| 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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| coequal | (adjective) having the same standing before the law | - |
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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 | - |
| disqualified | (adjective) disqualified by law or rule or provision | - |
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| (adjective) barred from competition for violation of rules | - |
| disqualify | (verb) make unfit or unsuitable | Synonyms: indispose, unfit |
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| (verb) declare unfit | - |
| disqualifying | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disabling |
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| equal | (adjective) having the same quantity, value, or measure as another | - |
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| (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: adequate |
| (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, match, peer |
| (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equalise, equalize, equate, match |
| (verb) be identical or equivalent to | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: match, rival, touch |
| equalisation | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalization, leveling |
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| equalise | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalize, equate, match |
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| (verb) compensate; make the score equal | Synonyms: equalize, get even |
| 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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| equalize | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equate, match |
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| (verb) compensate; make the score equal | Synonyms: equalise, get even |
| 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 |
| equally | (adverb) to the same degree (often followed by `as') | Synonyms: as, every bit |
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| (adverb) in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way | Synonyms: evenly |
| 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 |
| qualified | (adjective) meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task | - |
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| (adjective) limited or restricted; not absolute | - |
| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependant, dependent |
| (adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') | Synonyms: restricted |
| (adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | Synonyms: certified |
| 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 | - |
| qualify | (verb) make fit or prepared | Synonyms: dispose |
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| (verb) add a modifier to a constituent | Synonyms: modify |
| (verb) make more specific | - |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, specify, stipulate |
| (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, characterize |
| (verb) pronounce fit or able | - |
| (verb) prove capable or fit; meet requirements | Synonyms: measure up |
| 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 |
| qualitative | (adjective) involving distinctions based on qualities | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities | - |
| qualitatively | (adverb) in a qualitative manner | - |
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| quality | (adjective) of superior grade | Synonyms: choice, prime, prize, select |
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| (adjective) of high social status | - |
| (noun) an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone | - |
| (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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| squalid | (adjective) foul and run-down and repulsive | Synonyms: flyblown, sordid |
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| (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid |
| squalidly | (adverb) in a sordid or squalid way | Synonyms: sordidly |
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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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| (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, yell |
| (verb) make high-pitched, whiney noises | Synonyms: waul, wawl |
| (verb) blow in a squall | - |
| squalling | (adjective) characterized by short periods of noisy commotion | Synonyms: squally |
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| squally | (adjective) characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by short periods of noisy commotion | Synonyms: squalling |
| squalor | (noun) sordid dirtiness | Synonyms: sordidness, squalidness |
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| unequal | (adjective) poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure | - |
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| (adjective) lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: inadequate |
| unequaled | (adjective) radically distinctive and without equal | Synonyms: alone, unequalled, unique, unparalleled |
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| unequalised | (adjective) not caused to be equal | Synonyms: unequalized |
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| unequalized | (adjective) not caused to be equal | Synonyms: unequalised |
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| unequalled | (adjective) radically distinctive and without equal | Synonyms: alone, unequaled, unique, unparalleled |
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| unequally | (adverb) in an unequal or partial manner | Synonyms: unevenly |
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| unqualified | (adjective) not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training | - |
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| (adjective) not limited or restricted | - |
| (adjective) legally not qualified or sufficient | Synonyms: incompetent |
| (adjective) having no right or entitlement | Synonyms: unentitled |
| unqualifiedly | (adverb) without qualification or limitation | - |
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