(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quarterage
quarterage
noun
A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.
The provision of quarters (as for troops), or the cost of it.
quartering
quartering
adj
(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
noun
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
(hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.
A division into four parts.
A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
verb
present participle of quarter
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermen
quartermen
noun
plural of quarterman
quartersaw
quartersaw
verb
(woodworking) Cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.
quartzitic
quartzitic
adj
Of, relating to, or containing quartzite.
quartzless
quartzless
adj
(mineralogy) Lacking quartz.
quartzsite
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
quaternary
quaternary
adj
(inorganic chemistry) composed of four elements
(organic chemistry) quaternary ammonium
Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴
Of fourth rank or order
Relating to or in number base four
noun
(chemistry) A quaternary compound.
(geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
quaternate
quaternate
adj
Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quaternity
quaternity
noun
(countable) A group or set of four.
(uncountable) The state of being four.
quatorzain
quatorzain
noun
A poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
queencraft
queencraft
noun
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
queensware
queensware
noun
A type of Wedgwood creamware.
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
quinacrine
quinacrine
noun
A drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O
quinanarii
quinizarin
quinizarin
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially and isomeric with alizarin.
quirinalia
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
rainsquall
rainsquall
noun
A rainstorm.
reacquaint
reacquaint
verb
To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.
reacquired
reacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquire
reacquires
reacquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reacquire
reliquaire
reliquaire
noun
reliquary (container)
requiescat
requiescat
noun
A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person
requirable
requirable
adj
Capable of being required.
requitable
requitable
adj
That may be requited.
resquander
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
roquelaure
roquelaure
noun
(now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
satyresque
satyresque
adj
satyrlike
semiquaver
semiquaver
noun
(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
semisquare
semisquare
noun
(astrology) An aspect made by two planets when they are 45 degrees apart from each other.
(geometry) A right isocoles triangle, or such figure of which two form a square.
sequestral
sequestral
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a sequestrum.
shabracque
siliquaria
sinarquism
sinarquist
squabasher
squabblers
squabblers
noun
plural of squabbler
squadroned
squadroned
adj
(obsolete) Formed into squadrons, or squares.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squadron
squaliform
squaliform
adj
Shaped like a shark
noun
Any shark of the order Squaliformes
squamiform
squamiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a scale.
squandered
squandered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squander
squanderer
squanderer
noun
Agent noun of squander; one who squanders.
squareface
squarehead
squarehead
noun
(slang) A foreigner of Germanic origin, especially a German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person.
(slang) A socially conventional or boring person.
(slang) An honest person; a non-criminal.
squarelike
squarelike
adj
Rectangular.
Resembling a square.
squareness
squareness
noun
The condition of being square
squaretail
squaretail
noun
A perciform fish of the genus Tetragonurus, found in tropical and subtropical oceans.
The brook trout, a fish of the species Salvelinus fontinalis, found in North America.
squaretoed
squarewise
squarewise
adj
Laid out or moving in a square.
adv
With a square layout or motion.
squarishly
squarishly
adv
In a squarish way.
squarsonry
squatarola
squatarole
squaterole
squattered
squawberry
squawberry
noun
The bearberry.
The partridgeberry.
squibcrack
squirarchy
squirarchy
noun
Alternative form of squirearchy
squirearch
subquarter
superaqual
synarquism
tardiloquy
tarquinish
tauroesque
terraquean
terraquean
adj
(obsolete) terraqueous
torquemada
tranquiler
tranquillo
tranquilly
tranquilly
adv
In a tranquil manner.
triquetral
triquetral
adj
Three-cornered
triquinate
ubiquarian
ubiquarian
adj
(archaic) Ubiquitous.
Alternative form of ubiquitarian
noun
Obsolete form of ubiquitarian.
ubiquitary
ubiquitary
adj
(archaic) ubiquitous
noun
(religion, historical) A ubiquitarian.
One who exists everywhere.
unacquired
unacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unacquire
unquakerly
unquakerly
adj
Not Quakerly.
unquarried
unquarried
adj
Not quarried.
unrequital
untranquil
untranquil
adj
Not tranquil.
vanquisher
vanquisher
noun
Someone who vanquishes; a conqueror.
waterquake
waterquake
noun
An earthquake that happens underwater, usually in an ocean or lake.