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Words starting with q

1 letter words starting with q

  • q — the 17th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  • q and a — an exchange of questions and answers.
  • q clearance — (in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) the highest level of security clearance, permitting access to secret information, documents, etc., relating to nuclear research.
  • q factor — See Q (def 6).
  • q fever — an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti.

2 letter words starting with q

  • qa — quality assurance
  • qb — Queen's Bench
  • qc — Alternative form of QC.
  • qe — quantitative easing
  • qf — quick-firing

3 letter words starting with q

  • q.v — (used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.
  • qaf — the 21st letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a uvular stop consonant sound.
  • qat — an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.
  • qbp — queen's bishop's pawn
  • qca — Quantum-dot Cellular Automata

4 letter words starting with q

  • q.d. — every day
  • q.t.on the q.t., stealthily; secretly: to meet someone on the q.t.
  • q.v. — (used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.
  • qadi — a judge in a Muslim community, whose decisions are based on Islamic religious law.
  • qaid — (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.

5 letter words starting with q

  • q-tip — A Q-tip is a small stick with a ball of absorbent cotton at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make-up.
  • qadis — a judge in a Muslim community, whose decisions are based on Islamic religious law.
  • qahar — a former province of Inner Mongolia in NE China: divided 1952 among adjacent provinces.
  • qaids — (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
  • qanat — (in the Middle East) a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.

6 letter words starting with q

  • q-boat — Q-ship.
  • q-ship — an armed combat ship disguised as a merchant vessel to attract submarines within attack range.
  • q-sort — a psychological test requiring subjects to sort items relative to one another along a dimension such as "agree"/"disagree" for analysis by Q-methodological statistics
  • q.i.d. — four times a day
  • qantas — the Australian national airline

7 letter words starting with q

  • q-ratio — the ratio of the total market value of a corporation's physical assets, as existing plants and equipment, to the cost of replacing these assets.
  • qaanaaq — Thule1 (def 3).
  • qabalah — Alternative spelling of Kabballah.
  • qaddafi — Muammar (Muhammad) al- or el- [moo-ah-mahr,, al,, el] /muˈɑ mɑr,, æl,, ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1942–2011, Libyan army colonel and political leader: chief of state 1969–2011.
  • qadhafi — Muammar (Muhammad) al- or el- [moo-ah-mahr,, al,, el] /muˈɑ mɑr,, æl,, ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1942–2011, Libyan army colonel and political leader: chief of state 1969–2011.

8 letter words starting with q

  • q-factor — See Q (def 6).
  • qadarite — a member of the Qadariyah.
  • qadianis — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
  • qalandar — (in Islamic countries) one of an order of mendicant dervishes founded in the 14th century.
  • qianlong — Ch'ien Lung.

9 letter words starting with q

  • qadariyah — the group who defended free will against the doctrine of predestination.
  • qadiriyah — a Sufi fraternity founded by ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani (1077–1166) in the 12th century.
  • qiongshan — a port on N Hainan island, in S China: chief city of the island.
  • qiongzhou — former name of Qiongshan.
  • quad-band — of or relating to mobile telephones that can operate on all four GSM frequency bands and therefore be used in most countries

10 letter words starting with q

  • qaraghandy — a city in central Kazakhstan.
  • qu'appelle — a river in S Saskatchewan and SW Manitoba, Canada, flowing E to the Assiniboine River. 270 miles (434 km) long.
  • quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
  • quadrantal — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
  • quadrantid — any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around January 3 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Boötes

11 letter words starting with q

  • qinhuangdao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
  • quacksalver — a quack doctor.
  • quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
  • quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.

12 letter words starting with q

  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • quadrangular — having four angles and four sides; having the shape of a quadrangle.
  • quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
  • quadriennial — quadrennial.

13 letter words starting with q

  • q-methodology — a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc, in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadratically — square.
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.

14 letter words starting with q

15 letter words starting with q

  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quality-of-life — affecting the quality of urban life: such quality-of-life crimes as fare-beating and graffiti writing.
  • quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
  • quasi-automatic — having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently: an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash.
  • quasi-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.

16 letter words starting with q

  • quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
  • quasi-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • quasi-compulsory — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • quasi-diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.

17 letter words starting with q

  • quasi-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
  • quasi-independent — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
  • quasi-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • quasquicentennial — pertaining to or marking a period of 125 years.
  • quattuordecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.

18 letter words starting with q

20 letter words starting with q

21 letter words starting with q

On this page, we collect all words starting with letter Q. To make easier to find the right word we have divided all 1709 words to groups according to their length. So you should go to appropriate page if can’t find the word that beginning with Q. that you are searching. Also you can use this page in Scrabble.

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