| aquilege | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilegia, columbine |
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| aquilegia | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, columbine |
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| aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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| blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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| coquille | (noun) a dish in the form of a scallop shell | - |
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| (noun) seafood served in a scallop shell | - |
| disequilibrium | (noun) loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others | - |
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| equilateral | (adjective) having all sides or faces equal | - |
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| (noun) a figure whose sides are all equal | - |
| equilibrate | (verb) bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | - |
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| (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrise, equilibrize |
| equilibration | (noun) stabilization by bringing into equilibrium | - |
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| equilibrise | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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| equilibrium | (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head | Synonyms: labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense |
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| (noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates | Synonyms: chemical equilibrium |
| (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equipoise |
| (noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another | - |
| equilibrize | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise |
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| jonquil | (noun) widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers | Synonyms: Narcissus jonquilla |
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| (noun) often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil | - |
| maquiladora | (noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
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| quill | (noun) a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog | - |
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| (noun) the hollow spine of a feather | Synonyms: calamus, shaft |
| (noun) any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird | Synonyms: flight feather, pinion, quill feather |
| (noun) pen made from a bird's feather | Synonyms: quill pen |
| quillwort | (noun) any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia | - |
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| quilt | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, comforter, puff |
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| (verb) create by stitching together | - |
| (verb) stitch or sew together | - |
| quilted | (adjective) made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching | - |
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| quilting | (noun) a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric | - |
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| (noun) stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design | - |
| squill | (noun) an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers | Synonyms: scilla |
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| (noun) having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties | Synonyms: sea onion, sea squill, Urginea maritima |
| (noun) bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant | - |
| squilla | (noun) a kind of mantis shrimp | Synonyms: mantis prawn |
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| tequila | (noun) Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant | - |
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| tranquil | (adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: placid, quiet, smooth, still, unruffled |
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| (adjective) not agitated; without losing self-possession | Synonyms: calm, serene, unagitated |
| tranquilising | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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| tranquility | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: placidity, quiet, repose, serenity, tranquillity |
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| (noun) a state of peace and quiet | Synonyms: quietness, quietude, tranquillity |
| (noun) an untroubled state; free from disturbances | Synonyms: quiet, tranquillity |
| tranquilize | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquillise, tranquillize |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| tranquilizer | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
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| tranquilizing | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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| tranquillise | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillize |
| tranquilliser | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquillizer |
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| tranquillising | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillizing |
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| tranquillity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: placidity, quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility |
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| (noun) a state of peace and quiet | Synonyms: quietness, quietude, tranquility |
| (noun) an untroubled state; free from disturbances | Synonyms: quiet, tranquility |
| tranquillize | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise |
| tranquillizer | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser |
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| tranquillizing | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising |
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| tranquilly | (adverb) without emotional agitation | - |
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