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All 229 7-Letter Words Starting With Q
qabalahAlternative spelling of Kabbalah.qabbalaAlternative form of Kabbalah.qaddishAlternative form of kaddish.qafilahAlternative form of cafila.qamutikAn Inuit sled for travelling on snow and ice.qamutiqAlternative form of komatik.qaraqulAlternative spelling of karakul.qatayef(baking) Sweet dumplings filled with cream or nuts, traditionally served in Arab communities during Ramadan.qawwali(music, uncountable) A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.qiddushAlternative form of kiddush.qishlaqA rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.qlippotAlternative form of Qliphoth.quachilThe hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus).quackedsimple past and past participle of quackquackerOne who quacks.quackle(transitive, obsolete) To choke.quadbit(computing) Four bits (binary digits), half a byte; a nibble.quadderOne who rides a quad bike.quaddie(Australia, gambling, horse racing, colloquial) A quadrella, a type of bet requiring the bettor to pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track; a bet requiring the selection of four winners of specified matches in a given round of a sporting competition.quaddle(regional) To waddlequadjet(aviation) A jet aircraft powered by four engines.quadlet(computing) A word consisting of four bytes.quadpodA four-legged stand or mount.quadpot(UK) A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth race from any British race meeting.quadradA tetrad; a group of four.quadral(grammar) A grammatical number referring to four (or more) things.quadranAlternative form of quadrans (“Roman coin”).quadrat(sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.quadrelA square piece of turf.quadric(mathematics) A surface or curve whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equationquadrin(archaic) An old copper coin of small value.quaffedsimple past and past participle of quaffquafferOne who quaffs.quaffleA ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.quaghog(rare) Alternative form of quahog.quahaug(dated) Alternative form of quahog (“edible hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, used in chowders”).quahogsplural of quahogquailedsimple past and past participle of quailquailerOne who hunts quail.quaject(computing theory) An object-like data structure containing both data and code (or pointers to code), typically used as an abstraction to manage self-modifying code.quakersplural of quakerquakilyIn a quaky manner.quakingThe action of the verb quake.qualify(transitive) To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.quality(countable) The kind, condition, and/or the set of characteristics of something, as opposed to the quantity of something.quamashDated form of camas.quanderTo ponder or wonder about.quandle(mathematics) A rack, scriptstyle Q,, such that scriptstyle ∀a;∈;Q a triangleright a=a or equivalently a triangleleft a=a.quandryMisspelling of quandary.quangosplural of quangoquanked(UK, dialect, obsolete) Overpowered by fatigue.quannet(archaic) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.quantal(physics) Of or pertaining to a quantum.quanterOne who propels a vessel with a quant pole.quantic(mathematics) A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.quanton(physics) Any quantum entity that shows the properties of both a particle and a wavequantum(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.quarlesplural of quarlequarredsimple past and past participle of quarquarrel(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).quarronAlternative spelling of quarrons.quartal(mathematics) Of base four; using only four unique digits.quartan(medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.quarterA fourth part of something.quartesplural of quartequartetA group of four people or things, particularlyquartic(mathematics) Of or relating to the fourth degree.quartosplural of quartoquartzyResembling or containing quartz.quaruba(countable) Any tree of the genus Vochysia, of the tropical Americas.quasarsplural of quasarquashedsimple past and past participle of quashquasherOne who quashes.quashesthird-person singular simple present indicative of quashquassiaAny of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.quassin(organic chemistry) A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicinequaternquaternate; composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.quatral(grammar) Alternative form of quadral.quatrin(obsolete) Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.quattie(Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.quatuor(music) A quartet.quaversplural of quaverquaveryApt to quaver; shaky, trembling.quayageThe fee charged for using a quay.quayful(nautical) As much or many as a quay can accommodate.quaymanA man who works on a quay.queachyYielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.queanie(Scotland) A young woman.queazen(transitive) To make queasy; sicken.queefer(slang, vulgar) Someone who queefs.queenedsimple past and past participle of queenqueenerOne who queens (in various senses).queenie(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).queenlyHaving the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.queerdo(US, slang) A particularly strange LGBTQ+ person.queeredsimple past and past participle of queerqueerercomparative form of queer: more queer.queerieAlternative form of queery.queerly(uncommon) In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way consistent with queer theory.queermo(slang, derogatory) A homosexual.quelledsimple past and past participle of quellquellerOne who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.quellio(obsolete) A ruff for the neck.quenepaThe mamoncilloquercin(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.querela(law) A complaint preferred in a court.querele(law, obsolete) A complaint to a court in Old English law.querent(law, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff.querida(US, in Latin-American contexts) darlingqueriedsimple past and past participle of queryquerierOne who, or that which, queries.queriesplural of queryquerist(formal) A person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a questioner.querken(transitive) To querk.querkleA painting by numbers puzzle, consisting of a mass of numbered circles, that reveals a hidden