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quaddition(philosophy) An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.quadricornAny quadricornous (four-horned) animalquarantainObsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”).quarfloxinAn antineoplastic drug.quarrendenAn old English variety of red apple.quartation(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.quartereen(UK, obsolete, slang) A farthing.quartermanA foreman in a shipyardquarteroonObsolete form of quadroon.quasiboson(physics) A particle that behaves as if it were a bosonquasigluon(physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a gluonquassation(archaic) A shaking or agitation.quaternionA group or set of four people or things.quatorzainA poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.queerspawn(slang) The children of gay or lesbian parents.quercitrinA glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.quercitronA yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.quickthornThe may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.quinazosin(pharmacology) An alpha-adrenergic blocker drug.quiniretin(organic chemistry, archaic) A brown flocculent form of quinine.quinizarin(chemistry, archaic) A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially and isomeric with alizarin.quinomycinSynonym of echinomycin.quinopyrinAlternative form of quinopyrine.quinoxyfenA particular fungicide.quintation(rare) The removal of one fifth (of something).quinteroonAlternative form of quintroon.