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Quab
An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.
Quacksalver
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.
Quadri-
A combining form meaning , , ; .
Quadrible
Quadrable.
Quadrifurcated
Having four forks, or branches.
Quadriliteral
Consisting of four letters.
Quadripartition
A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quadrivalve
Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; .
Quadrivial
One of the four liberal arts making up the quadrivium.
Quadruplex
Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Quaggy
Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.
Quair
A quire; a book.
Quakiness
The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
Qualifier
One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
Quandong
The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree () of the Sandalwood family; -- called also .
Quant
A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Quantify
To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to determine, fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quantitative
Relating to quantity.
Quantum
Quantity; amount.
Quarantine
A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
Quarry
Quadrate; square.
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.
Quarterage
A quarterly allowance.
Quarterly
A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
Quartermaster
An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
Quartic
A quantic of the fourth degree. See .
Quarto
Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.
Quartziferous
Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.
Quassation
The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken.
Quatch
Squat; flat.
Quaternity
The number four.
Quave
To quaver.
Queachy
Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
Quean
A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.
Queasily
In a queasy manner.
Queerness
The quality or state of being queer.
Queest
The European ringdove (); the cushat.
Quemeful
Kindly; merciful.
Quenchless
Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; .
Quenelle
A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.
Querent
A complainant; a plaintiff.
Querist
One who inquires, or asks questions.
Quest
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
Questuary
Studious of profit.
Questuary
One employed to collect profits.
Queue
To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
Quibble
To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
Quica
A small South American opossum (), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.
Quice
See .
Quichuan
Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians, including the majority of the civilized tribes of the ancient Peruvian Empire with some wild tribes never subjugated by the Incas. Most of these Indians are short, but heavy and strong. They are brachycephalic and of remarkably low cranial capacity. Nevertheless, they represent one of the highest of native American civilizations, characterized by agricultural, military, and administrative skill rather than by science or literature, although they were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.
Quick
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
Quickener
One who, or that which, quickens.
Quickening
The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
Quickset
Made of quickset.
Quicksilvered
Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
Quickwork
All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
Quiddative
Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.
Quiescent
A silent letter.
Quillet
Subtilty; nicety; quibble.
Quin
A European scallop (), used as food.
Quindecylic
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also acid.
Quinhydrone
A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone.
Quinnat
The California salmon (); -- called also , , , and . It is of great commercial importance.
Quinogen
A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
Quinque-
A combining form meaning , , ;
Quinquennium
Space of five years.
Quintel
See .
Quintole
A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
Quip
To scoff; to use taunts.
Quirinal
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the hill , now (one of the seven hills of Rome), or a modern royal place situated upon it. Also used substantively.
Quiritation
A crying for help.
Quirites
Roman citizens.
Quirked
Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.
Quitly
Quite.
Quittable
Capable of being quitted.
Quittance
To repay; to requite.
Quitture
A discharge; an issue.
Quiveringly
With quivering motion.
Quixotism
That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of in knight-errantry. See .
Quodlibetical
Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment.
Quoin
Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
Quoit
A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
Quran
See .