In this article, you’ll discover a variety of words that start with “qu,” enhancing your vocabulary and wordplay skills.
- Quack- an imitation of a duck sound; a fraudulent practitioner
- Quad- a rectangular area enclosed by buildings or a muscle group in the thigh
- Quaff- to drink (something, esp. an alcoholic drink) heartily
- Quagmire- a soft boggy area of land; a complex or hazardous situation
- Quail- a small, typically brown bird; to feel or show fear
- Quaint- attractively unusual or old-fashioned
- Quake- to shake or tremble
- Qualify- to be entitled to a particular benefit by fulfilling necessary conditions
- Quality- the standard of something as measured against other things; degree of excellence
- Quandary- a state of perplexity or uncertainty
- Quantify- to express or measure the quantity of
- Quarantine- a state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
- Quarry- a place where stone or slate is excavated; to extract stone
- Quart- a unit of liquid capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon
- Quarter- one-fourth of something; a district or area
- Quash- to reject or void, especially by legal procedure
- Quasi- seemingly; apparently but not really
- Quaver- to tremble or speak in a trembling voice
- Quay- a stone or metal platform lying alongside water for loading and unloading ships
- Queasy- feeling nausea; feeling uneasy
- Queen- the female ruler of an independent state; the wife or widow of a king
- Quell- to put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by force
- Quench- to satisfy (thirst); to extinguish (fire, lights)
- Query- a question, especially one addressed to an official or organization
- Quest- a long or arduous search for something
- Queue- a line or sequence of people awaiting their turn
- Quibble- a slight objection or criticism
- Quick- moving fast; done in a short time
- Quicken- to make or become faster
- Quiet- making little or no noise
- Quill- a primary feather of a bird; a pen made from a feather
- Quilt- a warm bedding comprising of layers of fabric sewn together
- Quince- a hard, yellowish fruit; a small deciduous tree
- Quip- a witty remark
- Quirk- a peculiar behavioral habit
- Quirky- characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits
- Quit- to leave (a place), usually permanently
- Quite- to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely
- Quiver- to tremble or shake; a case for holding arrows
- Quixotic- exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
- Quiz- a test of knowledge, especially as a competition
- Quorum- the minimum number of members of an assembly that must be present
- Quote- to repeat a passage, phrase, or author as evidence or to support an argument
- Quota- a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, particularly shares of a total
- Quoth- said (used in narration)
- Quotient- a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another
- Quartz- a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- Quibble- a slight objection or criticism
- Quaff- to drink something heartily
- Quash- suppress or crush completely
- Queasy- nauseated; feeling sick
- Quench- satisfy (thirst)
- Query- question; an inquiry
- Queue- line of people or vehicles awaiting their turn
- Quip- a witty remark or comment
- Quirk- a peculiar aspect of a person’s character or behavior
- Quirky- characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits
- Quiver- case for holding arrows; tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion
- Quota- a prescribed number
- Quote- to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.)
- Quaternion- a complex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts
- Quandong- Australian tree bearing edible fruit; type of fruit
- Quagga- an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra
- Quake- a shake or tremble
- Quasar- a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting large amounts of energy
- Quackery- fraudulent practices, especially in medicine
- Quadrate- square or rectangular
- Quibble- a minor objection or criticism
- Quickset- cuttings of a plant set in the ground to grow, typically a hedge
- Quiescent- in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy
- Quixote- an impractically idealistic person
- Quoin- an external angle of a wall or building
- Quoit- a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as close as possible to an upright peg
- Quotidian- of or occurring every day; daily
- Quagmire- a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position
- Qualm- an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear
- Quarrel- an angry argument or disagreement
- Quarry- a large, deep pit from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted
- Quarter- each of four equal parts into which something is divisible
- Quartet- a music group of four singers or instrumentalists
- Quash- put an end to; suppress
- Quasar- a massive and highly luminous celestial object
- Quassia- a tree or shrub of the tropics, known for its bitter bark
- Queer- odd or strange
- Quell- to suppress or stop something by force
- Quern- a simple hand mill for grinding grain
- Query- an inquiry or question
- Quibble- a slight objection or criticism
- Quiescence- a state of quietness or inactivity
- Quitch- a perennial grass, known to be difficult to remove
- Quiver- a case for holding arrows
- Quoit- a ring thrown in a game, aimed at circling or landing over an upright peg
- Quokka- a small marsupial found in Western Australia
- Quorum- the minimum number of members needed to be present at a meeting to make the proceedings of that meeting valid
- Quota- a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute
- Quoth- said (used in narration)
- Quotidian- daily; everyday
- Quibble- a slight objection or criticism
- Quinoa- a species of the goosefoot genus, a grain crop grown primarily for its edible seeds
- Quaternion- in mathematics, a four-dimensional complex number system