quassia
1: a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma 2: handsome South American shrub or small tree having ...
Quassia amara
1: handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark [syn: {quassia},...
quassia family
1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit [syn: {Simaroubaceae}, {family Simaroubaceae}]
quat
1: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: {kat}, {khat}, {q...
quatercentenary
1: the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: {quatercentennial}]
quatercentennial
1: the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: {quatercentenary}]
quatern
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four}, {4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quaternion}, {quaternary}, {quaternity}, {quartet}, {quadruplet}, {foursome}, {Little Joe}]
quaternary
1: consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" [syn: {quaternate}] 2: coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time o...
quaternary ammonium compound
1: a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs
quaternate
1: consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" [syn: {quaternary}]
quaternion
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four}, {4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternary}, {quaternity}, {quartet}, {quadruplet}, {foursome}, {Little Joe}]
quaternity
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four}, {4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary}, {quartet}, {quadruplet}, {foursome}, {Little Joe}]
quattrocento
1: the 15th century in Italian art and literature
quaver
1: a tremulous sound 2: a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note [syn: {eighth note}] v 1: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency [syn: {waver}] 2: si...
quavering
1: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" [syn: {tremulous}]
quaveringly
1: in an unsteady quavering manner; "the man began quaveringly to question the soldier"
quay
1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
queasily
1: in a queasy manner; "`Do I have to remove the liver,' the medical student asked queasily"
queasiness
1: a mild state of nausea [syn: {squeamishness}, {qualm}]
queasy
1: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: {nauseated}, {sick}, {sickish}] [also: {queasiest}, {queasier}]
Quebec
1: the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River [syn: {Quebec City}] 2: the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was los...
Quebec City
1: the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River [syn: {Quebec}]
Quebecois
1: of or relating to Quebec (especially to the French speaking inhabitants or their culture) n : a native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French)
Quechua
1: a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire [syn: {Kechua}] 2: the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas [syn: {Quechuan...
Quechuan
1: of or relating to the Quechua people or their language [syn: {Kechuan}] n : the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas [syn: {Quechua}, {Quechuan language}, {Kechua}, {Kechuan}]
Quechuan language
1: the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas [syn: {Quechua}, {Quechuan}, {Kechua}, {Kechuan}]
queen
1: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs 2: a female sovereign ruler [syn: {queen regnant}, {female monarch}] [ant: {kin...
Queen Anne's lace
1: a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots [syn: {wild carrot}, {Daucus carota}]
queen it over
1: act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students" [syn: {lord it over}, {put on airs}, {act superior}]
Queen Maud Land
1: a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway
queen mother
1: a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
queen of the May
1: the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival [syn: {May queen}]
queen of the night
1: tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits [syn: {Selenicereus grandiflorus}]
queen regent
1: a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
queen regnant
1: a female sovereign ruler [syn: {queen}, {female monarch}] [ant: {king}, {king}]
queen triggerfish
1: tropical Atlantic fish [syn: {Bessy cerca}, {oldwench}, {oldwife}, {Balistes vetula}]
Queen Victoria
1: queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901) [syn: {Victoria}]
Queen's Counsel
1: Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
Queen's crape myrtle
1: native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers [syn: {pride-of-India}, {Lagerstroemia speciosa}]
queen's cup
1: plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana [syn: {bride's bonnet}, {Clintonia uniflora}]
queen-size
1: (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size; "a queen-sized bed" [syn: {queen-sized}]
queen-sized
1: (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size; "a queen-sized bed" [syn: {queen-size}]
queenfish
1: silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters [syn: {white croaker}, {Seriphus politus}]
queenlike
1: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" [syn: {queenly}]
queenly
1: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" [syn: {queenlike}] [also: {queenliest}, {queenlier}...
Queens
1: a borough of New York City
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Queensboro Bridge
1: a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens
Queensland bottletree
1: large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia [syn: {narrow-leaved bottletree}, {Brachychiton rupestris}, {Sterculia rupestris}...
