| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| quackling | present participle & vb. noun | of Quackle |
| quadrable | adjective | That 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. |
| quadrated | imp. & past participle | of Quadrate |
| quadratic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square., Tetragonal., Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square. |
| quadrible | adjective | Quadrable. |
| quadrifid | adjective | Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf. |
| quadrigae | plural | of Quadriga |
| quadrille | noun | A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set., The appropriate music for a quadrille., A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. |
| quadruped | adjective | Having four feet., An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; — often restricted to the mammals. |
| quadruple | adjective | Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance., four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages., To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice., To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much. |
| quadruply | adverb | To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed. |
| quaintise | noun | Craft; subtlety; cunning., Elegance; beauty. |
| quakeress | noun | A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends. |
| quakerish | adjective | Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike. |
| quakerism | noun | The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers. |
| quaketail | noun | A wagtail. |
| quakingly | adverb | In a quaking manner; fearfully. |
| qualified | adjective | Fitted by accomplishments or endowments., Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement., of Qualify |
| qualifier | noun | One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains. |
| qualitied | adjective | Furnished with qualities; endowed. |
| qualities | plural | of Quality |
| quamoclit | noun | Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea. |
| quarreled | imp. & past participle | of Quarrel |
| quarrelet | noun | A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2. |
| quarrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Quarry |
| quarrymen | plural | of Quarry-man |
| quartered | imp. & past participle | of Quartter |
| quarterly | adjective | Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons., Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting., A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year., By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly., In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; — said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles. |
| quarteron | noun | A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred., Alt. of Quarteroon |
| quartette | noun | A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument., The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts., A stanza of four lines. |
| quartzite | noun | Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; — called also quartz rock. |
| quartzoid | noun | A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base. |
| quartzose | adjective | Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz. |
| quartzous | adjective | Quarzose. |
| quasimodo | noun | The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday. |
| quavemire | noun | See Quagmire. |
| quavering | present participle & vb. noun | of Quaver |
| quebracho | noun | A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn/a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; — called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties. |
| queenfish | noun | A California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish. |
| queenhood | noun | The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness. |
| queenship | noun | The state, rank, or dignity of a queen. |
| queerness | noun | The quality or state of being queer. |
| queintise | noun | See Quaintise. |
| quenching | present participle & vb. noun | of Quench |
| quercitin | noun | A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin. |
| querimony | noun | A complaint or complaining. |
| querulous | verb | Given to quarreling; quarrelsome., Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people., Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice. |
| questrist | noun | A seeker; a pursuer. |
| questuary | adjective | Studious of profit., One employed to collect profits. |
| quibbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Quibble |
| quickbeam | noun | See Quicken tree. |
| quickened | imp. & past participle | of Quicken |
| quickener | noun | One who, or that which, quickens. |
| quicklime | adjective | Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; — so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2. |
| quickness | noun | The condition or quality of being quick or living; life., Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit., Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility., Sharpness; pungency of taste. |
| quicksand | noun | Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. |
| quickstep | noun | A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing. |
| quickwork | noun | All the submerged section of a vessel’s planking., The planking between the spirketing and the clamps., The short planks between the portholes. |
| quiddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Quiddle |
| quiescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Quiesce |
| quiescent | adjective | Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid., Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting., Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in “day” and “say.”, A silent letter. |
| quietness | noun | The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. |
| quietsome | adjective | Calm; still. |
| quillback | noun | An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); — called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback. |
| quillwort | noun | Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves. |
| quinicine | noun | An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric. |
| quinidine | noun | An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. |
| quininism | noun | Alt. of Quinism |
| quinizine | noun | any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics. |
| quinoline | noun | A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type. |
| quinology | noun | The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine. |
| quinquina | noun | Peruvian bark. |
| quintette | noun | A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. |
| quintuple | adjective | Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold., To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. |
| quinzaine | noun | The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning. |
| quirister | noun | A chorister. See Chorister. |
| quitclaim | noun | A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself., To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles. |
| quittable | adjective | Capable of being quitted. |
| quittance | verb t. | Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance., Recompense; return; repayment., To repay; to requite. |
| quivering | present participle & vb. noun | of Quiver |
| quixotism | noun | That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry. |
| quizzical | adjective | Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive. |
| quodlibet | noun | A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point., A medley improvised by several performers. |
| quotation | noun | The act of quoting or citing., That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration., The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named., Quota; share., A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc. |
| quotidian | adjective | Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever., Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. |