Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 136 compound words that contain qua. The most common are listed below. Open qua in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- sine qua nonAn essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient.
- qua-birdThe American night heron.
- Qua-o-arAlternative form of Quaoar (“Tongva god of creation”).
- je ne sais quaMisspelling of je ne sais quoi: An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.
- ah quaAlternative spelling of ah kua: An effeminate man; a male cross-dresser.
- mo quaThe hairy gourd or fuzzy melon.
- qua-birdsplural of qua-bird: The American night heron.
- pul quaThe calabash or bottle gourd.
- sine qua nonsplural of sine qua non: An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient.
Compound words 136
- quaintOf a person: cunning, crafty.
- quaternaryOf fourth rank or order.
- antiquaAlternative form of Antiqua (“style of typeface”).
- quartoA size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
- quatrainA poem in four lines.
- quantaplural of quantum: The total amount of something; quantity.
- quarksplural of quark: In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as …
- quadro-Alternative form of quadri- (“four”).
- quadraThe plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
- quartsplural of quart: A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.