Words beginning with Q

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Archaic form of keno (“gambling game”).

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

plural of quinone

A surname from Spanish.

A surname from Spanish.

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A surname from Spanish.

With verbs, especially past participles.

The capital city of Ecuador.

One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist.

Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and …

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A region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

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which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.

A cat-sized wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.

plural of quorum

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

A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.

plural of quote

The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another.

Alternative form of Qur'an.

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