| aliquot | (adjective) signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity | - |
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| (noun) an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity | Synonyms: aliquot part |
| liquor | (noun) an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented | Synonyms: booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, spirits, strong drink |
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| (noun) the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked | Synonyms: pot likker, pot liquor |
| (noun) a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process | - |
| liquorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: licorice |
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| (noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice |
| metasequoia | (noun) large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China | Synonyms: dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides |
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| misquotation | (noun) an incorrect quotation | Synonyms: misquote |
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| misquote | (noun) an incorrect quotation | Synonyms: misquotation |
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| (verb) quote incorrectly | - |
| quodlibet | (noun) an issue that is presented for formal disputation | - |
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| quoin | (noun) (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone | Synonyms: corner |
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| (noun) the keystone of an arch | Synonyms: coign, coigne |
| (noun) expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase | Synonyms: coign, coigne |
| quoit | (noun) game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits | - |
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| quoits | (noun) a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it | Synonyms: horseshoes |
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| quondam | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime |
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| quorum | (noun) a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business | - |
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| quota | (noun) a limitation on imports | - |
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| (noun) a proportional share assigned to each participant | - |
| (noun) a prescribed number | - |
| quotability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of being quoted | - |
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| quotable | (adjective) able or fit to be repeated or quoted | Synonyms: repeatable |
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| (adjective) suitable for or worthy of quotation | - |
| quotation | (noun) the practice of quoting from books or plays etc. | - |
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| (noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | Synonyms: citation, quote |
| (noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, reference |
| (noun) a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity | - |
| quote | (noun) a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else | Synonyms: inverted comma, quotation mark |
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| (noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | Synonyms: citation, quotation |
| (verb) repeat a passage from | Synonyms: cite |
| (verb) refer to for illustration or proof | Synonyms: cite |
| (verb) put quote marks around | - |
| (verb) name the price of | - |
| quoter | (noun) a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations | - |
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| quotidian | (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | Synonyms: everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday |
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| quotient | (noun) the number obtained by division | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of two quantities to be divided | - |
| requote | (verb) to quote again | - |
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| sequoia | (noun) either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae | Synonyms: redwood |
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| (noun) wood of either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae | Synonyms: redwood |
| turquoise | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue |
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| (noun) a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate | - |
| underquote | (verb) quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller) | - |
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| (verb) offer for sale at a price lower than the market price | - |
| unquotable | (adjective) not able or fit to be repeated or quoted | Synonyms: unrepeatable |
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