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Quackery
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Quackism
Quackery.
Quadrantal
A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.
Quadratrix
A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; .
Quadriceps
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
Quadricorn
Any quadricornous animal.
Quadrifarious
Arranged in four rows or ranks; .
Quadrinomical
Quadrinomial.
Quadrivalvular
Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadruple
Fourfold;
Quadruple
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Quadruplication
The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
Quaff
To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Quaintise
Craft; subtlety; cunning.
Quakery
Quakerism.
Quarrel
To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Quart
A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.
Quarter-deck
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
Quarterfoil
An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
Quarterly
Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; .
Quartic
Of the fourth degree.
quartzous
Quarzose.
Quartzy
Quartzose.
Quateron
See 2d .
Quatrain
A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.
Quattrocento
The fifteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; .
Quaverer
One who quavers; a warbler.
Quayd
of .
Queasiness
The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.
Quebrith
Sulphur.
Queenliness
The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.
Queensland nut
The nut of an Australian tree (). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from in Australia.
Quellio
A ruff for the neck.
Quench
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions;
Quercite
A white crystalline substance, , found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.
Querquedule
A teal.
Quester
One who seeks; a seeker.
Questionist
A questioner; an inquirer.
Questrist
A seeker; a pursuer.
Quibblingly
Triflingly; evasively.
Quickhatch
The wolverine.
Quickly
Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Quickset
To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; .
Quicksilvered
Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
Quid
An English coin, a sovereign.
Quid
To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses.
Quiddany
A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
Quiet
In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still;
Quietly
In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; .
Quillet
Subtilty; nicety; quibble.
Quinch
To stir; to wince.
Quindecone
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, , of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.
Quinizine
any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.
Quinovic
Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark.
Quinquangular
Having five angles or corners.
Quinquefid
Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; .
Quinquennalia
Public games celebrated every five years.
Quintel
See .
Quintilllion
According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under .
Quintuple
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
Quip
To scoff; to use taunts.
Quirboilly
Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.
Quit
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
Quit
To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
Quiver
The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
Quiveringly
With quivering motion.
Quodlibetarian
One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
Quoll
A marsupial of (), about the size of a cat.
Quota
A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Quoter
One who quotes the words of another.