English words starting with Q

A small stick with a wad of cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning the ears or applying cosmetics.

Relating to Qatar or its people.

A Chinese system of physical exercises and breathing control related to tai chi, used for health, meditation, and martial arts training.

the harsh sound made by a duck

The methods, practices, or claims of a person who pretends to have medical knowledge or skills; medical fraud.

A quadrangle or courtyard, especially on a college campus.

a flat shape with four straight sides and four angles.

A quarter of a circle or of its circumference.

Involving a quantity or variable that is squared (raised to the power of two).

the process of constructing a square equal in area to a given figure, especially a circle.

Happening once every four years.

A large muscle at the front of the thigh with four parts, which helps to straighten the leg.

Having four sides.

a lively square dance for four couples, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.

the number 1,000,000,000,000,000 (10^15)

Paralysis of all four limbs and usually the trunk.

affected by or relating to paralysis of all four limbs; tetraplegic.

an animal that has four feet

consisting of four parts, members, or elements; fourfold.

one of four children or animals born to the same mother at the same time

increasing or becoming four times as great or as numerous.

A system or arrangement of four magnetic poles or electric charges, especially two positive and two negative arranged alternately.

To drink a large amount of something quickly and heartily.

An extinct South African zebra that had a yellowish-brown coat with darker stripes mainly on the head, neck, and forequarters.

An area of soft, wet ground that you sink into.

A large, edible, hard-shelled clam found along the Atlantic coast of North America.

A small, short-tailed bird that is often hunted for sport or food.

Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.

in an attractively unusual or old-fashioned manner.

the quality of being attractively unusual or old-fashioned.

To shake or tremble, especially from fear or because of an earthquake.

A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian group known for its emphasis on direct experience of God, simplicity, and pacifism.

Shaking or trembling, typically as a result of fear, cold, or weakness.

A quality or property as perceived or experienced by a conscious observer, especially a subjective sensory experience.

An official record or achievement (such as a degree, certificate, or skill) that proves you have the ability to do something.

Having passed the necessary examinations or completed the necessary training to do a particular job or activity.

A person or team that qualifies for a competition or its next stage.

to have or achieve the necessary skills, knowledge, or ability to do something

Serving as a qualification or meeting a necessary standard.

relating to the quality or standard of something rather than its quantity.

In a way that relates to or involves the quality or character of something, rather than its quantity or amount.

The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.

The maintenance of a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production.

The activity of checking goods as they are produced to make sure their quality is acceptable.

The degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.

The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.

a feeling of doubt or worry about whether what you are doing is right

feelings of doubt or worry about whether what you are doing is right

a state of uncertainty or perplexity, especially as requiring a difficult choice between equally undesirable options.

A person who specializes in or is skilled in the application of mathematical and statistical techniques, especially in finance.

able to be expressed or measured as a quantity.

The act or process of measuring or expressing something as a quantity or amount.

Expressed or measured as a quantity.

(logic, grammar) a word or phrase (such as 'all', 'some', or 'no') that expresses quantity or scope.

To measure or express the quantity of something.

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

In a way that relates to, measures, or expresses the amount or number of something.

An amount or number of something, especially one that can be measured or counted.

The process of converting something into a digital form by expressing it as a series of discrete units or levels.

to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.

(Physics) Restricted to or occurring in specific, discrete, and indivisible units or levels, rather than varying continuously.

A discrete and indivisible quantity or amount of a physical property, especially as a unit in quantum theory.

Relating to or involving the principles of quantum mechanics.

A period of time when a person or animal that has or may have a disease is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading.

placed in isolation to prevent the spread of disease.

The present participle or gerund of 'quarantine', meaning to place a person or animal in isolation to prevent the spread of a contagious disease.

(physics) any of several types of very small elementary particles that are fundamental constituents of matter, combining to form hadrons such as protons and neutrons.

A subatomic particle composed of a bound state of quarks and gluons, such as a hadron.

An angry argument or disagreement between people, often about a personal matter.

(present participle or gerund) arguing angrily or having a disagreement

tending to argue or disagree with people frequently

(of stone or other materials) extracted from a quarry.

a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

A unit of liquid capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints, equivalent to approximately 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liters in the US.

One of four equal parts of something

A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre, or 10,890 square feet (approximately 0.1012 hectares).

A period of twenty-five years.

A period of fifteen minutes.

Measuring a quarter of an inch in length, width, or diameter.

A unit of linear measure equal to one fourth of a mile (440 yards or approximately 402 meters).

A unit of measurement equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%), used especially in finance to describe changes in interest rates or bond yields.

A unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound (avoirdupois), equivalent to 4 ounces or approximately 113.4 grams.

Having a size equal to one quarter of a standard or original size.

Having a size equal to or approximately that of a quarter (a U.S. or Canadian coin).

The player in American football who directs the team's attacking play.

The part of the upper deck of a ship near the stern, traditionally reserved for officers.

A match or round in a competition that comes before the semifinal, in which eight players or teams compete.

Happening or produced four times a year.

a military officer responsible for providing quarters, rations, clothing, and other supplies

A long, stout pole, traditionally of oak, used as a weapon in England from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.

a group of four musicians who play musical instruments or sing together

A district or neighborhood in a French-speaking city or town.

Any of the three values that divide a set of ranked data into four equal parts.

a size of book page that results from folding a whole sheet into four leaves

a hard, typically transparent mineral consisting of silicon dioxide, found widely in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.

a very hard, granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz that has recrystallized under heat and pressure.

A very bright object at the center of a distant galaxy, powered by a supermassive black hole.

to reject or stop something from continuing, especially by legal or official action

having some resemblance to but not actually being the thing specified

(of a study or research design) resembling an experiment in some way but lacking the full control or random assignment of a true experiment.

Having some of the features or authority of a government organization, but not officially part of the government.

Having some degree of independence but not being fully or completely independent.

Having some of the powers and functions of a judge or court, typically in an administrative body, but not part of the official judiciary.

Having some resemblance to or characteristics of something legal, but not fully or officially so.

Having some of the features or characteristics of a military force but not officially part of a country's armed forces.

having some authority or status but not fully or formally recognized as official.

Having some characteristics of a public body or service, especially in being supported or regulated by the government, while not being fully state-owned or operated.

Having some of the features or qualities that are characteristic of religion, but not being formally or fully a religion.

Having some appearance or features of science but not meeting its full standards or methods.

(of a process or state) changing so slowly that it can be considered to be in equilibrium at each stage.

Relating to or denoting the most recent period of the Cenozoic era, following the Tertiary period and comprising the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.

A stanza of four lines, typically with alternate rhymes.

the 15th century as a period of italian art and literature, characterized by the development of renaissance culture.

(of a voice or musical sound) to shake or tremble

(of a voice or sound) shaking or trembling, typically because of nervousness or strong emotion.

(of a voice or sound) trembling or shaking slightly, often because of nervousness or emotion.

a platform built along the bank of a waterway for ships to load and unload.

The land or area immediately next to a quay or wharf.

The basic unit of quantum information, which can exist in a state of 0, 1, or any quantum superposition of these states.

in a way that feels sick or nauseous