| quarantine |
the keeping of a person, animal, or thing away from others to stop a disease from spreading. [2 definitions] |
| quarrel |
When you have a quarrel, you have an angry argument. [2 definitions] |
| quarry1 |
a large open hole or pit dug for mining stone, marble, gravel, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| quart |
A quart is a certain amount of liquid or of things like ice cream, yogurt, or fruit. In America, containers of milk in a store often hold one quart or two quarts of milk. The largest containers of milk usually hold a gallon, and it takes four quarts to make up a gallon. A short way of writing quart or quarts is "qt." |
| quarter |
If you cut a big cookie into four parts that are all the same size, each one of the four pieces is a quarter of the cookie. Four quarters equals one whole. [9 definitions] |
| quarterback |
the football player who calls the plays and handles the ball in most plays. |
| quarterly |
happening or appearing four times a year, often once every three months. [2 definitions] |
| quarterstaff |
a long, strong, wooden pole with an iron tip, used in the past as a weapon. |
| quartet |
four musicians or singers who perform together as a group. [3 definitions] |
| quartz |
Quartz is a hard mineral that can have beautiful crystals and comes in different colors. It is an important mineral because it is found in many rocks on the earth. Sand is often made out of very small grains of quartz. |
| quasar |
a heavenly object that is similar to a star. Quasars are far away from the earth and send out powerful radio waves. |
| quay |
a pier, wharf, or other landing place for loading and unloading boats or ships. |
| queasy |
If you feel queasy, you feel like you might throw up. If your stomach feels queasy, it is making you feel like you might throw up. |
| Quebec |
Quebec is one of the ten provinces in Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| queen |
A queen is a female ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a girl or woman becomes a queen, she stays the queen for the rest of her life. A queen is not chosen to be queen by the people of her country. A person can only become queen by being the daughter or other close relative of a person who was a ruler before her. [3 definitions] |
| queer |
strange, unusual, or not expected; odd; peculiar. |
| quench |
to satisfy. [2 definitions] |
| query |
a question. [3 definitions] |
| quest |
A quest is a search for something that is very much desired. A quest is often difficult but very important to someone. |
| question |
A question is something like "What is this?" or "Where are you going?" A question is something you say to find out something from another person. [5 definitions] |
| question mark |
A question mark (?) is something you use when you write to show that you or somebody else is asking a question. In English, we put a question mark at the end of a sentence that is a question. |