| BARQUE | • barque n. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost… • barque n. (Archaic) Any small sailing vessel. • barque n. (Poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind. |
| BURQAS | • burqas n. Plural of burqa. • BURQA n. (Urdu) a coverall worn by Muslim women, also BURKA, BOORKA, BOURKHA. |
| FAQUIR | • faquir n. Obsolete spelling of fakir. • FAQUIR n. (Arabic) a Hindu ascetic, also FAKEER, FAKIR, FAQIR. |
| MARQUE | • marque n. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making… • marque n. A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model). • marque n. A ship commissioned for making captures. |
| QUAERE | • quaere v. (Archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt. • quaere n. (Archaic) A question or query. • quære v. Obsolete form of quaere. |
| QUAIRS | • QUAIR n. (obsolete) a quire; a book. |
| QUAKER | • quaker n. Quaker. • quaker n. (Entomology) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops. • Quaker n. A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views. |
| QUARER | • quarer adj. Comparative form of quare: more quare. • QUARE adj. (dialect) queer. |
| QUARKS | • quarks n. Plural of quark. • QUARK n. a fundamental subatomic particle. |
| QUARRY | • quarry n. (Mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate. • quarry v. (Transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry. • quarry v. (Figuratively, transitive) To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching. |
| QUARTE | • quarte n. (Fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the… • QUARTE n. the fourth of eight parrying or attacking positions in fencing. |
| QUARTO | • quarto n. (Paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting… • quarto n. (Printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size. • QUARTO n. a book size made by folding sheet into four leaves. |
| QUARTS | • quarts n. Plural of quart. • QUART n. the fourth part of a gallon, or two pints. |
| QUARTZ | • quartz n. (Mineralogy) The most abundant mineral on the earth’s surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide… • quartz n. (Uncountable, slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride. • QUARTZ n. the commonest rock-forming mineral, composed of silica. |
| QUASAR | • quasar n. (Astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively)… • QUASAR n. a starlike object which emits radio waves. |
| QUATRE | • quatre n. (Archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips. • QUATRE n. (French) a card, die, or domino, having four spots, or pips. |
| QUAVER | • quaver n. A trembling shake. • quaver n. A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing. • quaver n. (Music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail. |
| SQUARE | • square n. (Geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle;… • square n. Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form. • square n. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles. |
| SQUARK | • squark n. (Physics) A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half. • SQUARK n. the hypothetical boson analogue of a quark. |