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Little Explorers
Picture Dictionary

Organized by the Sound at the Beginning of the Word
long a b hard c
+ k
ch d long e f+ph hard g h long i j +
soft g
l long o short o p s + soft c sh t th long u v y
short a short e pl sk sl sp st sph short u w
air aw bl cl cr qu dr eer fl gl short i m or ow pr skr sm spl str sw shr tr thr ur wh z
ar br fr gr n oy r squ sn spr tw
Words that Start with the "QU" Sound


cuisine

A cuisine is a style of preparing food.


quadrilateral

A quadrilateral is a four-sided figure. The square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, kite, and parallelogram are quadrilaterals.


quadruped

A quadruped is an animal that walks on four legs. Dogs and cats are quadrupeds. Many dinosaurs, such as Triceratops, were quadrupeds.


quadruplets

Quadruplets are four siblings (brothers and/or sisters) who are born at the same time from the same mother.


Quaesitosaurus

Quaesitosaurus was plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and a long tail.


quagga

The quagga is a recently-extinct relative of the zebra.

quail

A quail is a bird; it spends a lot of time on the ground.


quart

A quart is one quarter (one fourth) of a gallon.
1/4
quarter

When something is divided into four equal parts, each of these four parts is a quarter of the original object.


quarter

A quarter is a coin that is worth 25 cents. Four quarters make one dollar.


quartz

Quartz is a common crystalline mineral.


quasar

A quasar is a distant energy source in space which gives off large amounts of radiation.


queen

A queen is a hereditary ruler of a country.


Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world. Its wingspan is about 1 foot (30 cm) wide.


queen conch

The queen conch is a large, shelled animal from warm seas. It is in danger of extinction.


question mark

A question mark lets you know that a sentence is a question.

quetzal

The quetzal is a beautiful rain forest bird with very long tail feathers.


Quetzalcoatlus

Quetzalcoatlus was a giant pterosaur and the largest flying animal ever. It is extinct.


quicksand

Quicksand is very wet sand that acts like a liquid. Things can sink into quicksand.


quiet

When it is quiet there is no noise.


quilt

Quilts keep you warm at night.


quintuplets

Quintuplets are five siblings (brothers and/or sisters) who are born at the same time from the same mother.


quiver

Arrows are carried in a quiver.


quiz

A quiz is a short test.


quokka

The Quokka is a plant-eating marsupial from Australia, a small wallaby (a type of kangaroo).


quoll

The Quoll is a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial from the island of Tasmania and mainland Australia.
"One if by land, .."

quotation marks

Quotation marks are used around a quote, when you want to relay exactly what was said or written.
"Hello"

quote

When you quote someone, you relay what they said or wrote.


quotient

The quotient is the answer in long division. The dividend divided by the divisor is the quotient (plus a remainder).

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
Organized by the Sound at the Beginning of the Word
long a b hard c
+ k
ch d long e f+ph hard g h long i j +
soft g
l long o short o p s + soft c sh t th long u v y
short a short e pl sk sl sp st sph short u w
air aw bl cl cr qu dr eer fl gl short i m or ow pr skr sm spl str sw shr tr thr ur wh z
ar br fr gr n oy r squ sn spr tw


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