Nouns starting with Q

• quran — Noun – English ～ the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
• qurush — Noun – English ～ 20 qurush equal 1 riyal in Saudi Arabia
• QWERTY keyboard — Noun – English ～ the standard typewriter keyboard; the keys for Q, W, E, R, T, and Y are the first six from the left on the top row of letter keys
• queen mole rat — Noun – English ～ an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
• quellung reaction — Noun – English ～ the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung"
• queen regent — Noun – English ～ a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
• queen regnant — Noun – English ～ a female sovereign ruler
• quantitative relation — Noun – English ～ a relation between magnitudes
• quarter rest — Noun – English ～ a musical rest having one-fourth the time value of a whole rest
• Qatari riyal — Noun – English ～ the basic unit of money in Qatar
• Quercus robur — Noun – English ～ medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
• Quintana Roo — Noun – English ～ a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula
• quarter round — Noun – English ～ a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
• Quercus rubra — Noun – English ～ large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks
• quinnat salmon — Noun – English ～ large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
• quarter section — Noun – English ～ a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side
• Quercus sessiliflora — Noun – English ～ deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood
• quarter sessions — Noun – English ～ a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions
• question sheet — Noun – English ～ a written examination
• Quercus shumardii — Noun – English ～ large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood

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