(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quaillike
quaillike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quail (the bird).
quakeful
quakerishly
quakerlet
quakerlike
quakerly
quakerly
Adjective
Pertaining to Quakers.
Befitting a Quaker.
quaketail
quaketail
noun
(dialect) A bird, the wagtail.
quartermasterlike
quaylike
quaylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quay.
queanlike
queenlike
queenlike
adj
(zoology) Resembling or characteristic of a queen (reproductive female animal).
Resembling or characteristic of a queen (female monarch); regal, majestic.
quickel
quicklime
quicklime
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
verb
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilverish
Adjective
Like quicksilver.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
quietlike
quietlike
adj
Indicative or characteristic of quietness or of being quiet.