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beginning with letter Q
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Q
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noun
  1. The seventeenth letter of the Appendix:Roman script, English alphabet, preceded by P and followed by R.
proper noun
  1. The pseudonym of w:Arthur Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
  2. Person or being of mysterious or uncertain nature, usually God-like. From Star Trek but may be found elsewhere.
abbreviation
  1. question or questions
Q and A
  1. quarter
  2. the supposed common source of the Gospels of Mark and Luke (from German Quelle, source)
  3. the Q factor in electronics
QB
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initialism
  1. quarterback
  2. (Computing): Quick BASIC
queen
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noun
  1. A female monarch. Ex: :w:Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria
  2. The wife of a king. Ex: :w:Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
  3. (chess) Piece able to move both horizontally and diagonally any number of spaces; most powerful piece.
  4. (playing cards) Playing card with picture of queen on its face, 12th card in a given suit.
  5. A powerful or forceful female person.
  6. (context, derogatory, slang) . An effeminate male homosexual. See Drag queen.
  7. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp
  8. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom.
verb
  1. to make a queen
  2. (chess) to convert a pawn into a queen
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