(grammar) Referring to four (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quadral grammatical number.
(mathematics) Of or relating to quadral polynomials.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical number referring to four (or more) things.
(mathematics) A set of points with all the combinatorial properties of a quadric (a quadric being the set of points of PG(n, q) whose coordinates satisfy a quadratic equation).
(rhetoric) A set of four phrases, separated by pauses when speaking or commas when writing.
A foursome.
quadrat
quadrat
noun
(Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
(letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
(sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
quadrel
quadrel
noun
(archaic) A square brick or tile; a quarrel.
A square piece of turf.
quadric
quadric
adj
(mathematics) Of or relating to the second degree; quadratic.
noun
(mathematics) A surface or curve whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation
quadrin
quadrin
noun
(archaic) An old copper coin of small value.
quadrum
quaedam
quaeres
quaeres
noun
plural of quaere
quaffed
quaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quaff
quaffer
quaffer
noun
(informal) A quaffable wine.
One who quaffs.
quaggas
quaggas
noun
plural of quagga
quaggle
quahaug
quahaug
noun
(dated) Alternative form of quahog (“edible hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, used in chowders”)
verb
(dated) Alternative form of quahog
quahogs
quahogs
noun
plural of quahog
quaichs
quaichs
noun
plural of quaich
quaighs
quaighs
noun
plural of quaigh
quailed
quailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quail
quaitso
quakake
quakers
quakery
quakery
Noun
Quakerism
quakier
quakier
adj
comparative form of quaky: more quaky
quakily
quakily
adv
In a quaky manner.
quaking
quaking
adj
Shaking uncontrollably, especially due to fear or awe; trembling or shivering.
noun
The action of the verb quake.
verb
present participle of quake
qualify
qualify
noun
(juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
verb
(juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
(now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
To certify or license someone for something.
To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
quality
quality
adj
Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.
noun
(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
(archaic) Position; status; rank.
(countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
(countable, UK, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
(emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
(uncountable) Level of excellence.
(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
quamash
quamash
noun
Dated form of camas.
quangos
quangos
noun
plural of quango
quannet
quannet
noun
(archaic) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
quantal
quantal
adj
(biology, of a response) All-or-none.
(physics) Of or pertaining to a quantum.
(physics) Quantized.
quantas
quanted
quanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quant
quantic
quantic
noun
(mathematics) A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.
quantum
quantum
adj
(computing theory) Relating to a quantum computer.
(informal) Of a change, significant.
(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
noun
(computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
(computing, uncountable) Short for quantum computing.
(law) The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
(law) The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
(mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
(medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
quarion
quarles
quarmen
quarred
quarred
adj
choked or blocked (typically of a river)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quar
quarrel
quarrel
noun
(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
(countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
(countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
(countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
(countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
(countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
(countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
(rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
verb
(intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
(intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
(intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.
(transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone).
quartan
quartan
adj
(medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
noun
(medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
quartas
quarter
quarter
adj
(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
noun
(Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
(Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
(figurative, archaic) A topic or area of endeavour.
(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
(military slang, now rare) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
(now chiefly financial) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
(now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
(now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
(now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
(now rare, rugby, American football) A quarterback.
(obsolete) Relations between people.
(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
(sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
A quarterfinal.
A region or place.
Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
verb
(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
(transitive) To quartersaw.
quartes
quartes
noun
plural of quarte
quartet
quartet
noun
(music) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
(music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
(music) A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
A group of four people or things, particularly
quartic
quartic
adj
(mathematics) of or relating to the fourth degree
noun
(mathematics) A curve describing such an equation or function.
(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
quartin
quartis
quartos
quartos
noun
plural of quarto
quartus
quartzy
quartzy
adj
Resembling or containing quartz.
quasars
quasars
noun
plural of quasar
quashed
quashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quash
quashee
quashee
Noun
A native of the West Indies.
quasher
quasher
noun
One who quashes.
quashes
quashes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quash
quashey
quasses
quasses
noun
plural of quass
quassia
quassia
noun
Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.
