Quair (n.) A quire; a book.
Quaked (imp. & p. p.) of Quake
Quaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quake
Quake (v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
Quake (v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.
Quake (v. t.) To cause to quake.
Quake (n.) A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Quaker (n.) One who quakes.
Quaker (n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.
Quaker (n.) The sooty albatross.
Quaker (n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
Quakeress (n.) A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
Quakerish (a.) Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
Quakerlike (a.) Like a Quaker.
Quakerly (a.) Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.
Quakery (n.) Quakerism.
Quaketail (n.) A wagtail.
Quakness (n.) The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
Quaking () a. & n. from Quake, v.
Quakingly (adv.) In a quaking manner; fearfully.
Quaky (a.) Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
Qualifiable (a.) Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.
Qualification (n.) The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
Qualification (n.) That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.
Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.
Qualificative (n.) That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
Qualificator (n.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
Qualified (a.) Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
Qualified (a.) Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualifiedly (adv.) In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.
Qualifiedness (n.) The state of being qualified.
Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
Qualified (imp. & p. p.) of Qualify
Qualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Qualify
Qualify (v. t.) 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.
Qualify (v. t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
Qualify (v. t.) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.
Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
Qualify (v. t.) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.
Qualify (v. i.) To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
Qualify (v. i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
Qualitative (a.) Relating to quality; having the character of quality.
Qualitied (a.) Furnished with qualities; endowed.
Qualities (pl. ) of Quality
Quality (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.
Quality (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
Quality (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
Quality (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
Qualm (n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
Qualm (n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
Qualm (n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Qualmish (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
Quamash (n.) See Camass.
Quamoclit (n.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea.
Quandaries (pl. ) of Quandary
Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
Quandong (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.
Quandy (n.) The old squaw.
Quannet (n.) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
Quant (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Quantic (n.) A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary cubic.
Quantification (n.) Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
Quantity (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quantitative (a.) Relating to quantity.
Quantitive (a.) Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.
Quantitively (adv.) So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.
Quantities (pl. ) of Quantity
Quantity (n.) The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.
Quantity (n.) The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.
Quantity (n.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.
Quantity (n.) The relative duration of a tone.
Quantity (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
Quantity (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
Quantivalence (n.) Valence.
Quantivalent (a.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence.
Quanta (pl. ) of Quantum
Quantum (n.) Quantity; amount.
Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.
Quar (n.) A quarry.
Quarantine (n.) A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
Quarantined (imp. & p. p.) of Quarantine
Quarantining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarantine
Quarantine (v. t.) 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.
Quarl (n.) A medusa, or jellyfish.
Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
Quarrel (n.) Any small square or quadrangular member
Quarrel (n.) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
Quarrel (n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.
Quarrel (n.) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond.