| GRECQUES | • grecques n. Plural of grecque. • GRECQUE n. (French) a fret pattern in architecture. |
| JERQUING | • jerquing n. (UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods. • JERQUING n. a search for contraband, also JERKING. |
| QUADRIGA | • quadriga n. (Historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast. • quadriga n. (Historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing. • QUADRIGA n. (Latin) a four-horse chariot. |
| QUAGGIER | • quaggier adj. Comparative form of quaggy: more quaggy. • QUAGGY adj. boggy, like a quagmire. |
| QUAGMIRE | • quagmire n. A swampy, soggy area of ground. • quagmire n. (Figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. • quagmire v. (Transitive) To embroil (A person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty. |
| QUAGMIRY | • quagmiry adj. Like a quagmire. • QUAGMIRY adj. like a quagmire, boggy. |
| QUEERING | • queering v. Present participle of queer. • queering n. (LGBT, social sciences) The process by which something is queered. • QUEER v. to spoil, to put someone in a difficult position. |
| QUERYING | • querying v. Present participle of query. • querying adj. Questioning, or prone to asking questions. • querying n. The act of making a query. |
| QUIRKING | • quirking v. Present participle of quirk. • QUIRK v. to move jerkily. |
| QUIRTING | • quirting v. Present participle of quirt. • QUIRT v. to strike with a horse whip. |
| REQUIGHT | • requight v. Obsolete form of requite. • REQUIGHT v. (Spenser) to requite, also REQUIT, REQUITE. |
| SQUARING | • squaring v. Present participle of square. • squaring n. The act or process by which something is squared (in various senses). • SQUARING n. the act of making square. |
| SQUEGGER | • squegger n. (Electronics) An irregular oscillator, one exhibiting squegging. • SQUEGGER n. a squegging oscillator. |
| SQUIRAGE | • SQUIRAGE n. squires collectively, also SQUIRALITY, SQUIRALTY, SQUIRARCHY, SQUIREAGE, SQUIREARCHY. |
| SQUIRING | • squiring v. Present participle of squire. • SQUIRE v. to escort. |
| TORQUING | • torquing v. Present participle of torque. • TORQUE v. to cause to twist. |
| TRUQUAGE | • TRUQUAGE n. (French) the faking of works of art, also TRUCAGE. |