| AQUAMARINES | • aquamarines n. Plural of aquamarine. • AQUAMARINE n. a transparent blue, blue-green, or green variety of beryl used as a gem. |
| LAMBREQUINS | • lambrequins n. Plural of lambrequin. • LAMBREQUIN n. (French) a veil over a helmet; a strip of drapery over a window or doorway. |
| MARQUETRIES | • marquetries n. Plural of marquetry. • MARQUETRY n. furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal, also MARQUETERIE. |
| MARQUISATES | • marquisates n. Plural of marquisate. • MARQUISATE n. the rank of a marquis. |
| MARQUISETTE | • marquisette n. A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains. • MARQUISETTE n. a sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon. |
| MESQUINERIE | • MESQUINERIE n. (French) the quality of being mesquin, mean. |
| MICROQUAKES | • microquakes n. Plural of microquake. • MICROQUAKE n. a very small earthquake. |
| MOSQUITOIER | • MOSQUITOEY adj. full of mosquitoes. |
| PRIMAQUINES | • PRIMAQUINE n. an antimalarial drug. |
| QUADRIREMES | • quadriremes n. Plural of quadrireme. • QUADRIREME n. an ancient ship with four banks of oars. |
| QUADRIVIUMS | • quadriviums n. Plural of quadrivium. • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
| QUADRUMVIRS | • quadrumvirs n. Plural of quadrumvir. • QUADRUMVIR n. a member of a quadrumvirate. |
| QUAGMIRIEST | • QUAGMIRY adj. like a quagmire, boggy. |
| QUERIMONIES | • querimonies n. Plural of querimony. • QUERIMONY n. a complaint. |
| QUIZMASTERS | • quizmasters n. Plural of quizmaster. • QUIZMASTER n. one who puts the questions to contestants in a quiz show. |
| SEAQUARIUMS | • seaquariums n. Plural of seaquarium. • SEAQUARIUM n. an oceanarium. |
| SEMICIRQUES | • semicirques n. Plural of semicirque. • SEMICIRQUE n. a semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills. |
| SEMIQUAVERS | • semiquavers n. Plural of semiquaver. • SEMIQUAVER n. a 1/16 note in music. |
| SINARQUISMS | • SINARQUISM n. the fascist movement in Mexico, prominent around the time of the Second World War, also SINARCHISM. |
| SQUIRMINGLY | • squirmingly adv. With squirming motions. • SQUIRMING adv. SQUIRM, to wriggle. |