Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Qijiang A district of Chongqing, China. Qikiqtaaluk An uninhabited island of Nunavut territyory, Canada. qila A fort or fortress. qilaut A type of frame drum used mostly by the Inuit. Qilian A county of Haibei, Qinghai, China. qilianshanite A soft colourless monoclinic mineral with the chemical formula NaHCO₃·H₃BO₃·2H₂O. qilin A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage. Qimant Of or pertaining to Qimant. Qimen A county of Huangshan, Anhui, China. qin Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin. Qinbei A district of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China. qindarkas Synonym of qindarkë. Qindu A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. qing A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument. Qingcheng A county of Qingyang, Gansu, China. Qingchuan A county of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China. Qingdao A major prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in eastern Shandong, in eastern China, on the Yellow Sea. Qingfeng A county of Puyang, Henan, China. Qinggil A county of Altay prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Qinghai A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining. qinghaosu The drug artemisinin. Qinghe Synonym of Qinggil: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. qingheiite A complex yellow or green mineral with vitreous lustre. Qinghemen A district of Fuxin, Liaoning, China. Qingjian A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Qingjiangpu A district of Huai'an, in central Jiangsu, in eastern China. Qingjin Synonym of Chongjin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Qinglong A Manchu autonomous county in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China. Qingming The first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 15th day after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5). Qingpu A district of Shanghai, China. Qingquan A village in Taoshan, Wufeng, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Qingshan A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Qingshanhu A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. Qingshui A county of Tianshui, Gansu, China. qingsongite A rare mineral first discovered in Tibet in 2009. Qingtian A county of Lishui, Zhejiang, China. Qingtongxia A county-level city of Wuzhong, Ningxia autonomous region, China, formerly a county. qingtuan A sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China. Qingxiu A district of Nanning, Guangxi autonomous region, China. Qingxu A county of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. Qingyang A county of Chizhou, Anhui, China. qingyangshengenin A corticosteroid hormone found in Cynanchum auriculatum. Qingyuan A district of Baoding, Hebei, China. Qingyunpu A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. qingzhen Synonym of halal: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name; permissible according to Muslim religious customs, especially of food preparation Qinhuangdao A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China. Qinnan A district of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China. qinpu Tablature score collections for the Chinese musical instrument, the guqin. qinqin A plucked Chinese lute. Qinshui A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China. qintar An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek. Qinyang A county-level city of Jiaozuo, Henan, China. Qinyuan A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China. Qinzhou A district in modern Tianshui, Gansu, China. Qionghai A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China. Qiongshan A district of Haikou, Hainan, China. Qiongzhong A Li and Miao autonomous county in Hainan, China. Qipan A township in Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China. qipao A traditional one-piece dress worn by Chinese women. Qiqihar A city in Heilongjiang, China. Qira A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. qiran A former currency of Iran (from 1825 to 1932), subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and worth one tenth of a toman. qirat A unit of weight, one twentieth of a mithqal. qisas Under sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive justice. Qishan Synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China. qishlaq A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. qishta A coagulated milk product prepared from heated fresh milk, found in southern Mediterranean cuisines. Qitaihe A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China. qitianlingite A black orthorhombic mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)₂(Nb,Ta)₂WO₁₀. Qiu An English surname from Mandarin Chinese. Qiubei A county of Wenshan prefecture, Yunnan, China. qiviut The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre. Qixi A Chinese festival celebrating the mythological annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang, held on the seventh day of the seventh Chinese lunisolar month. Qixia A county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, China. Qixingguan A district of Bijie, Guizhou, China. qiyam A form of optional prayer prayed during the night, preceding the ruku. qiyan A woman entertainer qiyas The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence from the Qu'ran and Sunnah. Qizilbash A member of the Turkmen tribes who formed the basis of the military power of the Safavids. Qliphoth Evil forces in the mystical teachings of Judaism (such as in the Kabbalah). Qliphothic Pertaining to the Qliphoth. QM Used to indicate a question mark sign in sign language glosses. Qnut Synonym of Qcumber. qobar A dry fog or dry haze, chiefly of the upper Nile but rarely also elsewhere, which has a brownish-yellow color when slight (sometimes only perceptible from a distance) and darker yellow-grey color when thicker (sometimes obscuring the landscape and blotting out the stars). QOD once every other day Qoghan A township in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Qom Synonym of Toba (“a people of Argentina”). Qootsaptuvela An ancient village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. qoph The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Qormi A city and local council of the Southern Region, Malta. Qoro A surname from Fijian. qoryak Qoryak, is the phonetic transliterated word for the Koryak people, a Paleo-Siberian group indigenous to northeastern Asia and the Bering Strait in close proximity to Alaska, historically considered independent from the Slavic-Russians of Europe. qPCR A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). QPF SQ — Quebec police force — Sûreté du Québec QRM electromagnetic interference QRPer A radio enthusiast who operates on very little power. qrs A QRS complex. QSG Quasi-Stellar Galaxy, a quasar QSO A radio-quiet quasar. qt Quality time. QTA The station code of Quetta railway station in Pakistan. Qtard Synonym of Qcumber. qu An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian). qua as; in the capacity of; acting as Quaal A surname. quaalude A dose of this drug, sometimes taken recreationally. Quaama A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. quab An unfledged bird; squab, or (by extension, obsolete) Something immature or unfinished. Quabbin Former name of Greenwich, Massachusetts, United States. Quaboag A river in Massachusetts that heads at Quaboag Pond in Brookfield and flows west to the village of Three Rivers Quach A surname. quachil The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus). quachtli A piece of standardized cloth used as currency in Mesoamerica until shortly after the arrival of Europeans. quack The vocalisation made by a duck. quackademic pseudoscientific but within the academic community quackbuster A person or agency that seeks to expose and discredit quackery. quackbusting The practice of exposing quackery in order to discredit it. quackcinated Vaccinated. quackdom The realm of quacks (fraudulent or incompetent doctors). Quackenbos A surname from Dutch. Quackenbush A surname from Dutch. quacker One who quacks. quackery The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud. quackgrass Couch grass (a species of grass, Elymus repens). quackhood quackery quacking Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so. quackingly In a quacking manner; with quacking sounds. quackish Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery. quackishly In a quackish manner. quackishness The state or condition of being quackish. quackism Behaviour of a quack; quackery. quackle To choke. quackless Of a duck, that does not quack. quacklike Resembling or characteristic of a quack (fraudulent doctor). quacksalver One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. quacksalvery The actions or practices of a quacksalver; quackery. quacksalving Falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, like a quacksalver. quackster A quack or charlatan. quacktitioner A medical, or other, practitioner of dubious merit. quacky That resembles the quack of a duck. quad A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type. quadannual Once every four years; quadrennial. Quadarella A surname from Italian. quadazocine An opioid antagonist of the benzomorphan family, used in scientific research. quadball A rounded cube used to approximate a sphere. quadband Supporting four frequency bands. quadbiking Driving in a quad bike. quadbit Four bits (binary digits), half a byte; a nibble. quadboob A fictional character having exactly four breasts. quadcast A radio broadcast of four channels surround sound.