to eliminate.

The African weaverbird (genus Quelea).

A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.

A city in Mozambique.

To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.

Able to be quelled.

quelle surprisephrase

What a surprise.

quellenforschungnoun

The study of the sources of, or influences upon, a literary work.

One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.

second-person singular simple present indicative of quell

third-person singular simple present indicative of quell

The act by which something is quelled.

In a quelling manner

A ruff for the neck.

A surname from French.

Jeju, an island of South Korea.

Jeju, an island of South Korea.

Jeju, an island of South Korea.

Synonym of southern lapwing.

A city in Sintra, district of Lisbon, Portugal.

A place where Spanish heretics were executed by burning.

To please, to satisfy.

An island of Molene Archipelago, Finistère department, Brittany, France.

Synonym of Kinmen.

A traditional flute of the Andes.

To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

quenchabilitynoun

Ability to be quenched.

Able to be quenched.

quenchablenessnoun

The quality of being quenchable.

A person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.

simple past and past participle of quench

Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)

second-person singular simple present indicative of quench

third-person singular simple present indicative of quench

The extinction of any of several physical properties.

So as to quench or extinguish.

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 36. 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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