Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter Q - Page 2
Quadrifoliate (a.) (Bot.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches.
Quadrigae (n. pl. ) of Quadriga.
Quadriga (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast. Quadrigeminal
Quadrigeminal (a.) Alt. of Quadrigeminous
Quadrigeminous (a.) Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.
Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), Two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.
Quadrigenarious (a.) Consisting of four hundred.
Quadrijugate (a.) Same as Quadrijugous.
Quadrijugous (a.) (Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
Quadrilateral (n.) (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
Quadrilateral (n.) An area defended by
four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral,
comprising
Complete quadrilateral (Geom.), The figure made up of the six straight lines that can be drawn through four points, A, B, C, I, the lines being supposed to be produced indefinitely.
Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides [syn: quadrilateral, four-sided].
Quadrilateral (n.) A four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon].
Quadrilateralness (n.) The property of being quadrilateral.
Quadriliteral (a.) Consisting of four letters.
Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.
Quadrille (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille.
Quadrille (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.
Quadrillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Quadrilobate (a.) Alt. of Quadrilobed.
Quadrilobed (a.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quadrilocular (a.) Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quadrin (n.) A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
Quadrinodal (a.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quadrinomial (n.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Quadrinomical (a.) Quadrinomial.
Quadrinominal (a.) Quadrinomial.
Quadripartite (a.) Divided into four parts.
Quadripartitely (adv.) In four parts.
Quadripartition (n.) A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quadripennate (a.) Having four wings; -- said of insects.
Quadriphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Quadrisection (n.) A subdivision into four parts.
Quadrisulcate (a.) Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
Quadrisyllabic () Alt. of Quadri-syllabical.
Quadri-syllabical () Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
Quadrisyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables.
Quadrivalence (n.) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Quadrivalent (a.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.
Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
Quadrivalvular (a.) Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadrivial (a.) Having four ways meeting in a point.
Quadrivial (n.) One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
Quadrivium (n.) The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Quadroon (n.) The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Quadroxide (n.) A tetroxide.
Quadrumana (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
Quadrumane (n.) One of the Quadrumana.
Quadrumanous (a.) Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
Quadruped (a.) Having four feet.
Quadruped (n.) (Zool.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
Quadruped (a.) Having four feet [syn: {quadrupedal}, {quadruped}, {four-footed}] [ant: {biped}, {bipedal}, {two-footed}]
Quadruped (n.) An animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking.
Quadruped (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 四足動物 Any animal that has four legs.
// Horses, lions and dogs are quadrupeds, but humans are bipeds.
Compare: Biped
Biped (n.) [C] 兩足動物 An animal that walks on two legs.
Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet [syn: {quadrupedal}, {quadruped}, {four-footed}] [ant: {biped}, {bipedal}, {two-footed}].
Quadruple (a.) 四倍的；四重的；四部組成的 Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
Quadruple time (Mus.), () That in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
Quadruple (n.) 四倍數 Four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Quadrupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruple.
Quadrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruple.
Quadruple (v. t.) 使成四倍 To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. -- A. Smith.
Quadruple (v. i.) 成為四倍 To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Quadruple (a.) Having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold].
Quadruple (a.) Four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" [syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold].
Quadruple (n.) A set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple].
Quadruple (n.) A quantity that is four times as great as another.
Quadruple (v.) Increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled."
Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Quadruplex system (Electric Telegraph), A system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously over the wire.
Quadruplex (a.) Having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold].
Quadruplex, () A kind of telegraphy system developed by Thomas A. Edison in the 1870s combining diplex and duplex communications to support simultaneous transmission of two messages in each direction. (2000-04-02)
Quadruplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruplicate.
Quadruplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruplicate.
Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quadruplicate (a.) Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
Quadruplicate (a.) (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
Quadruplicate (a.) Having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold].
Quadruplicate (n.) Any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; "it was signed in quadruplicate".
Quadruplicate (v.) Reproduce fourfold; "quadruplicate the bill".
Quadruplication (n.) The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
Quadruplication, () Pleading. Formerly this word was used instead of surrebutter. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 469, n.
Quadruply (adv.) To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
Quaere, () Practice. A word frequently used to denote that an inquiry ought to be made of a doubtful thing. 2 Lill. Ab. 406.
Questor (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also qu[ae]stor.]
Note: At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.
Quaestor (n.) [L.] Same as Questor.
Quaestor (n.) Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration).
Quaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Quaff.
Quaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quaff.
Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. "Quaffed off the muscadel." -- Shak.
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. -- Milton.
Quaff (v. i.) To drink largely or luxuriously.
Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. -- Dryden.
Quaff (n.) A hearty draft.
Quaff (v.) To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, quaff, swig].
Quaff (v.) To drink a large amount of (something) quickly.
Quaff (v. i.) To drink deeply.
Quaff (v. t.) To drink (a beverage) deeply.
Quaff (n.) An act or instance of quaffing.
Quaff (n.) A beverage quaffed.
Quaffer (n.) One who quaffs, or drinks largely.
Quaffer (n.) A person who drinks heartily.
Quag (n.) A quagmire. [R.] "Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells." -- Cowper.
Quag (n.) A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack].
Quagga (n.) (Zool.) A South African wild ass ({Equus quagga syn. Hippotigris quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. The species became extinct in the late 1800's, largely due to excessive hunting.
Quagga (n.) Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century [syn: quagga, Equus quagga].
Quaggy (a.) Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. "O'er the watery strath, or quaggy moss." -- Collins.
Quaggy (a.) (Of soil) Soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged].
Quagmire (n.) 沼澤地；無法脫身的困境 Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by Quagmires, Which rendered it difficult of access." -- Palfrey.
Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough. Quahog
Quagmire (n.) A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack].
Quahog (n.) Alt. of Quahaug.
Quahaug (n.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.
Quaigh (n.) Alt. of Quaich.
Quaich (n.) A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.
Qualled (imp. & p. p.) of Quail.
Qualling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quail.
Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Quail (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).
Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).
Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
Quail (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Quaily (n.) The upland plover.
Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. [Obs.]
Clerks be full subtle and full quaint. -- Chaucer.
Quaint (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. [Archaic] " The queynte ring." " His queynte spear." -- Chaucer. " A shepherd young quaint." -- Chapman.
Every look was coy and wondrous quaint. -- Spenser.
To show bow quaint an orator you are. -- Shak.
Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry. -- Macaulay.
An old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in quaint livery. -- W. Irving.
Syn: Quaint, Odd, Antique.
Usage: Antique is applied to that which has come down from the ancients, or which is made to imitate some ancient work of art. Odd implies disharmony, incongruity, or unevenness. An odd thing or person is an exception to general rules of calculation and procedure, or expectation and common experience. In the current use of quaint, the two ideas of odd and antique are combined, and the word is commonly applied to that which is pleasing by reason of both these qualities.
Thus, we speak of the quaint architecture of many old buildings in London; or a quaint expression, uniting at once the antique and the fanciful.
Quaint (a.) Strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities."
Quaint (a.) Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name" -- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight" -- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor."
Quaint (a.) Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" [syn: old-time, quaint, olde worlde].
Quaintise (n.) Craft; subtlety; cunning. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. R. of Glouces.
Quaintise (n.) Elegance; beauty. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Quaintly (adv.) In a quaint manner. -- Shak.
Quaintly (adv.) In a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly."
Quaintly (adv.) In a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly furnished."
Quaintness (n.) The quality of being quaint. -- Pope.
Quaintness (n.) The quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing".
Quaintness (n.) Strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness."