| aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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| disqualification | (noun) the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | - |
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| (noun) unfitness that bars you from participation | - |
| equal | (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, match, peer |
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| equalisation | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalization, leveling |
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| equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
| equalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: egalitarian |
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| equalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: egalitarianism |
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| equality | (noun) the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status | - |
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| (noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equation, equivalence, par |
| equalization | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalisation, leveling |
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| equalizer | (noun) a score that makes the match even | - |
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| (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser |
| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equaliser |
| inequality | (noun) lack of equality | - |
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| methaqualone | (noun) sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse | Synonyms: Quaalude |
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| qualification | (noun) the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea | - |
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| (noun) an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something | Synonyms: making |
| (noun) a statement that limits or restricts some claim | Synonyms: reservation |
| qualifier | (noun) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Synonyms: modifier |
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| (noun) a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition | - |
| qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
| quality | (noun) an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone | - |
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| (noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | Synonyms: timber, timbre, tone |
| (noun) a degree or grade of excellence or worth | Synonyms: caliber, calibre |
| (noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: character, lineament |
| (noun) high social status | - |
| qualm | (noun) uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) | Synonyms: misgiving, scruple |
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| (noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: queasiness, squeamishness |
| rorqual | (noun) any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin | Synonyms: razorback |
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| squalidness | (noun) sordid dirtiness | Synonyms: sordidness, squalor |
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| squall | (noun) sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation | - |
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| squalor | (noun) sordid dirtiness | Synonyms: sordidness, squalidness |
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