| CIRQUE | • cirque n. (Geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley. • cirque n. (Dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus. • CIRQUE n. (French) a bowl-shaped depression on a mountain that is carved out by an Alpine glacier. |
| FAQUIR | • faquir n. Obsolete spelling of fakir. • FAQUIR n. (Arabic) a Hindu ascetic, also FAKEER, FAKIR, FAQIR. |
| LIQUOR | • liquor n. (Obsolete) A liquid, a fluid. • liquor n. (Obsolete) A drinkable liquid. • liquor n. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both). |
| QUAIRS | • QUAIR n. (obsolete) a quire; a book. |
| QUIRED | • quired v. Simple past tense and past participle of quire. • QUIRE v. to sing in concert. |
| QUIRES | • quires n. Plural of quire. • quires v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quire. • QUIRE v. to sing in concert. |
| QUIRKS | • quirks n. Plural of quirk. • QUIRK v. to move jerkily. |
| QUIRKY | • quirky adj. Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute. • QUIRKY adj. twisted. |
| QUIRTS | • quirts n. Plural of quirt. • quirts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quirt. • QUIRT v. to strike with a horse whip. |
| QUIVER | • quiver n. (Weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. • quiver n. (Figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons. • quiver n. (Obsolete) A vulva. |
| REQUIN | • requin n. (Dated) The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). • REQUIN n. (French) the man-eater, or white shark, so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung. |
| REQUIT | • requit v. Obsolete form of requite. • REQUIT v. (Shakespeare) to repay, also REQUIGHT. |
| RISQUE | • risque adj. (US) Alternative form of risqué. • risque n. Obsolete spelling of risk. • risque v. Obsolete spelling of risk. |
| SQUIER | • squier n. Obsolete form of square. • Squier prop.n. A surname. • SQUIER n. (Shakespeare) a square or rule. |
| SQUIRE | • squire n. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight. • squire n. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire. • squire n. A male attendant on a great personage. |
| SQUIRL | • squirl n. A flourish in handwriting. • squirl n. (US, dialect) A squirrel. • SQUIRL n. an ornamental curve in handwriting. |
| SQUIRM | • squirm v. To twist one’s body with snakelike motions. • squirm v. To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment. • squirm v. To evade a question, an interviewer etc. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| SQUIRR | • squirr v. Alternative form of squir. • SQUIRR v. to scour, search; to send skimming, also SCUR, SKER, SKIRR. |
| SQUIRT | • squirt n. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream. • squirt n. A small, quick stream; a jet. • squirt n. (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source. |