| CRITIQUED | • critiqued v. Simple past tense and past participle of critique. • CRITIQUE v. (French) to judge as a critic. |
| DAIQUIRIS | • daiquiris n. Plural of daiquiri. • DAIQUIRI n. a cocktail, also DAQUIRI. |
| LIQUEURED | • liqueured v. Simple past tense and past participle of liqueur. • LIQUEUR v. to flavour with a liqueur. |
| LIQUIDIER | • LIQUIDY adj. having the nature of a liquid, flowing freely. |
| MAQUISARD | • maquisard n. (Historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French… • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
| QUADRATIC | • quadratic adj. Square-shaped. • quadratic adj. (Mathematics) of a polynomial, involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers… • quadratic adj. (Mathematics) of an equation, of the form 𝑎𝑥2+𝑏𝑥+𝑐=0. |
| QUADRICEP | • quadricep n. Quadriceps. • QUADRICEP n. the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
| QUADRIFID | • quadrifid adj. Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts. • QUADRIFID adj. four-part (as with a leaf). |
| QUADRIGAE | • quadrigae n. Plural of quadriga. • QUADRIGA n. (Latin) a four-horse chariot. |
| QUADRIGAS | • quadrigas n. Plural of quadriga. • QUADRIGA n. (Latin) a four-horse chariot. |
| QUADRILLE | • quadrille n. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance. • quadrille n. The music for this dance. • quadrille n. (Card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck. |
| QUADRIVIA | • quadrivia n. Plural of quadrivium. • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
| QUAGMIRED | • quagmired adj. (Of a road etc) Resembling a quagmire. • quagmired adj. (Of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire. • quagmired v. Simple past tense and past participle of quagmire. |
| QUIDDLERS | • quiddlers n. Plural of quiddler. • QUIDDLER n. someone who quiddles. |
| REQUITTED | • requitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of requit. • REQUIT v. (Shakespeare) to repay, also REQUIGHT. |
| SQUALIDER | • squalider adj. Comparative form of squalid: more squalid. • SQUALID adj. filthy, neglected. |
| SQUIDGIER | • squidgier adj. Comparative form of squidgy: more squidgy. • SQUIDGY adj. unpleasantly damp, clammy. |
| SQUIREDOM | • squiredom n. The rank of squire, or the period of being a squire. • SQUIREDOM n. the office of squire. |