(transitive) To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation)
quadranguled
quadrantile
quadrantile
adj
quadrantal
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrel
quadrel
noun
(archaic) A square brick or tile; a quarrel.
A square piece of turf.
quadrella
quadrella
noun
(gambling, horse racing, Australia, New Zealand) A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.
quadrennial
quadrennial
adj
Happening every four years.
Lasting for four years.
noun
A four-year period, a quadrennium.
quadrennially
quadrennially
adv
Every four years.
quadrennials
quadrennials
noun
plural of quadrennial
quadrialate
quadrialate
adj
Having four winglike extensions or parts.
quadriannulate
quadriannulate
adj
(biology) Having four rings.
quadriarticulate
quadriarticulate
adj
(entomology) Having four joints.
quadriarticulated
quadriarticulated
adj
Alternative form of quadriarticulate
quadricapsulate
quadricellular
quadricellular
adj
Having four cells.
quadricentennial
quadricentennial
adj
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadriciliate
quadriciliate
adj
Having four cilia.
quadricotyledonous
quadricycle
quadricycle
noun
A four-wheeled motorcycle, often resembling a small car (microcar).
A four-wheeled pedal cycle.
quadricycler
quadriennial
quadriennial
adj
Alternative form of quadrennial
quadrienniumutile
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
adj
(botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
quadrifoliolate
quadrifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having four leaflets.
quadrigabled
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrilateral
quadrilateral
adj
Having four sides.
noun
A polygon with four sides.
An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.
quadrilaterally
quadrilaterally
adv
In a quadrilateral fashion.
quadrilateralness
quadrilaterals
quadrilaterals
noun
plural of quadrilateral
quadriliteral
quadriliteral
adj
Used to describe word roots in Afroasiatic languages which consist of four letters
noun
A word root in an Afroasiatic language which consists of four letters
quadrille
quadrille
noun
(card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
A square tiling of the plane.
Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
quadrilled
quadrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrille
quadrilles
quadrilles
noun
plural of quadrille
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrilogue
quadrilogue
noun
Alternative spelling of quadralogue
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadrioxalate
quadripartitely
quadripartitely
adv
In a quadripartite fashion; into four parts.
quadriplegia
quadriplegia
noun
Paralysis from the neck down.
Paralysis of all four limbs.
quadriplegic
quadriplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
quadriplicate
quadriplicate
noun
Alternative form of quadruplicate
quadriplicated
quadriplicated
adj
Alternative form of quadruplicated
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadriserial
quadriserial
adj
Arranged in four series.
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadrisulphide
quadrisyllable
quadrisyllable
Noun
A word of four syllables.
quadritubercular
quadritubercular
adj
Having four tubercles or cusps
quadrituberculate
quadrituberculate
adj
Synonym of quadritubercular
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrupedal
quadrupedal
adj
Walking on four feet.
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadruplane
quadruplane
noun
An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces (four wings one above the other)
quadruplate
quadruple
quadruple
adj
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
noun
(skating) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
(rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
(transitive) To multiply by four.
quadrupled
quadrupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruple
quadrupleness
quadrupleness
noun
The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplet
noun
(music) A tuplet of four notes.
A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
A sequence of four elements.
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
quadruplets
quadruplets
noun
plural of quadruplet
quadruplex
quadruplex
adj
Having four components.
Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
noun
A quadruplex system.
verb
(transitive) To make quadruplex.
quadruplicate
quadruplicate
adj
four times over, multiplied by four
having four parts
noun
in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
verb
To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.
quadruplicated
quadruplicated
adj
replicated four times
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadruplicature
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
quadrupoles
quadrupoles
noun
plural of quadrupole
quailed
quailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quail
quailhead
qualified
qualified
adj
Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
Restricted or limited by conditions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of qualify
qualifiedly
qualifiedly
adv
With qualification; conditionally.
qualifiedness
qualifiedness
noun
The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
qualitied
qualitied
adj
(now rare) Endowed with (usually specified) qualities; especially, having good qualities.
quardeel
quarreled
quarrelled
quarrelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarrel
quarterland
quarterland
noun
An old Scots unit of measure of land.
quatrefoiled
quatrefoiled
adj
(architecture) decorated with quatrefoils
quatrefoliated
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
quebradilla
quebradillas
quedful
quedly
queensland
queensland
Proper noun
One of the six states of Australia, occupying the north-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Brisbane.
(1859 - 1901) The self governing colony of what is now the state of Queensland.
quelled
quelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quell
quesadillas
quesadillas
noun
plural of quesadilla
quibbled
quibbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quibble
quidditatively
quidditatively
adv
Synonym of quiddatively
quiddle
quiddle
verb
(intransitive, rare) To spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.
(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
quiddled
quiddled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiddle
quiddler
quiddler
noun
(archaic) A waster of time; an idler or dawdler.
quilled
quilled
adj
(of a flower) Having long, narrow petals or florets.
(of fabric) Having small, rounded folds.
Created through the process of quilling.
Decorated with quillwork.
Having quills or similar structures.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quill
quilleted
quilleted
adj
Divided into quillets (small plots of land).
quilted
quilted
adj
Having characteristics that approximate the above to some degree.
Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quilt
quinaldine
quinaldine
noun
(organic chemistry) An oily liquid, α-methylquinoline, derived from coal tar, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and as a sedative for fish.
quindecangle
quindecangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) quindecagon
quindecaplet
quindecasyllabic
quindecasyllabic
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
quindecennial
quindecennial
adj
Happening once in fifteen years.
Lasting fifteen years.
quindecillion
quindecillion
num
(rare, US, modern Britain and Australia short scale) 10⁴⁸.
(rare, dated, Britain and Australia, long scale) 10⁹⁰.
quindecillionth
quindecylic
quindecylic
adj
pentadecylic, pentadecanoic
quinquefoliated
quinquefoliated
adj
(botany) Having five leaves
quinquelobated
quinquelobated
adj
quinquelobate
quinquelobed
quinquelobed
Adjective
Having five lobes.
quinquepedal
quinquepedalian
quinquepetaloid
quinqueradial
quintupled
quintupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quintuple
quintuplicated
quintuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quintupliribbed
quinuclidine
quinuclidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The saturated, bicyclic heterocycle 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; any of its derivatives
quitclaimed
quitclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim
quodlibet
quodlibet
noun
(art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
(card games) A card game that combines several different contracts.
(music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
(philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
quodlibetal
quodlibetarian
quodlibetarian
noun
One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
quodlibetary
quodlibetary
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet.
quodlibetic
quodlibetic
adj
Of or relating to a quodlibet
quodlibetical
quodlibetical
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously.
quodlibetically
quodlibetically
adv
In a quodlibetic manner.
quodlibetz
relacquered
relacquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relacquer
relinquished
relinquished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relinquish
reliquefied
reliquefied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reliquefy
reliquidate
reliquidate
verb
To liquidate again or anew.
reliquidated
reliquidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reliquidate
reliquidates
reliquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reliquidate
reliquidating
reliquidating
verb
present participle of reliquidate
reliquidation
reliquidation
noun
A second or subsequent liquidation.
requalified
requalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of requalify
semiliquid
semiliquid
adj
Somewhat liquid; able to flow or change, but not entirely freely.
noun
Any substance with properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid.