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 quishing Phishing by means of a QR code (to link to a malicious site, compromise a user account, etc.). quisinostat The drug N-hydroxy-2-[4-({[(1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl]amino}methyl)-1-piperidinyl]-5-pyrimidinecarboxamide quisle To collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling. quisler Synonym of quisling. quisling A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. quislingism traitorous collaboration with an enemy quislingist That is collaborating with an occupying enemy. quislingize To corrupt by getting a significant number of members to collaborate with an enemy occupying force. quism A quasi-isomorphism. Quispamsis A town in New Brunswick, Canada. Quispe A surname from Spanish [in turn from Quechua]. quispina A coarse bread made from quinoa. quisqualate Any salt or ester of quisqualic acid. quisqueite A brittle, lustrous black hydrocarbon. quisquilian Without value or importance, insignificant. quisquilious composed of bric-a-brac, miscellaneous quisquis Whoever, whosoever. quisquous Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess. quisset Synonym of cuisse or cuissette. quist The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus. quisultazine An antiulcer drug. quisutsch The coho salmon. quit Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. quitch To shake (something); to stir, move. quitchgrass A species of grass, Elymus repens. quitclaim To relinquish or release (a claim, title, etc.); to transfer (an interest in property). quite With verbs, especially past participles. quitely Quite. Quitemo A Chapacuran language. Quitemoca Synonym of Quitemo (“language”). Quiterio A surname from Portuguese. quiteron A type of superconducting transistor. quitline A helpline offering advanced treatment for addiction and behavior change. Quitman A surname. Quito The capital city of Ecuador. quitrent A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service. quitrenter One who possesses land in return for the payment of a quitrent. quits On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed. quitsies Permission to leave a game (of marbles, etc.) without forfeit or penalty. quittable Capable of being quitted. quittal compensation, requital, or repayment. quittance A release or acquittal. quitter Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. quitting The deliberate ending of something. quittor A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone. Quitu A group of pre-Columbian indigenous peoples in Ecuador who founded Quito. quiver A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. quivered Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows. quiverer One who quivers. quiverful The amount held by a quiver Quiverfull A member of the Quiverfull religious movement. quivering shaking, shivering quiveringly While quivering, or as if quivering quiverish quivery quiverleaf quaking aspen quiverness agility quiversome Characterised or marked by quivering. quivertip A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait quivery quivering; aquiver Quivira a province of the Wichita tribe's lands; it was probably located in present-day state of Kansas Quiviran Of or relating to the legendary region of Quivira. quixabeira The South American tree Sideroxylon obtusifolium. Quixley A surname. Quixote One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist. Quixotean quixotic quixotic Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality. quixotical quixotic quixotically In a quixotic manner. quixotish Quixotic. quixotism A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry. quixotize To behave in a quixotic manner quixotry A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism. Quiyoughcohannock A member of a Virginian Algonquian group which was part of the Powhatan Confederacy, and which spoke a lect sometimes identified with Tapehanek. lived many generations on their home land but were forced to cede their lands to English colonists by 1619 With no access to their ancestral lands, their whole way of life was disrupted, and the knowledge tied to that land could no longer be passed down. quiz An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing. quizartinib The kinase inhibitor 1-(5-tert-butyl-1,2-oxazol-3-yl)-3-[4-[6-(2-morpholin-4-ylethoxy)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazol-2-yl]phenyl]urea. quizbook A book containing questions and answers on some topic, intended to test the reader's knowledge or to form the basis of a quiz. Quizhpi A surname. quizlet A short quiz. quizlike Resembling or characteristic of a quiz (question challenge). quizmaster A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show. quizmistress A female quizmaster. Quizon A Filipino surname from Tagalog/Kapampangan/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry. quizzable Fit to be quizzed or teased; comical in appearance or habits. quizzacious Mocking or satirical. quizzaciously In a mocking or satirical manner. quizzee One who is quizzed or teased. quizzer A person who quizzes or asks questions. quizzery Mockery; teasing or playing pranks. quizzic Quizzical. quizzical Chiefly of a person's expression: suggesting (slight) confusion or puzzlement, especially in an amused manner; curious, questioning. quizzicality The state or condition of being quizzical. quizzically In a quizzical manner; as if puzzled or asking a question. quizzicalness The state or condition of being quizzical. quizzicle A short quiz. quizzification quizzing; teasing; mockery quizzify To chaff or mock; to tease. quizziness Quality of being quizzy. quizzing The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery. quizzingly in a quizzing manner. quizzish quizzical quizzism The act or habit of quizzing. quizzity Oddity; eccentricity. quizzle To make a whizzing sound quizzy Odd; eccentric. Qujing A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China. Qulin A city and town in Missouri. qulkhwani A ritual for deceased Muslims. Qullasuyu The southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire. qulliq A kudlik, a lamp used by the Inuit, consisting of a cup of soapstone filled with oil (commonly from blubber) with cottongrass or moss used as a wick. qullqa An Incan storehouse or warehouse Qult The cultlike following of the QAnon movement. Qultist A cultlike follower of the QAnon movement. Qumis A small province of ancient and medieval Persia, separating Ray, Hyrcania, and Khurasan. qumix A mixed state in a quantum computing system. qumode An information-carrying unit of a harmonic oscillator. Qumran A region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Qumranic Belonging to the Qumran region. Quneitra A city in the Quneitra governorate, Syria qungua A traditional two-piece dress worn by Chinese women. Qungzusian An age from 532 to 523 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian. quo quoth quoad With respect to. quob To throb; to quiver. quobby Marshy, boggy. quockerwodger Synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”). quod A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison. quoddity The individual identity of something. quoddy Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy. quodlibet A form of music with melodies in counterpoint. quodlibetal Of or relating to quodlibet. quodlibetarian One who discusses any subject at pleasure. quodlibetary Of or relating to quodlibet. quodlibetic Of or relating to a quodlibet quodlibetical Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously. quodlibetically In a quodlibetic manner. quodlibetificate To debate by means of quodlibets quodque each, every quog Synonym of quahog. Quogue A hamlet in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York. Quoiba A locality in the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia. quoigenic Of a system, having an origin that is unknown, intentionally undisclosed, or treated as irrelevant. quoilers The breeching of the harness of a horse-drawn cart. quoin Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks. quoined Furnished with a quoin. quoining The architectural elements, such as stone or brick, that form a quoin. quoinless Without a quoin. quoiromantic Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself. quoisexual Being on the asexual spectrum and not understanding the concept of sexual attraction. quoit A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. quoiter One who plays the game of quoits.