Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Abbreviation of Queensland (“state of Australia”).
Alternative spelling of Q and A.
plural of q'ri
Censored spelling of queer.
A charged soliton that represents the lowest possible energy state of its components and is therefore stable.
plural of Q-car
Alternative spelling of Q code.
A conjectured future day on which quantum computing developments will make it possible to defeat the encryption system that underpins cryptocurrency.
Synonym of n-gram: a substring of length q.
Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted beam, length, and draft allowed to dock at liquefied natural gas terminals at Qatar.
Kazakhstani pop music.
A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
The word queer, especially when used disparagingly.
Alternative form of Q-tip.
plural of Q-tip
A quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
plural of q-tof
Synonym of Love wave.
Alternative letter-case form of Q-word (“(linguistics) question word”).
An ISDN connection protocol somewhat similar to TCP.
Alternative form of qac (“quaternary ammonium compound/cation”).
Initialism of quod erat demonstrandum (“what was to be proved; what was to be demonstrated”): placed at the end of a mathematical proof to show that the theorem under discussion is proved.
Alternative form of QEF ("quod erat faciendum").
Alternative form of QID (“four times a day”).
plural of q.t.
Abbreviation of quality assurance/quality control (“various process management procedures employed to preserve and enhance the quality of products or services”).
plural of qaaf
Alternative spelling of kebab.
plural of qabab
Alternative spelling of Kaaba.
Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.
Alternative form of Kabar.
plural of Qabar
A small gong or bell used as a liturgical accompaniment in Ethiopian places of worship.
Alternative form of cachua (“type of dance”).
A waterproof surface of lime plaster treated with slaked lime, oils and fats, used in the ancient Arab world.
Alternative form of Gaddafi.
Divine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
Alternative form of Kadesh (“ancient city”).
A town and municipal council in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India, the founding place of the Ahmadiyya community.
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Qadir
plural of qadi
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Qadri
Clipping of al-Qaeda.
Synonym of Afar (the Cushitic language)
Alternative form of cafila.
A traditional Arab unit of volume, varying over time, place, and substance measured.
Alternative form of khagan.
plural of qagan
Alternative form of khagan.
A theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society; congregation, assembly.
plural of qahal
Cairo
An arid basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau covered with deserts and salt flats, making up most of northwestern Qinghai Province, China.
plural of qaid
Initialism of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
A pair of flat oval stones used as clappers or castanets used in Tajik and Uzbek music.
Alternative form of kayak.
plural of qajaq
Relating to the Qajar dynasty which ruled Iran from 1789 to 1925.
plural of Qajar
A reed pen used for Islamic calligraphy
plural of qalam
plural of QALY
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Qamar
plural of qama
The chief deity in traditional Xhosa religion.
Alternative form of kamatz.
Alternative spelling of kamees.
An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
plural of qanat
Alternative form of quango.
plural of qango
Alternative spelling of qanun.
plural of qanon
Alternative form of qanun.
Alternative spelling of kantar.
The national airline of Australia.
A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.
plural of qanun
Alternative spelling of qanat.
plural of qanāt
A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of an Azerbaijani manat.
plural of qapik
Alternative form of Qapla'.
A phrase said to wish somebody good fortune, particularly fortune in some form of honourable battle.
plural of QAPP
A surname from Inuktitut.
A Turkic tribe found in Khorasan, Azerbaijan, Kerman, and Fars.
Initialism of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
A jinn who acts as a person's spiritual double and may influence them to do evil.
plural of Qaren
A kashim.
plural of qargi
Alternative form of qareen.
plural of qari
Alternative form of Karluk.
Alternative form of Karluk.
An interseasonal single-room family dwelling among the Inuit people, variously consisting of a hybrid tent and igloo, or tent and sod house.
plural of qarmaq
Synonym of Qiemo.
The regional capital of the Qashqadaryo region, Uzbekistan.
An ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.
plural of qasab
Alternative spelling of casbah.
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Qasem
A kashim.
Alternative form of qishta.
An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
Qasim, the eldest son of the prophet Muhammad.
Alternative spelling of kuspuk.
plural of qasr
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.
A person from Qatar or of Qatari descent.
Ellipsis of the qathet Regional District: a regional district of British Columbia, Canada. Seat: Powell River.
Of or relating to Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
A Bronze Age city in present-day western Syria
A town in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, near the border with Turkey.
Alternative form of Kabar.
plural of Qavar
Alternative form of qawwal.
Alternative form of qawwali.
plural of qawal
A person who performs qawwali music or song.
Synonym of kashim
Alternative form of Gazakh.
Alternative spelling of Kazakh.
plural of Qazaq
Alternative form of Gazakh.
plural of qazi
A city in Iran, the seat of Qazvin County's Central District and the capital of Qazvin Province.
Alternative spelling of Qazvin.
