Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
quack grass |
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See Quitch grass. |
quacksalver |
noun |
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. |
quadrennial |
adjective |
Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period., Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games. |
quadrennium |
noun |
A space or period of four years. |
quadribasic |
adjective |
Same as Tetrabasic. |
quadrillion |
noun |
According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. |
quadrilobed |
adjective |
Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf. |
quadrinodal |
adjective |
Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves. |
quadrivalve |
adjective |
Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp., A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds. |
quadrupedal |
adjective |
Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped. |
quadrupling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Quadruple |
qualifiable |
adjective |
Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. |
qualifiedly |
adverb |
In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification. |
qualitative |
adjective |
Relating to quality; having the character of quality. |
quarantined |
imp. & past participle |
of Quarantine |
quarrelling |
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of Quarrel |
quarrellous |
adjective |
Quarrelsome. |
quarrelsome |
adjective |
Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. |
quartenylic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; — so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid. |
quarterfoil |
noun |
An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils. |
quarterhung |
adjective |
Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; — said of a cannon. |
quarterlies |
plural |
of Quarterly |
quarterpace |
noun |
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace. |
queenliness |
noun |
The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power. |
queen truss |
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A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss. |
quermonious |
adjective |
Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. |
querquedule |
noun |
A teal., The pintail duck. |
questioning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Question |
questionary |
adjective |
Inquiring; asking questions; testing., One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale. |
questionist |
noun |
A questioner; an inquirer., A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination. |
questmonger |
noun |
One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. |
questorship |
noun |
The office, or the term of office, of a questor. |
quibblingly |
adverb |
Triflingly; evasively. |
quicksilver |
adjective |
The metal mercury; — so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. |
quiescently |
adverb |
In a quiescent manner. |
quincuncial |
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Having the form of a quincunx., Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation. |
quindecagon |
noun |
A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides. |
quindecylic |
noun |
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid. |
quinhydrone |
noun |
A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone. |
quinologist |
noun |
One who is versed in quinology. |
quinoxaline |
noun |
Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones. |
quinquereme |
noun |
A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme. |
quinquevirs |
plural |
of Quinquevir |
quinqueviri |
plural |
of Quinquevir |
quintupling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Quintuple |
quiritation |
noun |
A crying for help. |
quitclaimed |
imp. & past participle |
of Quitclaim |
quiveringly |
adverb |
With quivering motion. |