7 Letter Words Starting with Q

Common seven-letter words that start with Q

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• quickly 25/27 with speed
• quarter 16/17 one of four equal parts
• quality 19/20 an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
• quietly 19/20 with low volume
• quicker 22/24 more quickly
• quarrel 16/18 an angry dispute
• quantum 18/22 a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
• qualify 22/23 prove capable or fit
• quoting 17/20 (form of quote) repeat a passage from
• quartet 16/17 the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
• quitter 16/17 a person who gives up too easily
• quieter 16/17 (form of quiet) characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
• quickie 22/24 hurried repair
• quinine 16/19 a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark
• quibble 20/24 an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
• quixote 23/24
• quintet 16/18 a musical composition for five performers
• quizzes 34/35 (form of quiz) an examination consisting of a few short questions
• quieted 17/18 (form of quiet) characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
• quakers 20/21 a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660
• quaking 21/24 (form of quake) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from…
• quicken 22/25 move faster
• quivers 19/21 (form of quiver) shake with fast, tremulous movements
• quitted 17/18 (form of quit) put an end to a state or an activity
• querida 17/18
• queuing 17/21 (form of queue) a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
• queries 16/17 (form of query) an instance of questioning
• queenly 19/21 having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
• quizzed 35/36 (form of quiz) an examination consisting of a few short questions
• queered 17/18 (form of queer) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
• queerly 19/20 in a strange manner
• queried 17/18 (form of query) an instance of questioning
• quilted 17/19 made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching
• quiches 21/22 (form of quiche) a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
• quacked 23/25 (form of quack) an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
• quietus 16/18 euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
• quasars 16/17 (form of quasar) a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy
• quintin 16/19
• quashed 20/20 (form of quash) put down by force or intimidation
• queerer 16/17 (form of queer) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
• quelled 17/20 subdued or overcome
• quintal 16/19 a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
• quavers 19/21 (form of quaver) a tremulous sound
• quetzal 25/27 the basic unit of money in Guatemala
• quieten 16/18 become quiet or quieter
• quillet 16/19
• quilter 16/18 (form of quilt) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
• quinces 18/21 (form of quince) small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit
• quinoid 17/19
• quipped 21/24 (form of quip) make jokes or quips

All 127 seven-letter words that start with Q

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