| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| qua-bird | noun | The American night heron. See under Night. |
| quacking | present participle & vb. noun | of Quack |
| quackery | noun | The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. |
| quackish | adjective | Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. |
| quackism | noun | Quackery. |
| quackled | imp. & past participle | of Quackle |
| quadrans | noun | A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2., The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur. |
| quadrant | noun | The fourth part; the quarter., The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center., One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant., An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. |
| quadrate | adjective | Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square., Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square., Square; even; balanced; equal; exact., Squared; suited; correspondent., A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square., An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6., The quadrate bone., To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; — followed by with., To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. |
| quadriga | noun | A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast. |
| quadroon | noun | The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. |
| quaestor | noun | Same as Questor. |
| quaffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Quaff |
| quagmire | noun | Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. |
| qualling | present participle & vb. noun | of Quail |
| quaintly | adverb | In a quaint manner. |
| quakerly | adjective | Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. |
| quakness | noun | The state of being quaky; liability to quake. |
| qualmish | adjective | Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. |
| quandary | noun | A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty., To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty. |
| quandong | noun | The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; — called also quandang. |
| quantity | verb t. | To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate., The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question “How much?”; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size., The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations., The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable., The relative duration of a tone., That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable., A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. |
| quarried | adjective | Provided with prey., of Quarry |
| quarrier | noun | A worker in a stone quarry. |
| quarries | plural | of Quarry |
| quartane | noun | Butane, each molecule of which has four carbon atoms. |
| quartene | noun | Same as Butylene. |
| quartter | verb t. | To divide into four equal parts., To divide; to separate into parts or regions., To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers., To furnish as a portion; to allot., To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms. |
| quartern | noun | A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.)., A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; — called also quartern loaf. |
| quartile | noun | Same as Quadrate. |
| quartine | noun | A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside. |
| quashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Quash |
| quateron | noun | See 2d Quarteron. |
| quatorze | noun | The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; — so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points. |
| quatrain | noun | A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. |
| quavered | imp. & past participle | of Quaver |
| quaverer | noun | One who quavers; a warbler. |