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QCD
Quantum chromodynamics.
Quack
The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.
Quack
Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases;
Quacksalver
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.
Quadrangular
Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.
Quadratojugal
Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
Quadricornous
Having four horns, or hornlike organs; .
Quadripartition
A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quadripennate
Having four wings; -- said of insects.
Quadroon
The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Quadrumane
One of the Quadrumana.
Quadrumanous
Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
Quadruple
Fourfold;
Quadruply
To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; .
Quail
To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Quaint
Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
Quakery
Quakerism.
Qualified
Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
Quandong
The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree () of the Sandalwood family; -- called also .
Quantify
To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to determine, fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quantitative
Relating to quantity.
Quantitive
Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.
Quarantine
To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
Quarrel
To quarrel with.
Quarrel
One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
Quarrier
A worker in a stone quarry.
Quarry-faced
Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.
Quarter
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion;
Quartered
Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions.
Quarterfoil
An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
Quarterpace
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See .
Quartile
Same as .
Quartridge
Quarterage.
Quartzy
Quartzose.
Quash
To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; .
Quasi
As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; .
Quat
A pustule.
Quater-cousin
A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.
Quaver
To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
Quay
A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
Queen truss
A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
Queller
A killer; .
Quellio
A ruff for the neck.
Quemeful
Kindly; merciful.
Quencher
One who, or that which, quenches.
Quenouille training
A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
Quercitin
A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as in apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also .
Quercitron
The yellow inner bark of the , the American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern Texas.
Querent
A complainant; a plaintiff.
Querimony
A complaint or complaining.
Query
To ask questions; to make inquiry.
Query
To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into;
Quest
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
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.
Quicken
To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
Quickly
Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Quickness
The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
Quick-witted
Having ready wit
Quiet
To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with ; .
Quietage
Quietness.
Quieter
One who, or that which, quiets.
Quillaia bark
The bark of a rosaceous tree (), native of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans instead of soap. Also called .
Quincunx
An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.
Quindecylic
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also acid.
Quinic
Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
Quinicine
An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
Quinovin
An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also , and .
Quint
A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
Quintain
An object to be tilted at; -- called also .
Quintuple
Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
Quipu
A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events.
Quiritation
A crying for help.
Quish
See .
Quitclaim
To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.
Quiver
The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
Quiz
To conduct a quiz. See , , 4.
Quod
Quoth; said. See .
Quod
To put in quod, or prison; to lock up; to jug.
Quodlibetarian
One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
Quoil
See .
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.
Quoll
A marsupial of (), about the size of a cat.
Quotation
The act of quoting or citing.
Quoter
One who quotes the words of another.
Quotidian
Anything returning daily; especially , an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.