having the power but not the rank or title of a king
<adj.all>

quasi-royal

sample sentences

"one of the quasi-royal rulers of Africa"

a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
<noun.object>

quasar

quasi-stellar radio source

a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
<noun.cognition>

quasiparticle

handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
<noun.plant>

Quassia amara

bitterwood

quassia

a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma
<noun.substance>

quassia

chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
<noun.plant>

Simaroubaceae

family Simaroubaceae

quassia family

the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
<noun.artifact>

African tea

Arabian tea

cat

kat

khat

qat

quat

sample sentences

"in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"

the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
<noun.time>

quatercentenary

quatercentennial

the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
<noun.time>

quatercentenary

quatercentennial

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13

4

IV

Little Joe

four

foursome

quadruplet

quartet

quatern

quaternary

quaternion

quaternity

tetrad

coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 4

4th

fourth

quaternary

sample sentences

"the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"

consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four
<adj.all>

quaternary

quaternate

sample sentences

"quaternate leaves"
"a quaternary compound"

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13

4

IV

Little Joe

four

foursome

quadruplet

quartet

quatern

quaternary

quaternion

quaternity

tetrad

a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs
<noun.substance>

quaternary ammonium compound

consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four
<adj.all>

quaternary

quaternate

sample sentences

"quaternate leaves"
"a quaternary compound"

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13

4

IV

Little Joe

four

foursome

quadruplet

quartet

quatern

quaternary

quaternion

quaternity

tetrad

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13

4

IV

Little Joe

four

foursome

quadruplet

quartet

quatern

quaternary

quaternion

quaternity

tetrad

a stanza of four lines
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quatrain

the 15th century in Italian art and literature
<noun.time>

quattrocento

a tremulous sound
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quaver

a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
<noun.communication>

eighth note

quaver

sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quaver

trill

warble

give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
<verb.communication>

quaver

waver

(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

quavering

tremulous

sample sentences

"the old lady's quavering voice"
"spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"

in an unsteady quavering manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quaveringly

sample sentences

"the man began quaveringly to question the soldier"

wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
<noun.artifact>

quay

a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
<noun.possession>

quayage

wharfage

in a queasy manner
<adv.all>

queasily

sample sentences

"`Do I have to remove the liver,' the medical student asked queasily"

inability to rest or relax or be still
<noun.attribute>

queasiness

restlessness

uneasiness

a mild state of nausea
<noun.state>

qualm

queasiness

squeamishness

causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

anxious

nervous

queasy

uneasy

unquiet

sample sentences

"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
"cast anxious glances behind her"
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
"an unquiet mind"

feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nauseated

nauseous

queasy

sick

sickish

causing or able to cause nausea
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

loathsome

nauseating

nauseous

noisome

offensive

queasy

sickening

vile

sample sentences

"a nauseating smell"
"nauseous offal"
"a sickening stench"

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
<noun.animal>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

queen

a female sovereign ruler
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

female monarch

queen

queen regnant

the wife or widow of a king
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

queen

female cat
<noun.animal>

queen

tabby

an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
<noun.animal>

queen

queen mole rat

(chess) the most powerful piece
<noun.artifact>

queen

one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
<noun.artifact>

queen

offensive term for a homosexual man
<noun.person>

fag

faggot

fagot

fairy

nance

pansy

poof

poove

pouf

queen

queer

a competitor who holds a preeminent position
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

king

queen

world-beater

something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
<noun.person>

queen

sample sentences

"Paris is the queen of cities"
"the queen of ocean liners"

become a queen
<verb.motion>

queen

sample sentences

"her pawn queened"

promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
<verb.social>

queen

fertile egg-laying female bee
<noun.animal>

queen bee

the wife of a reigning king
<noun.person>

queen consort