English words starting with Q

q fever

1. noun: an acute disease resembling influenza

qabala

1. noun: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

qabalah

1. noun: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

qabalistic

1. adjective: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther

qabbala

1. noun: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

qabbalah

1. noun: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

qaddafi

1. noun: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)

qadhafi

1. noun: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)

qadi

1. noun: an Islamic judge

qaeda

1. noun: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

qandahar

1. noun: a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center

qara qum

1. noun: a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea

qassam brigades

1. noun: the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel

qat

1. noun: 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"

qatar

1. noun: an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil
2. noun: a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf

qatar peninsula

1. noun: a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf

qatari

1. noun: a native or inhabitant of Qatar
2. adjective: of or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants; "the Qatari ruling family"; "Qatari oil wells"

qatari dirham

1. noun: 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar

qatari monetary unit

1. noun: monetary unit in Qatar

qatari riyal

1. noun: the basic unit of money in Qatar

qcd

1. noun: a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together

qed

1. noun: a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons

qepiq

1. noun: 100 qepiq equal 1 manat in Azerbaijan

qi

1. noun: the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

qiang

1. noun: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan

qiangic

1. noun: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan

qibla

1. noun: the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
2. noun: a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa

qin

1. noun: the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall

qin dynasty

1. noun: the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall

qin shi huang ti

1. noun: the first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC)

qindarka

1. noun: 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania

qing

1. noun: the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

qing dynasty

1. noun: the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

qintar

1. noun: 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania

qizil qum

1. noun: a desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea

qoph

1. noun: the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

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quaalude

1. noun: sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse

quack

1. noun: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
2. noun: the harsh sound of a duck

quack grass

1. noun: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

quack-quack

1. noun: child's word for a duck

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quackery

1. noun: medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
2. noun: the dishonesty of a charlatan

quackgrass

1. noun: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

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quad

1. noun: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
2. noun: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

quadragesima

1. noun: the first Sunday in Lent

quadrangle

1. noun: a four-sided polygon
2. noun: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings

quadrangles

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quadrangular

1. adjective: of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle

quadrangular prism

1. noun: a prism whose bases are quadrangles

quadrant

1. noun: a quarter of the circumference of a circle
2. noun: any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes

quadrantanopia

1. noun: blindness in one fourth of the visual field

quadrants

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quadraphonic

1. adjective: of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system"

quadraphonic system

1. noun: a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels

quadraphony

1. noun: a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels

quadrasonic

1. adjective: of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system"

quadrate

1. noun: a cubelike object
2. noun: a square-shaped object

quadratic

1. noun: an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
2. noun: a polynomial of the second degree

quadratic equation

1. noun: an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square

quadratic polynomial

1. noun: a polynomial of the second degree

quadratics

1. noun: a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations

quadrature

1. noun: the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure

quadrennial

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quadrennium

1. noun: a period of four years

quadrenniums

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quadric

1. noun: a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree

quadric surface

1. noun: a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree

quadriceps

1. noun: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

quadriceps femoris

1. noun: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

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quadrigesima sunday

1. noun: the first Sunday in Lent

quadrilateral

1. noun: a four-sided polygon
2. adjective: having four sides

quadrilaterals

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quadrille

1. noun: music for dancing the quadrille
2. noun: a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

quadrilles

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quadrillion

1. noun: the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion"
2. noun: the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros

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quadrillionth

1. noun: one part in a quadrillion equal parts
2. adjective: the ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order

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quadripara

1. noun: (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies

quadripartite

1. adjective: involving four parties

quadriphonic

1. adjective: of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system"

quadriphonic system

1. noun: a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels

quadriplegia

1. noun: paralysis of both arms and both legs

quadriplegic

1. noun: a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs

quadriplegics

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quadrisonic

1. adjective: of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system"

quadrivium

1. noun: (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy

quadroon

1. noun: an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black

quadrumvirate

1. noun: a group of four men

quadruped

1. noun: an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
2. adjective: having four feet

quadrupedal

1. adjective: having four feet

quadrupeds

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quadruple

1. noun: a set of four similar things considered as a unit
2. noun: a quantity that is four times as great as another

quadruple time

1. noun: a time signature indicating four beats to the bar

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quadruplet

1. noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
2. noun: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

quadruplets

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quadruplex

1. adjective: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"

quadruplicate

1. noun: any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; "it was signed in quadruplicate"
2. verb: reproduce fourfold; "quadruplicate the bill"

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quadrupling

1. noun: increase by a factor of four

quads

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quaestor

1. noun: any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)

quaff

1. noun: a hearty draft
2. verb: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"

quaffed

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quaffer

1. noun: a person who drinks heartily

quaffing

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quaffs

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