| Term | Definition |
|---|
| quay | wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline |
| qubit | a quantum bit |
| quill | pen made from a bird's feather |
| quilt | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together |
| quiesce | become quiet or quieter |
| quell | suppress or crush completely (out) , overcome or allay (in)_ |
| quidnunc | a gossip; a busybody; a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip |
| burke | murder without leaving a trace on the body |
| quern | a primitive hand mill to grind grain |
| quaff | to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught, swig |
| quark | the smallest part of matter |
| queasy | feeling nausea, feeling about to vomit |
| quasi | semi- partly, to some degree similar |
| quito | the capital of Ecuador |
| quirt | whip with a leather thong at the end |
| quitch | european grass spreading rapidly |
| quixotic | romantic ,idealistic, impractical |
| quoits | a game used with rings which you throw into an upright tube |
| quadriplegic | a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs |
| quadrille | a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples |
| quince | small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and bright yellow pear-shaped fruit |
| malversate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| pilferage | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles |
| quint | five |
| quinte | fifth defensive position |
| quatern | the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines |
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