Alternative spelling of Qazvin.
Alternative spelling of qasida.
Rare form of Qatar.
Synonym of Qcumber.
Synonym of Qcumber.
plural of QBIC
Acronym of quantum Bayesianism.
plural of qbit
Acronym of quantum computing as a service.
plural of QCCD.
plural of QDII
plural of qeej
Alternative spelling of keema.
A kind of secular musical scale developed by the Amhara ethnic group of Ethiopia.
plural of qenet
Alternative form of Kenite.
Alternative spelling of qapik.
plural of qere
plural of qeri
plural of qero
An Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz.
A goddess adopted into the ancient Egyptian religion from the religion of Canaan, popular during the New Kingdom. Her Canaan equivalent is the goddess Qadeshtu.
plural of qewl
plural of QFET
plural of QFII
Alternative form of cachua (“type of dance”).
A silky material made from nylon fibers.
An ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
plural of Qian
A county-level city of Bijie, Guizhou, China.
plural of Qiao
A district of Hebi, Henan, China.
The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Alternative spelling of qibla.
plural of qibla
In the direction of qibla.
A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
A county of Hengyang, Hunan, China.
A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
An early Bronze Age culture distributed around western Gansu and eastern Qinghai, China.
Alternative form of Cijin.
plural of qila
A type of frame drum used mostly by the Inuit.
A county of Haibei, Qinghai, China.
A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
plural of qilin
Alternative form of Cimei (island)
A county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
A county of Tianshui, Gansu, in northwestern China.
Alternative form of kinnah.
A district of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Alternative spelling of qintar.
A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
Synonym of Qinggil: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
A district of Shanghai, China.
plural of qing
Alternative form of Kingu (“Babylonian god”).
A county of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
A district of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
plural of qinah
plural of qinah
Tablature score collections for the Chinese musical instrument, the guqin.
A plucked Chinese lute.
An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
plural of qiné
A township in Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
A traditional one-piece dress worn by Chinese women.
plural of qipao
Synonym of Qayqayt.
A former currency of Iran (from 1825 to 1932), subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and worth one tenth of a toman.
plural of qiran
A unit of weight, one twentieth of a mithqal.
plural of qirat
Alternative form of qursh.
Under sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive justice.
Synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Alternative form of Kishon.
A coagulated milk product prepared from heated fresh milk, found in southern Mediterranean cuisines.
plural of qism
The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
A county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, China.
A form of optional prayer prayed during the night, preceding the ruku.
plural of qiyam
A woman entertainer
plural of qiyan
The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.
plural of QLED
Abbreviation of quality.
plural of QMHP
Initialism of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
plural of qmr.
plural of QNED
A dry fog or dry haze, chiefly of the upper Nile but rarely also elsewhere, which has a brownish-yellow color when slight (sometimes only perceptible from a distance) and darker yellow-grey color when thicker (sometimes obscuring the landscape and blotting out the stars).
Alternative form of kobyz.
Alternative spelling of kocho.
A township in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Alternative spelling of komuz.
Alternative spelling of korma.
plural of qoph
Alternative spelling of koppa.
plural of qoppa
Alternative form of Kokand.
Uncommon form of Qur'an.
Rare form of Qur'an.
Alternative form of corban.
Alternative spelling of korma.
plural of qorma
A city and local council of the Southern Region, Malta.
Uncommon form of Qur'an.
plural of qPCR
plural of QPOC
plural of q.v.
plural of QRNG
simple past and past participle of QRP
A radio enthusiast who operates on very little power.
plural of QRPer
present participle and gerund of QRP
simple past and past participle of QRT
present participle and gerund of QRT
Abbreviation of quarterly.
plural of qsar
simple past and past participle of QSO
present participle and gerund of QSO
plural of qsar
plural of QSS
Synonym of Qcumber.
plural of qty
present participle and gerund of QT
Initialism of queer and/or trans person of color.
plural of QTPOC
Abbreviation of quarterly.
Abbreviation of quarters used when addressing mail.
Misspelling of Qur'an.
Obsolete spelling of quack (“make a noise like a duck”).
A surname.
plural of Quaal
A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
plural of quab
A surname.
Archaic form of quagga.
The sound made by a duck.
The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
plural of quack
That resembles the quack of a duck.
Involving four elements.
A surname.
To quadrate.
plural of Quade
A member of an ancient Germanic people who lived in Moravia.
plural of Quadi
Alternative form of quadri- used before a vowel.
The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
A surname from Italian.
A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
A tuplet of four notes.
plural of quad
To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
plural of quaff
A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.
Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
Alternative form of quagga.
A theorized phase of matter occurring at extremely high temperature and density, composed of free quarks.
plural of quag
An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.
A surname.
plural of Quaid
Alternative spelling of quaich.
To waste away; to fade, to wither.
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
plural of quail
The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), a game bird.
