5 Letter Words Starting with Q

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1. querlScrabble 14 · WWF 16

   v. t.. To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope.

2. quernScrabble 14 · WWF 16

   n.. A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

3. queryScrabble 17 · WWF 17

   n.. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

4. quesoScrabble 14 · WWF 15

   noun. A melted cheese sauce or dip, often used in Mexican cuisine.

5. questScrabble 14 · WWF 15

   n.. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

6. queueScrabble 14 · WWF 16

   n.. A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

7. queysScrabble 17 · WWF 17

   noun. Plural of quey; a heifer or young cow.

8. quicaScrabble 16 · WWF 18

   n.. A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.

9. quickScrabble 20 · WWF 22

   superl.. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

10. quidsScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    noun. Plural of quid; pounds sterling (British slang).

11. quietScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    a.. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

12. quiffScrabble 20 · WWF 21

    n.. a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)

13. quillScrabble 14 · WWF 17

    n.. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

14. quiltScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover.

15. quinaScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    noun. The dried bark of the cinchona tree, used as a source of quinine.

16. quineScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)

17. quinkScrabble 18 · WWF 20

    noun. A brand of ink, especially a quick-drying ink.

18. quintScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.

19. quipoScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    n.. Same as Quipu.

20. quipsScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    noun. Plural of quip; witty or sarcastic remarks.

21. quipuScrabble 16 · WWF 19

    n.. A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events.

22. quiraScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber

23. quireScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. See Choir.

24. quirkScrabble 18 · WWF 19

    n.. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

25. quirlScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n. & v.. See Querl.

26. quirtScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

27. quistScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. A wood pigeon (Columba palumbus).

28. quiteScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    v. t. & i.. See Quit.

29. quitoScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. the capital of Ecuador

30. quitsScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    interj.. See the Note under Quit, a.

31. quoadScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    preposition. As regards; with respect to.

32. quodsScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    noun. Plural of quod; prisons or jails.

33. quoinScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

34. quoitScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.

35. quollScrabble 14 · WWF 17

    n.. A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.

36. quotaScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

37. quoteScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    v. t.. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

38. quothScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    v. t.. Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he.

39. quottScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. A small portion or piece; a fragment (obsolete).

40. quranScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. See Koran.

41. qurshScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    noun. A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, equal to one twentieth of a riyal.

42. qurtiScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. A type of traditional South Asian tunic or shirt.