| SQUABASHING | • squabashing v. Present participle of squabash. • SQUABASH v. to crush esp. with criticism; to lambaste. |
| AQUAFARMINGS | • AQUAFARMING n. marine farming. |
| AQUAPLANINGS | • AQUAPLANING n. the sport of skimming across water. |
| DAMASQUINING | • damasquining v. Present participle of damasquin. • DAMASQUIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN. |
| DESQUAMATING | • desquamating v. Present participle of desquamate. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
| MASQUERADING | • masquerading v. Present participle of masquerade. • masquerading n. The act of one who masquerades. • MASQUERADE v. to disguise oneself. |
| PASQUINADING | • pasquinading v. Present participle of pasquinade. • PASQUINADE v. to compose a pasquinade. |
| QUACKSALVING | • quacksalving adj. Falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, like a quacksalver. • QUACKSALVING adj. (obsolete) like a quacksalver, a charlatan. |
| QUANGOCRACIES | • quangocracies n. Plural of quangocracy. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| QUARTERSAWING | • quartersawing v. Present participle of quartersaw. • quarter␣sawing v. Present participle of quarter saw. • QUARTERSAW v. to saw (timber) into quarters along two diameters of a log at right angles to each other. |
| ABSQUATULATING | • absquatulating v. Present participle of absquatulate. • ABSQUATULATE v. to decamp. |
| QUINQUAGESIMAL | • quinquagesimal adj. Of or related to a set of 50 people or items. • QUINQUAGESIMAL adj. consisting of fifty days. |
| QUADRAGENARIANS | • quadragenarians n. Plural of quadragenarian. • QUADRAGENARIAN n. a person who is forty years old, or between forty and fifty. |
| QUADRINGENARIES | • quadringenaries n. Plural of quadringenary. • QUADRINGENARY n. a four-hundredth anniversary or its celebration. |
| QUARTERBACKINGS | • QUARTERBACKING n. wisdom after the event, esp. by spectators. |