| 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. |
| 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. |
| MAQUILA | • maquila n. Synonym of medio, half-celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L. • maquila n. Synonym of maquiladora, a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts. • maquila n. Alternative spelling of makila, a kind of walking stick. |
| PASQUIL | • pasquil n. A pasquin; a lampoon. • PASQUIL n. (Italian) a satire or lampoon. • PASQUIL v. to satirise with a pasquil. |
| QUILLAI | • quillai n. (Countable) Quillaja saponaria, the soapbark tree. • quillai n. (Uncountable) The bark of that tree. • QUILLAI n. the soapbark tree, a rosaceous tree native to Chile, also CULLAY, QUILLAIA, QUILLAJA. |
| QUILLED | • quilled adj. Having quills or similar structures. • quilled adj. (Of a flower) Having long, narrow petals or florets. • quilled adj. Created through the process of quilling. |
| QUILLET | • quillet n. A quibble, an evasive distinction. • quillet n. (Now regional) A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it… • QUILLET n. (archaic) a quibble, also QUIBLIN. |
| 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. |
| QUILLOW | • quillow n. A quilt with an attached pocket into which the whole blanket can be folded, thus making a pillow. • QUILLOW n. a quilt made into a pillow. |
| QUILTED | • quilted adj. Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with… • quilted adj. Having characteristics that approximate the above to some degree. • quilted v. Simple past tense and past participle of quilt. |
| QUILTER | • quilter n. A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts. • quilter n. (Britain) A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt. • quilter n. (US) A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated… |
| SQUILLA | • squilla n. A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks. • squilla n. (Botany, obsolete) The squill, the sea onion. • squilla n. (Zoology) The mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla. |
| SQUILLS | • squills n. Plural of squill. • SQUILL n. a blue wild flower, also SQUILLA. |
| TEQUILA | • tequila n. An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana. • Tequila prop.n. A town in Jalisco, Mexico. • TEQUILA n. a Mexican alcoholic drink made from the agave plant, also TEQUILLA. |