image when the circles are coloured inquestedsimple past and past participle of questquesterA person engaged in a quest.questin(organic chemistry) The substituted anthraquinone 3-methyl, 1,6-dihydroxy, 8-methoxy 9,10-anthraquinone found in some species of RubiaceaequestorAlternative spelling of quaestor.quetsch(countable) A dark-skinned variety of plum.quetzalA monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.queuine(biochemistry) A hypermodified derivative of guanine present in the anticodon of some tRNAsqueuingpresent participle and gerund of queuequibbleAn argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.quibblyFussy; quibbling.quiblet(obsolete) A quibble; an objection.quichesplural of quichequicheyResembling or characteristic of quiche.quickenSenses relating to life or states of activity.quickercomparative form of quick: more quickquickie(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.quickle(transitive, informal) To pickle (food) rapidly, without the need for long storage.quicklyRapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.quidderA horse with a dental defect that cannot masticate hay, but rejects it rolled up like a quid of tobacco.quiddle(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to wafflequidlet(UK, colloquial) Synonym of quid: one pound sterling.quiesce(intransitive) To become quiet or quieter.quietedsimple past and past participle of quietquieten(transitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To make quiet.quietercomparative form of quiet: more quietquietlyIn a quiet manner.quietusA stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.quiffedsimple past and past participle of quiffquigglySynonym of quiggly hole.quijadajawbone (percussion instrument)quilate(historical) Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.quilkin(UK, obsolete, Cornwall) A frog or toad.quillai(countable) Quillaja saponaria, the soapbark tree.quillayThe soapbark tree, Quillaja saponaria; the bark of this tree used as a source of saponinquilledHaving quills or similar structures.quillerOne who works with a quill.quilletA quibble, an evasive distinction.quillonSynonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”).quillowA quilt with an attached pocket into which the whole blanket can be folded, thus making a pillow.quiltedHaving the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.quilterA person whose hobby or profession is making quilts.quiname(botany, of leaves) Composed of five leaflets growing from the end of a petiolequinaryOf fifth rank or order.quinate(botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.quinchaA traditional Latin American construction system that uses wood and cane or giant reed to form an earthquake-proof framework that is covered in mud and plaster.quincheAlternative form of quinch.quindimA Brazilian baked custard dessert made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut.quinela(gambling) Alternative form of quiniela.quinide(organic chemistry) A lactone of a quinic acidquininaArchaic form of quinine.quinine(transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.quinitySynonym of quintet: A group of five.quinnatOncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.quinnetAlternative form of quinnat.quinoid(organic chemistry) Having a structure based upon a quinone.quinone(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.quinoyl(chemistry) A radical whose hydride is quinone, analogous to phenyl.quinseyObsolete form of quinsy.quintad(rare, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of quintet: A group of five.quintalAn unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.quintan(of a fever) Recurring every fifth day.quintarAlternative form of qintar.quintasplural of quintaquintet(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)quintic(mathematics) a quintic polynomial: ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+fquintinAlternative form of quintain.quintom(physics) A proposed interaction of a quintessence field and a phantom field as a model of dark energyquinton(music) A type of violin that had five stringsquintus(vocal music) The fifth voice in addition to the superius, altus, tenor and bassus in a piece of vocal polyphony.quinzeeAlternative spelling of quinzhee.quipfulFull of quips or jokes.quippedsimple past and past participle of quipquipperOne who quips; a jester.quippet(rare) A little quip; a minor amusing remark.quiringpresent participle and gerund of quirequirkedHaving, or formed with, a quirk.quirkle(dialectal) A twist.quirledsimple past and past participle of quirlquirleyAlternative form of quirly.quirtedsimple past and past participle of quirtquiscalGreigia sphacelata, a Chilean bromeliad.quiscosAlternative spelling of quisquous.quiscusAlternative spelling of quisquous.quishanObsolete form of cushion.quislerSynonym of quisling.quisserAlternative form of cuisser: synonym of cuisse (“thigh-armor”).quissetSynonym of cuisse or cuissette.quitelyMisspelling of quietly.quittal(obsolete) compensation, requital, or repayment.quittedsimple past and past participle of quitquitter(now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.quittorA chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.quiversplural of quiverquiveryquivering; aquiverquizzedsimple past and past participle of quizquizzee(archaic) One who is quizzed or teased.quizzerA person who quizzes or asks questions.quizzesplural of quizquizzic(uncommon) Quizzical.quizzleTo make a whizzing soundquodlinObsolete form of codling (“apple”).quoined(architecture) Furnished with a quoin.quoiterOne who plays the game of quoits.quomodo(obsolete) The means, way, or method (of doing something).quondam(formal) Former; once; at one time.quoniam(slang, obsolete) A kind of drinking-cup.quonsetAlternative letter-case form of Quonset.quoracyThe condition of being quorate, or having enough members to carry out business and cast votes.quorate(British) (of a meeting) Having a quorum; having the minimum number of people necessary to conduct business and to cast votes.quorumsplural of quorumquotingpresent participle and gerund of quotequotity(obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota; a number of people or thingsquranicAlternative spelling of Qur'anic.qurbani(Islam) The sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.
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