Index of English words, starting with "qu"

(1) - Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
(2) - Queasy (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.

(1) - Quebracho (n.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn/a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties.

(1) - Queen (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
(2) - Queen (v. i.) To act the part of a queen.
(3) - Queen (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
(4) - Queen (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
(5) - Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
(6) - Queen (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
(7) - Queen (n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
(8) - Queen (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
(9) - Queen (n.) The wife of a king.

(1) - Queendom (n.) The dominion, condition, or character of a queen.