(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.
quadrivalvular
quadrivalvular
adj
Having or pertaining to four valves.
quadrivia
quadrivia
noun
plural of quadrivium
quadrivial
quadrivial
adj
Having four ways meeting in a point.
noun
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrivium
quadrivium
noun
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrumvir
quadrumvir
noun
Synonym of quattuorvir.
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quadrumvirs
qualificative
qualificative
noun
That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
qualitative
qualitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.
Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
noun
Something qualitative.
qualitatively
qualitatively
adv
In a qualitative manner.
with respect to quality rather than quantity.
quantitative
quantitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
quantitatively
quantitatively
adv
In a quantitative manner.
With respect to quantity rather than quality.
quantitativeness
quantitativeness
noun
The state or quality of being quantitative.
quantitive
quantitive
adj
Alternative form of quantitative
quantitively
quantitively
adv
quantitatively
quantitiveness
quantivalence
quantivalence
noun
(chemistry) Valence; the atomic or combining power of an element or radical expressed in terms of the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite.
quantivalency
quantivalency
noun
Alternative form of quantivalence
quantivalent
quantivalent
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to quantivalence, or valence.
quaquaversal
quaquaversal
adj
(astronomy) Dipping towards a center in all directions.
Going off in all directions from the center.
quaquaversally
quaquaversally
adv
In a quaquaversal way.
quarryville
quarterstaves
quassative
quassative
adj
shaking; trembling
quatuorvirate
quatuorvirate
noun
Misspelling of quattuorvirate.
quave
quave
noun
A shaking; trembling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To quiver or tremble.
quaver
quaver
noun
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
A trembling shake.
verb
(intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
(transitive) To utter quaveringly.
To shake in a trembling manner.
quavered
quavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quaver
quaverer
quaverer
noun
One who quavers.
quaverers
quaverers
noun
plural of quaverer
quavering
quavering
adj
Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
noun
The act of something that quavers.
verb
present participle of quaver
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
quaverous
quaverous
adj
quavery
quavers
quavers
noun
plural of quaver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quaver
quavery
quavery
adj
Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.
quaverymavery
quaviver
queeve
quercivorous
quercivorous
adj
Feeding on oak leaves.
quesitive
quesitive
adj
(mathematics, obsolete) Of or relating to an unknown quantity.
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.
quiddative
quiddative
adj
(philosophy) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.
quidditative
quidditative
adj
Alternative form of quiddative
quidditatively
quidditatively
adv
Synonym of quiddatively
quietive
quietive
adj
Tending to quieten or make passive.
noun
Something that quietens; a sedative.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinova
quinovatannic
quinovate
quinovate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quinovic
quinovic
adj
Of or pertaining to quinovic acid
quinovin
quinovin
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks.
quinovose
quinovose
noun
(biochemistry) A deoxy sugar, 6-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, that is widespread in plants, often as a sulfate
quinquenerval
quinquenerved
quinquenerved
adj
(botany, rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
quinquevalence
quinquevalence
noun
The condition of being quinquevalent.
quinquevalency
quinquevalent
quinquevalent
adj
Alternative spelling of quinquivalent
quinquevalve
quinquevalve
adj
(botany, biology) Having five valves.
quinquevalvous
quinquevalvular
quinquevalvular
adj
Alternative form of quinquevalve
quinqueverbal
quinqueverbial
quinquevir
quinquevir
noun
One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
quinquevirate
quinquevirate
noun
An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.
quinquevirs
quinquevirs
noun
plural of quinquevir
quinquivalent
quinquivalent
Adjective
Having an atomic valence of 5.
Having a vaccine valence of 5.
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quiteve
quiver
quiver
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
noun
(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
(mathematics) A multidigraph.
(obsolete) A vulva.
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
verb
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
quivered
quivered
adj
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiver
quiverer
quiverer
noun
One who quivers.
quiverers
quiverers
noun
plural of quiverer
quiverful
quiverful
noun
The amount held by a quiver
quivering
quivering
adj
shaking, shivering
noun
A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
verb
present participle of quiver
quiveringly
quiveringly
adv
While quivering, or as if quivering
quiverish
quiverish
adj
quivery
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
quivers
quivers
noun
plural of quiver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiver
quivery
quivery
adj
quivering; aquiver
quivira
quotative
quotative
adj
(grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
(linguistics) A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.