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• qthe 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
• Q feveran acute disease resembling influenza
• qabalaan esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
• qabalahan esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
• qabalistichaving a secret or hidden meaning
• Qabbalaan esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
• Qabbalahan esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
• QaddafiLibyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)
• QadhafiLibyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)
• qadian Islamic judge
• Qaedaa terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
• Qandahara city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center
• Qara Quma desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea
• Qassam Brigadesthe military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
• qatthe leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Qatara peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
• Qatar Peninsulaa peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
• Qatariof or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants
• Qatari dirham100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar
• Qatari monetary unitmonetary unit in Qatar
• Qatari riyalthe basic unit of money in Qatar
• QCDa theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
• QEDa relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
• qepiq100 qepiq equal 1 manat in Azerbaijan
• qithe circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Qiangthe Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan
• Qiangicthe Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan
• qiblathe direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
• Qinthe Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall
• Qin dynastythe Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall
• Qin Shi Huang Tithe first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC)
• qindarka100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania
• Qingthe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
• Qing dynastythe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
• qintar100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania
• Qizil Quma desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea
• qophthe 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• quaIn so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal. London Spectator.
• qua-birdThe American night heron. See under Night.
• Quaaludesedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse
• quabAn unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished. Ford. See Quob, v. i.
• quachaThe quagga.
• quackmedically unqualified
• quack grassEuropean grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
• quack-quackchild's word for a duck
• quackerymedical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
• quackgrassEuropean grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
• quackishLike a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. Burke.
• quackismQuackery. Carlyle.
• quackleTo suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]
• quacksalverOne who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] Burton.
• quada rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
• quadeEvil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.] Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. Chaucer.
• quadra(a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel.
• quadrableThat may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.
• quadragenariousConsisting of forty; forty years old.
• quadrageneAn indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.
• quadragesimaThe forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.
• quadragesimalBelonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
• quadragesimalsOfferings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
• quadranglea rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
• quadrangularof or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle
• quadrangular prisma prism whose bases are quadrangles
• quadrans(Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.
• quadranta measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
• quadrantalOf or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space. Quadrantal triangle, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90º. -- Quadrantal versor, a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.
• quadrantanopiablindness in one fourth of the visual field
• quadraphonicof or relating to quadraphony
• quadraphonic systema stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels
• quadraphonya stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels
• quadrasonicof or relating to quadraphony
• quadrat(Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.] 2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.
• quadratehaving four sides and four angles
• quadraticof or relating to the second power
• quadratic equationan equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
• quadratic polynomiala polynomial of the second degree
• quadraticsa branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations
• quadratojugal(a) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone. -- n. The quadratojugal bone. Quadratojugal bone (Anat.), a bone at the base of the lower jaw in many animals.
• quadratrixA curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
• quadraturethe construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
• quadrelA square piece of turf or peat. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A square brick, tile, or the like.
• quadrennialComprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.
• quadrenniallyOnce in four years.
• quadrenniuma period of four years
• quadri-A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.
• quadri-syllabicalHaving four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
• quadribasicSame as Tetrabasic.
• quadribleQuadrable. [R.]
• quadrica curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
• quadric surfacea curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
• quadricapsularHaving four capsules.
• quadricepsa muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
• quadriceps femorisa muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
• quadricipitalOf or pertaining to the quadriceps.
• quadricornAny quadricornous animal.
• quadricornousHaving four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
• quadricostateHaving four ribs.
• quadridentateHaving four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.
• quadriennialSame as Quadrennial.
• quadrifariousArranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.
• quadrifidDivided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
• quadrifoilFour-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
• quadrifoliateFour-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
• quadrifurcatedHaving four forks, or branches.
• quadrigaA car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
• quadrigeminalFourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.
• quadrigeminousFourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.
• quadrigenariousConsisting of four hundred.
• Quadrigesima Sundaythe first Sunday in Lent
• quadrijugateSame as Quadrijugous.
• quadrijugousPinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
• quadrilateralhaving four sides
• quadrilateralnessThe property of being quadrilateral.
• quadriliteralConsisting of four letters.
• quadrillea square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples
• quadrillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
• quadrillionththe ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order
• quadrilobateHaving four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
• quadrilobedHaving four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
• quadrilocularHaving four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
• quadrinA small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. [Obs.]
• quadrinodalPossessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
• quadrinomialA polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
• quadrinomicalQuadrinomial.
• quadrinominalQuadrinomial. Sir W. R. Hamilton.
• quadripara(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies
• quadripartiteinvolving four parties
• quadripartitelyIn four parts.
• quadripartitionA division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
• quadripennateHaving four wings; -- said of insects.
• quadriphonicof or relating to quadraphony
• quadriphonic systema stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels
• quadriphyllousHaving four leaves; quadrifoliate.
• quadriplegiaparalysis of both arms and both legs
• quadriplegica person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
• quadriremeA galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
• quadrisectionA subdivision into four parts.
• quadrisonicof or relating to quadraphony
• quadrisulcateHaving four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
• quadrisyllabicHaving four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
• quadrisyllableA word consisting of four syllables. De Quincey.
• quadrivalenceThe quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
• quadrivalentHaving a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
• quadrivalveDehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
• quadrivalvularHaving four valves; quadrivalve.
• quadrivialHaving four ways meeting in a point. B. Jonson. One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
• quadrivium(Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
• quadroonan offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
• quadroxideA tetroxide. [R.]
• quadrumanaA division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
• quadrumaneOne of the Quadrumana.
• quadrumanousHaving four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
• quadrumviratea group of four men
• quadrupedhaving four feet
• quadrupedalhaving four feet
• quadruplaneAn aëroplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces.
• quadruplefour times as great or many
• quadruple timea time signature indicating four beats to the bar
• quadrupleta set of four similar things considered as a unit
• quadruplexhaving four units or components
• quadruplicatehaving four units or components
• quadruplicationThe act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
• quadruplingincrease by a factor of four
• quadruplyTo a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
• quaereInquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
• quaestorany of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
• quaffa hearty draft
• quaffera person who drinks heartily
• quaga soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• quaggamammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
• quaggy(of soil) soft and watery
• quagmirea soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• quahaugan edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
• quahogan edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
• Quai d'Orsaythe French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
• quaichA small shallow cup or drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also quegh.]
• quaighA small shallow cup or drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also quegh.]
• quailsmall gallinaceous game birds
• quail atanticipate with dread or anxiety
• quail brushspiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
• quail bushspiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
• quailyThe upland plover. [Canadian]
• quaintstrange in an interesting or pleasing way
• quaintiseCraft; subtlety; cunning. [Obs.] Chaucer. R. of Glouces.
• quaintlyin a quaint old-fashioned manner
• quaintnessstrangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
• quairA quire; a book. [Obs.] " The king's quhair." James I. (of Scotland).
• quakeshaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
• quakera member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
• Quaker guna dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood
• quakeressA woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
• quakerishLike or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
• quakerismThe peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
• quakerlikeLike a Quaker.
• quakerlyResembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay.
• Quakersa Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
• quakeryQuakerism. [Obs.] Hallywell.
• quaketailA wagtail.
• quakinessThe state of being quaky; liability to quake.
• quakinga. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. -- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. -- Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis).