| AQUILON | • Aquilon prop.n. The Roman god of the North Wind, equivalent to the Greek god Boreas. • Aquilon prop.n. The north wind personified. • AQUILON n. (Shakespeare) the north wind. |
| CONQUER | • conquer v. To defeat in combat; to subjugate. • conquer v. To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate. • conquer v. To overcome an abstract obstacle. |
| COQUINA | • coquina n. (Countable) Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States… • coquina n. (Uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building… • COQUINA n. (Spanish) a coarse-grained, porous variety of clastic limestone made up chiefly of shells and shell fragments. |
| EQUINOX | • equinox n. One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when… • equinox n. (Also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length. • equinox n. (Astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial… |
| JONQUIL | • jonquil n. A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil. • jonquil n. A shade of yellow. • Jonquil prop.n. (Rare) A female given name from English. |
| QIGONGS | • qigongs n. Plural of qigong. • QIGONG n. (Chinese) a system of Chinese meditative exercises. |
| QUANGOS | • quangos n. Plural of quango. • QUANGO n. a quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization. |
| QUILLON | • quillon n. The guard of a sword or other bladed weapon designed to protect the hand from harm. • quillon n. Either of the two arms of such a guard. • QUILLON n. (French) the arm of the cross-guard of a sword handle. |
| QUINOAS | • quinoas n. Plural of quinoa. • QUINOA n. (Quechua) a South American goosefoot, with seeds used as rice. |
| QUINOID | • quinoid adj. (Organic chemistry) Having a structure based upon a quinone. • quinoid n. (Organic chemistry) Any substance whose structure is based upon a quinone. • QUINOID n. a quinonoid substance. |
| QUINOLS | • quinols n. Plural of quinol. • QUINOL n. a reducing agent obtained from quinone. |
| QUINONE | • quinone n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the… • QUINONE n. a crystalline derivative of aniline, also CHINONE, KINONE. |
| QUODLIN | • quodlin n. Obsolete form of codling (“apple”). • QUODLIN n. a variety of elongated apple, also CODLIN, CODLING. |
| QUOINED | • quoined adj. (Architecture) Furnished with a quoin. • QUOIN v. to secure or raise by wedging. |
| QUONDAM | • quondam adj. (Formal) Former; once; at one time. • QUONDAM adj. (Latin) former, erstwhile. |
| QUONKED | • quonked v. Simple past tense and past participle of quonk. • QUONK v. to make an accidental disturbing noise too close to a microphone. |
| QUOTING | • quoting v. Present participle of quote. • quoting n. A quoted statement; a quote. • QUOTE v. to repeat the words of, also COATE. |
| UNQUOTE | • unquote interj. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation. • unquote v. (Transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form. • UNQUOTE v. to close a quotation. |
| YAQONAS | • yaqonas n. Plural of yaqona. • YAQONA n. (Fijian) a shrub, of the West Pacific islands, aka kava; a narcotic fermented drink made esp. in Fiji from its macerated roots. |