A surname.
simple past and past participle of quake
A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
plural of quake
Alternative spelling of quaky.
Obsolete form of quagga, Equus quagga.
Inclined to quake; tremulous.
An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.
plural of Quale
A surname.
A quango associated with local government rather than national government.
plural of quale
A cauldron.
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
plural of qualification
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
plural of quali
Territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina.
A surname.
plural of qualm
queasy; nauseous
plural of qual
Alternative form of quali.
plural of QUALY
plural of Quam
A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States.
A surname.
A locality in the Coonamble council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
A surname.
The long-tailed duck.
A Chinese martial art.
An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
plural of Quan
Quantitative analysis or research.
Abbreviation of quantity.
plural of quantum
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
plural of quant
A female given name.
the Tongva god of creation.
plural of quapa
Any member of a Native American people who once lived in the Arkansas river valley.
third-person singular simple present indicative of quap
Queer, strange.
comparative form of quare: more quare
Alternative form of quark (soft creamy cheese)
plural of quarg
A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.
plural of quark
A medusa or jellyfish.
Obsolete form of quarrel (“in various senses”).
plural of quarl
Alternative form of quarry.
Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
plural of quar
A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.
Alternative spelling of quartet.
plural of quart
plural of quas
simple past and past participle of quash
slushy; mushy
Almost; virtually.
A small horned humanoid demon with a long tail.
Alternative spelling of kvass.
A surname.
plural of Quast
Archaic form of coaita.
plural of quata
Squat, pudgy, fat.
quiet
A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
Alternative form of cuatro.
plural of quat
A small village in Quatt Malvern parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7588).
Alternative form of quawk (“harsh bird call; squawk”).
plural of quauk
To quiver or tremble.
simple past and past participle of quave
A trembling shake.
plural of quave
The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
plural of quawk
plural of quaw
past participle of quail
A surname.
simple past and past participle of quay
plural of Quaye
A surname from Manx.
plural of quay
A tomb structure in the Arab world, particularly an Islamic domed shrine.
plural of qubba
plural of qubba
Misspelling of Quebec.
Misspelling of Quebec.
Alternative form of quebi-.
A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.
plural of qubit
A quantum byte, one composed of eight qubits.
Alternative form of qadad.
A quantum dit; the generalized unit of quantum information described by a superposition of d states, where the number of states is an integer equal to or greater than two.
plural of qudit
Jerusalemite.
plural of Qudsi
A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.
Alternative form of queek.
plural of queak
To faint away.
third-person singular simple present indicative of queal
A surname from Irish.
A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.
Archaic spelling of quean.
plural of quean
a priority queue data structure
plural of queap
The state of being physically queasy; nausea.
Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
Alternative spelling of queasy.
A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.
The IEC prefix meaning 2¹⁰⁰ = 1,024¹⁰ = 1,267,650,600,228,229,401,496,703,205,376. Compare quetta-, meaning 10³⁰ = 1,000¹⁰ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, a nonillion.
Alternative form of Queddah.
Alternative form of Queddah.
Alternative form of Queddah.
plural of queeb
plural of queef
A vocal sound produced by certain birds.
plural of queek
Obsolete spelling of queen.
A surname.
The sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.
third-person singular simple present indicative of queep
Queerly.
plural of queer
Archaic form of cushat.
A Native American tribe of Washington.
Alternative spelling of queasy.
Alternative form of quaich.
plural of quegh
Obsolete form of quenched.
A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
To squelch; to eliminate.
The African weaverbird (genus Quelea).
plural of quell
A surname from French.
A city in Sintra, district of Lisbon, Portugal.
To please, to satisfy.
simple past and past participle of queme
third-person singular simple present indicative of queme
Synonym of Kinmen.
A traditional flute of the Andes.
plural of quena
To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)
A short-nosed bandicoot, Isoodon fusciventer, found in southwestern Western Australia (formerly treated as a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus).
Obsolete spelling of queen.
plural of quene
Synonym of collared peccary.
plural of quenk
past participle of quench
A constructed language created by J. R. R. Tolkien modelled on Greek, Latin and Finnish.
A cultural region and former province in modern-day Occitania, France, located in the present department of Lot, the northern half of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, and a few communities in the departments of Dordogne, Corrèze and Aveyron.
To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
third-person singular simple present indicative of querk
To twirl; turn or wind around; coil.
plural of querl
A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
plural of quern
Alternative form of kero (“Inca drinking-cup”).
plural of quero
The inner or body garments; underwear.
Obsolete form of equerry.
plural of Query
Abbreviation of question.
A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.
Archaic form of quetzal (the bird).
Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.
plural of queso
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
Abbreviation of question.
A surname from Spanish.
A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.
plural of quest
Alternative form of quitch.
Speech, talk.
A city, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan.
simple past and past participle of queue
One who queues; a person waiting in line.