The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.
quassin
quassin
noun
(organic chemistry) A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicine
quatern
quatern
adj
quaternate; composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
quaters
quatral
quatres
quatres
noun
plural of quatre
quatrin
quatrin
noun
(obsolete) Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.
quattie
quattie
noun
(Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.
quatuor
quatuor
noun
(music) A quartet.
quavers
quavers
noun
plural of quaver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quaver
quavery
quavery
adj
Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.
quayage
quayage
noun
The fee charged for using a quay.
quayful
quayful
noun
(nautical) As much or many as a quay can accommodate.
quaying
quaying
verb
present participle of quay
quayman
quayman
noun
A man who works on a quay.
queachy
queachy
adj
(obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.
Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
queasom
queazen
queazen
verb
(transitive) To make queasy; sicken.
quechua
quemado
queneau
quercia
querela
querela
noun
(law) A complaint preferred in a court.
querida
querida
noun
(US, in Latin-American contexts) darling
quernal
quesnay
quetzal
quetzal
noun
A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.
Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially the resplendent quetzal, Pharomacrus mocinno, which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
quezals
quezals
noun
plural of quezal
quichua
quienal
quilate
quilate
noun
(historical) Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
quillai
quillai
noun
(countable) Quillaja saponaria, the soapbark tree.
(uncountable) The bark of that tree.
quillan
quinary
quinary
adj
(arithmetic) To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.
Of fifth rank or order.
noun
(astrology) Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.
quinate
quinate
adj
(botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
noun
(chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
quinela
quinela
noun
(gambling) Alternative form of quiniela
quinina
quinina
noun
Archaic form of quinine.
quinlan
quinnat
quinnat
noun
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.
quinoas
quinoas
noun
plural of quinoa
quinova
quintad
quintad
noun
(rare, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of quintet: A group of five.
quintal
quintal
noun
(historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
(historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
quintan
quintan
adj
(of a fever) Recurring every fifth day.
noun
A fever that recurs every fifth day.
quintar
quintar
noun
Alternative form of qintar
quircal
quirita
quitman
quitman
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas.
A city in Georgia, United States.
A village in Louisiana.
A city in Mississippi
A small city in Texas
quittal
quittal
noun
(obsolete) Return; requital; quittance.
quivira
quokkas
quokkas
noun
plural of quokka
quondam
quondam
adj
(formal) Former; once; at one time.
quoniam
quoniam
noun
(slang, obsolete) A kind of drinking-cup.
racquet
racquet
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”)
verb
To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
To hit with a racquet.
To play a game that involves using a racquet.
ranique
ranquel
raquela
rorqual
rorqual
noun
Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
sacques
sacques
noun
plural of sacque
sadaqat
salique
salique
Adjective
Salic; Salian
saqqara
saquaro
sequani
sequela
sequela
noun
(pathology) A disease or condition which follows chronologically after an earlier disease or problem, being either wholly or partly caused by it, or made possible by it.
That which follows; an inference or corollary.
sequoia
sequoia
noun
Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.
Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
sequoya
siliqua
siliqua
noun
(botany) Alternative form of silique
A weight of four grains; a carat.
squabby
squabby
adj
Short and thick; squabbish.
squacco
squacco
noun
A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
squaddy
squaddy
adj
Alternative form of squabby (“short and thick”)
noun
Alternative spelling of squaddie
squader
squails
squails
noun
An old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process.
The game of ninepins.
plural of squail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squail
squalid
squalid
adj
Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
squalls
squalls
noun
plural of squall
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squall
squally
squally
adj
(UK, obsolete) Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage.
(weaving, of cloth) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.
Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
squalor
squalor
noun
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
squalus
squamae
squamae
noun
plural of squama
squared
squared
adj
(geometry) Covered with a grid of squares.
(mathematics) Raised to the second power.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of square
squarer
squarer
adj
comparative form of square: more square
noun
(obsolete) Quarreler, wrangler.
One who, or that which, squares.
squares
squares
noun
plural of square
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of square