English Words: Q

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quitedverb

simple past and past participle of quit

quitelyadv

Quite.

Quiterioname

A surname from Portuguese.

Quiteñanoun

A woman from Quito, Ecuador.

Quiteñonoun

A person from Quito, Ecuador.

quitingverb

present participle and gerund of quit

quitlinenoun

A helpline offering advanced treatment for addiction and behavior change.

Quitmanname

A surname.

Quitman Countyname

One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Georgetown.

Quitoname

The capital city of Ecuador.

quitrentnoun

A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.

quitrenternoun

One who possesses land in return for the payment of a quitrent.

quitsadj

On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

quitsiesnoun

Permission to leave a game (of marbles, etc.) without forfeit or penalty.

quittableadj

Capable of being quitted.

quittalnoun

compensation, requital, or repayment.

quittancenoun

A release or acquittal.

quittedverb

simple past and past participle of quit

quitternoun

Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.

Quitter's Daynoun

The day when most people give up on their New Year's resolutions, considered to occur on the second Friday of January.

quittornoun

A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

quivernoun

A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

quiveredverb

simple past and past participle of quiver

quiverernoun

One who quivers.

quiverfulnoun

The amount held by a quiver

Quiverfullname

A conservative evangelical Christian movement that promotes procreation, rejects birth control, and regards children as a blessing from God.

quiveringadj

shaking, shivering

quiveringlyadv

While quivering, or as if quivering

quiverishadj

quivery

quiverleafnoun

quaking aspen

quivernessnoun

agility

quiversomeadj

Characterised or marked by quivering.

quivertipnoun

A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait

quiveryadj

quivering; aquiver

Quiviranadj

Of or relating to the legendary region of Quivira.

Quixleyname

A surname.

Quixotenoun

One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist.

quixoticadj

Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.

quixoticallyadv

In a quixotic manner.

quixotishadj

Quixotic.

quixotismnoun

A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.

quixotrynoun

A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.

quiznoun

An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

quiz kidnoun

A very intelligent or accomplished child or young person, especially one who demonstrated his or her knowledge and quick thinking on radio or television programs in the mid-20th century.

quizbooknoun

A book containing questions and answers on some topic, intended to test the reader's knowledge or to form the basis of a quiz.

quizletnoun

A short quiz.

quizlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a quiz (question challenge).

quizmasternoun

A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.

quizmistressnoun

A female quizmaster.

Quizonname

A Filipino surname from Tagalog/Kapampangan/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

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 53. 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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