quinacrine hydrochloride
1: a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria [syn: {quinacrine}, {mepacrine}, {Atabrine}]
quince
1: small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated [syn: {quince bush}, {Cydonia oblonga}] 2: aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
quince bush
1: small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated [syn: {quince}, {Cydonia oblonga}]
quincentenary
1: of or relating to a 500th anniversary; "the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city" [syn: {quincentennial}] n : the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: {quincentennia...
quincentennial
1: of or relating to a 500th anniversary; "the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city" [syn: {quincentenary}] n : the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: {quincentenary}...
Quincy
1: American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775) [syn: {Josiah Quincy}]
Quine
1: United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001) [syn: {W. V. Quine}, {Willard Van Orman Quine}]
Quinidex
1: cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias [syn: {quinidine}, {Quinora}]
quinidine
1: cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias [syn: {Quinidex}, {Quinora}]
quinine
1: a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
quinine water
1: lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine [syn: {tonic}, {tonic water}]
quinnat salmon
1: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: {chinook}, {chinook salmon}, {king salmon}, {Onchorynchus tshawtscha}]
quinone
1: any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes [syn: {benzoquinone}]
Quinora
1: cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias [syn: {quinidine}, {Quinidex}]
Quinquagesima
1: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: {Quinquagesima Sunday}]
Quinquagesima Sunday
1: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: {Quinquagesima}]
quinsy
1: a painful pus-filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis [syn: {peritonsillar abscess}]
quint
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: {five}, {5}, {V}, {cinque}, {quintet}, {fivesome}, {quintuplet}, {pentad}, {fin}, {Phoebe}, {Little Phoebe}] 2: one of five children born a...
quintal
1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms 2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner}, {cental}]
quintessence
1: the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies [syn: {ether}] 2: the purest and most concentrated essence of so...
quintessential
1: representing the perfect example of a class or quality
quintet
1: a musical composition for five performers [syn: {quintette}] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: {five}, {5}, {V}, {cinque}, {quint}, {fivesome}, {quintuplet}, {pentad}, {f...
quintette
1: five performers or singers who perform together [syn: {quintet}] 2: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: {quintet}] 3: five people considered as a unit [syn: {quintet}, {fivesome...
quintillion
1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
quintillionth
1: one part in a quintillion [syn: {one-quintillionth}]
quintipara
1: (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies
quintuple
1: having five units or components [syn: {fivefold}] v : increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
quintuplet
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: {five}, {5}, {V}, {cinque}, {quint}, {quintet}, {fivesome}, {pentad}, {fin}, {Phoebe}, {Little Phoebe}] 2: one of five children born at the...
quip
1: a witty saying [syn: {epigram}] 2: witty remark [syn: {wisecrack}, {crack}, {sally}] v : make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" [syn: {gag}] [also: {quipping}, {quipped}]
quipu
1: calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
quira
1: hard heavy red wood of a quira tree [syn: {Panama redwood}] 2: any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
quire
1: a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
quirk
1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {oddity}, {queerness}, {quirkiness}, {crotchet}] 2: a narrow groove beside a beading v : twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"
quirk bead
1: beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates [syn: {bead and quirk}]
quirk molding
1: a molding having a small groove in it [syn: {quirk moulding}]
quirk moulding
1: a molding having a small groove in it [syn: {quirk molding}]
quirkiness
1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {oddity}, {queerness}, {quirk}, {crotchet}]
quirky
1: informal terms; strikingly unconventional [syn: {far-out}, {kinky}, {offbeat}, {way-out}]
quirt
1: whip with a leather thong at the end
Quiscalus
1: grackles [syn: {genus Quiscalus}]
quisling
1: someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force [syn: {collaborator}, {collaborationist}]
quislingism
1: act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country [syn: {collaboration}, {collaborationism}]
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quit
1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {cease}, {give up}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}] 2: give up or retire from a position; "The Sec...
quitclaim
1: document transferring title or right or claim to another [syn: {quitclaim deed}] 2: act of transferring a title or right or claim to another
quitclaim deed
1: document transferring title or right or claim to another [syn: {quitclaim}]
quite
1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: {rather}] 2: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "w...
quite a
1: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an...
quite a little
1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {bat...
quite an
1: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an...
Quito
1: the capital of Ecuador [syn: {capital of Ecuador}]
quits
1: on equal terms by payment or requital; "we're now quits"; "finally quits with the loan"
quittance
1: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt 2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: {repayment}]
quitter
1: a person who gives up too easily
quiver
1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver}, {chill}, {shudder}, {thrill}, {tingle}] 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers...
quivering
1: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "...
quixotic
1: not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state" [syn: {romantic}, {w...
quixotically
1: in a quixotic manner; "sent to jail for two years, he has quixotically refused to clear himself by betraying his colleagues"
quixotism
1: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior [syn: {knight errantry}]
quiz
1: an examination consisting of a few short questions v : examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs" [syn: {test}] [also: {...
quiz program
1: a game show in which contestants answer questions
quizmaster
1: the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game [syn: {question master}]
quizzer
1: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications [syn: {examiner}, {tester}]
quizzical
1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell [syn: {mocking}, {teasing}] 2: perplexed (as if being expected to know somet...
quizzically
1: in a quizzical and questioning manner; "they looked quizzically at the doctor" [syn: {questioningly}]
Qum
1: a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims
quo warranto
1: a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
quodlibet
1: an issue that is presented for formal disputation
quoin
1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase [syn: {coign}, {coigne}] 2: the keystone of an arch [syn: {coign}, {coigne}] 3: (architecture) solid exterior angl...
quoit
1: game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in the game of quoits
quoits
1: a game in which quoits or horseshoes are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it [syn: {horseshoes}]
quondam
1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {once(a)}, {onetime(a)}, {quondam(a)}, ...
Quonset hut
1: a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section [syn: {Nissen hut}]
Quoratean
1: a group of languages of the Hokan family
quorum
1: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
quota
1: a prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month" 2: a proportional share assigned to each participant 3: a limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated...
quotability
1: the quality of being worthy of being quoted
quotable
1: able or fit to be repeated or quoted; "what he said was not repeatable in polite company"; "he comes up with so many quotable phrases" [syn: {repeatable}] [ant: {unrepeatable}, {unrepeatable}] 2: s...
quotation
1: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a...
quotation mark
1: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else [syn: {quote}, {inverted comma}]
quote
1: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else [syn: {quotation mark}, {inverted comma}] 2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: {quotation}, {citation}] v ...
quoter
1: a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations
quotidian
1: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [...
quotient
1: the ratio of two quantities to be divided 2: the number obtained by division
Quran
1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: {Koran}, {al-Qur'an}, {Book}]
qurush
1: 20 qurush equal 1 riyal
QWERTY keyboard
1: the standard typewriter keyboard; the keys for Q, W, E, R, T, and Y are the first six from the left on the top row of letter keys
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