Queensland hemp
1: herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed [syn: {jellyleaf}, {Sid...
queensland kauri
1: Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer [syn: {dundathu pine}, {smooth bark kauri}, {Agathis robusta}]
Queensland nut
1: bushy tree with pink to purple flowers [syn: {Macadamia tetraphylla}]
queer
1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of ...
queer bird
1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fellow}, {odd fish}, {queer duck}, {odd man out}]
queer duck
1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fellow}, {odd fish}, {queer bird}, {odd man out}]
queerly
1: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny" [syn: {strangely}, {oddly}, {funnily}, {funny}] 2: in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly...
queerness
1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {oddity}, {quirk}, {quirkiness}, {crotchet}]
quell
1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: {squelch}, {quench}] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: {stay}, {appease}]
quelled
1: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" [syn: {quenched}, {squelched}]
quelling
1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: {suppression}, {crushing}, {stifling}]
quellung
1: the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung" [syn: {quellung reaction}...
quellung reaction
1: the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung" [syn: {quellung}]
quench
1: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: {slake}, {allay}, {assuage}] 2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best c...
quenched
1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: {satisfied}, {slaked}] 2: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched ru...
quenched steel
1: steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it
quenching
1: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" [syn: {extinction}, {extinguishing}]
quenchless
1: impossible to quench; "unquenchable thirst" [syn: {unquenchable}]
Quentin Tarantino
1: United States filmmaker (born in 1963) [syn: {Tarantino}, {Quentin Jerome Tarantino}]
quercitron
1: a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree 2: medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark...
quercitron oak
1: medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad 5-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped [sy...
Quercus
1: oaks [syn: {genus Quercus}]
Quercus agrifolia
1: highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves [syn: {coast live oak}, {California live oak}]
Quercus alba
1: large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood [syn: {American white oak...
Quercus arizonica
1: semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups [syn: {Arizona white oak}]
Quercus bicolor
1: large flaky-barked deciduous oak of the eastern United States with leaves having fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil [syn: {swamp w...
Quercus borealis
1: large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that o...
Quercus cerris
1: large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes [syn: {European turkey oak}, {turkey oak}]
Quercus chrysolepis
1: medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves [syn: {canyon oak}, {canyon live oak}, {maul oak}, {iron oak}]
Quercus coccinea
1: medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply 7-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn [syn: {scarle...
Quercus ellipsoidalis
1: small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes [syn: {jack oak}, {northern pin oak}]
Quercus falcata
1: large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward ...
Quercus garryana
1: small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale gray bark [syn: {Oregon white oak}, {Oregon oak}, {Garry oak}]
Quercus grosseserrata
1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: {Japanese oak}, {Quercus mongolica}]
Quercus ilex
1: evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood [syn: {holm oak}, {holm tree}, {holly-leaved oak}, {evergreen oak}]
Quercus ilicifolia
1: shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets [syn: {bear oak}]
Quercus imbricaria
1: small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles [syn: {shingle oak}, {laurel oak}]
Quercus incana
1: small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point [syn: {bluejack oak}, {turkey oak}]
Quercus kelloggii
1: large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves [syn: {California black oak}]
Quercus laevis
1: small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes [syn: {American turkey oak}, {turkey oa...
Quercus laurifolia
1: large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil [syn: {laurel oak}, {pin oak}]
Quercus lobata
1: tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns [syn: {California white oak}, {valley oak}, {valley white oak}, {roble}]
Quercus lyrata
1: medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year [syn: {overcup oak}]
Quercus macrocarpa
1: medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood [syn: {bur oak}, {burr oak}, {mossy-cup o...
Quercus marilandica
1: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad 3-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: {blackjack oak}, {blackjack}, {...
Quercus michauxii
1: medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak [syn: {swamp chestnut oak}]
Quercus mongolica
1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: {Japanese oak}, {Quercus grosseserrata}]
Quercus montana
1: medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats [syn: {basket oak}, {cow oak}, {Quercus prinus}]
Quercus muehlenbergii
1: medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood [syn: {chinquapin oak}, {chinkapin oak}, {yellow chestnut oak}]
Quercus myrtifolia
1: small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas [syn: {myrtle oak}, {seaside scrub oak}]
Quercus nigra
1: relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil [syn: {water oak}, {possum oak}]
Quercus nuttalli
1: similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin [syn: {Nuttall oak}, {Nuttall's oak}]
Quercus palustris
1: fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil [syn...
Quercus petraea
1: deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood [syn: {durmast}, {Quercus sessiliflora}]
Quercus phellos
1: medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood [syn: {willow oak}]
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