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Quadrate
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
Quadratrix
A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; .
Quadrennially
Once in four years.
Quadrifarious
Arranged in four rows or ranks; .
Quadrifid
Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts;
Quadrilateralness
The property of being quadrilateral.
Quadrinomial
A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Quadruple
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; .
Quag
A quagmire.
Quail
To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Quakerism
The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
Quakerlike
Like a Quaker.
Quakiness
The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
Quaking
from ,
Quakingly
In a quaking manner; fearfully.
Qualify
To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.
Quant
A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Quar
A quarry.
Quarrelsome
Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Quartering
A station.
Quarter-saw
To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously.
Quarterstaff
A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
Quartile
Same as .
Quarto
Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
Quash
Same as .
Quashee
A negro of the West Indies.
Quata
The coaita.
Queach
To stir; to move. See ,
Queenfish
A California scinoid food fish (). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also .
Queenhood
The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.
Queening
Any one of several kinds of apples, as , , and . An apple called the was cultivated in England two hundred years ago.
Queenly
Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen.
Queint
of .
Quelquechose
A trifle; a kickshaw.
Quercitannic
Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance.
Querl
A coil; a twirl; .
Querry
A groom; an equerry.
Quest
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit;
Quester
One who seeks; a seeker.
questionless
Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly.
Questman
One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures.
Questor
An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.
Questuary
Studious of profit.
Quickly
Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Quickset
A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
Quiddany
A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
Quidditative
Quiddative.
Quiesce
To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
Quiescent
Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; .
Quiescent
A silent letter.
Quieter
One who, or that which, quiets.
Quin
A European scallop (), used as food.
Quindism
A fifteenth.
Quinia
Quinine.
Quinible
An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.
Quinine
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. ) as a bitter white crystalline substance, . Hence, by extension , any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also , , etc.
Quinoa
The seeds of a kind of goosewort (), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
Quinogen
A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
Quinquelocular
Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; .
Quintessence
The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See , under .
Quintessential
Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic.
Quintuple
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
Quinze
A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Quirk
A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; .
Quittor
A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
Quivered
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver.
Quixotic
Like ; romantic to extravagance; prone to pursue unrealizable goals; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. See also .
Quixotically
In a quixotic way.
Quiz
A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
Quiz
To conduct a quiz. See , , 4.
Quizzer
One who quizzes; a quiz.
Quob
To throb; to quiver.
Quoddies
Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Bay.
Quotha
Indeed; forsooth.