| AQUAMARINE | • aquamarine n. The bluish-green colour of the sea. • aquamarine n. A bluish-green variety of beryl. • aquamarine adj. Of a bluish-green colour. |
| LAMBREQUIN | • lambrequin n. A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet. • lambrequin n. (Heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an item, typically with one end pendant. • lambrequin n. (US) A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance. |
| MAQUISARDS | • maquisards n. Plural of maquisard. • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
| MARQUISATE | • marquisate n. The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness. • marquisate n. The state or rank of a marquis. • MARQUISATE n. the rank of a marquis. |
| MICROQUAKE | • microquake n. Microearthquake. • MICROQUAKE n. a very small earthquake. |
| PRIMAQUINE | • primaquine n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of… • PRIMAQUINE n. an antimalarial drug. |
| QUADRIFORM | • quadriform adj. Having four forms, parts or aspects. • QUADRIFORM adj. having four forms or aspects. |
| QUADRIREME | • quadrireme n. (History, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen. • QUADRIREME n. an ancient ship with four banks of oars. |
| QUADRIVIUM | • quadrivium n. (Education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of… • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
| QUADRUMVIR | • quadrumvir n. Synonym of quattuorvir. • QUADRUMVIR n. a member of a quadrumvirate. |
| QUAGMIRIER | • QUAGMIRY adj. like a quagmire, boggy. |
| QUAGMIRING | • quagmiring v. Present participle of quagmire. • QUAGMIRE v. to entangle as in boggy ground. |
| QUIZMASTER | • quizmaster n. A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show. • QUIZMASTER n. one who puts the questions to contestants in a quiz show. |
| SEAQUARIUM | • seaquarium n. An oceanarium. • SEAQUARIUM n. an oceanarium. |
| SEMIQUAVER | • semiquaver n. (Music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails. • SEMIQUAVER n. a 1/16 note in music. |
| SINARQUISM | • Sinarquism n. A fascist movement in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s, with links to the Nazis and the Falangists… • SINARQUISM n. the fascist movement in Mexico, prominent around the time of the Second World War, also SINARCHISM. |
| SQUAMIFORM | • squamiform adj. Having the shape or structure of a scale. • SQUAMIFORM adj. shaped like a scale. |