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qaganAlternative form of khagan.qaghanAlternative form of khagan.qalamdanA Persian box or case for storing a pen.qanonAlternative spelling of qanun.qanoonAlternative form of qanun.qanun(music) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.qareen(Islam) A jinn who acts as a person's spiritual double and may influence them to do evil.qarinAlternative form of qareen.qilinA mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.qin(music) Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.qingtuanA sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China.qingzhen(Islam) Synonym of halal: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name; permissible according to Muslim religious customs, especially of food preparationqinqinA plucked Chinese lute.qiranA former currency of Iran (from 1825 to 1932), subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and worth one tenth of a toman.qiyan(historical, Islamic culture) A woman entertainerqorbanAlternative form of corban.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.quadexciton(physics) A quantum combination of four excitonsquadfurcationA forking or division into four branches.quadpolaron(physics) A quasiparticle composed of two bipolaronsquadragenarianSynonym of fortysomething: a person between 40 and 49 years old.quadragenerianMisspelling of quadragenarian.quadrainArchaic spelling of quatrain.quadranAlternative form of quadrans (“Roman coin”).quadrangulation(mathematics) A graph embedded in a surface such that every face is a quadrangle.quadrathlon(sports) A contest involving four successive events, usually swimming, kayaking, cycling, and running.quadratization(mathematics) An approximation of a system obtained by quadratizing it.quadriacceleration(physics) Synonym of four-acceleration.quadricentenarianOne who or that which is between 400 and 499 years old.quadricornAny quadricornous (four-horned) animalquadrifurcationA division into four branchesquadrilateralizationAlternative form of quadrangulation.quadrilaterationThe determination of the location of a point based on its distance from four other points.quadrillion(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.quadrin(archaic) An old copper coin of small value.quadripartitionA division into four parts.quadrisectionThe action of dividing something into four parts.quadroon(dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.quadrosilanAn antiandrogen.quadrumanAlternative form of quadrumane.quadruplationquadruplicationquadruplicationmultiplication by fourquaestorianRelating to a quaestor.qualificationThe act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.qualisign(Peircean semiotics) A sign that consists in a quality of feeling or a possibility.quangoization(UK) The process of introducing quangos.quantificationThe act of quantifying.quantion(physics, mathematics) A form of quaternion used to explain the electroweak theory on curved spacetime.quantisation(British spelling) Alternative spelling of quantization.quantitationThe process of quantitating.quantization(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer valuesquanton(physics) Any quantum entity that shows the properties of both a particle and a wavequarantainObsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”).quarendenAlternative form of quarrender (“type of apple”).quarfloxinAn antineoplastic drug.quarrendenAn old English variety of red apple.quarrianAlternative form of quarrion.quarrionA cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.quarronAlternative spelling of quarrons.quarrymanA man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).quarrymenplural of quarrymanquartan(medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.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.quarterizationdivision into quartersquartermanA foreman in a shipyardquartern(archaic) A quarter part; one fourth.quarteronObsolete form of quadroon.quarteroonObsolete form of quadroon.quartersawnpast participle of quartersawquasiabelian(mathematics) Having properties similar to an abelian structurequasiboson(physics) A particle that behaves as if it were a bosonquasicondensation(physics) The formation of a quasicondensatequasidistribution(mathematics) A quantum state described in terms of phase-space quasiprobability densities.quasielectron(physics) A form of quasiparticle formed from an electron as it travels through a semiconductor.quasifission(nuclear physics) Partial fusion followed by fission of very large atomic nuclei, a possible means of generating neutron-rich isotopesquasifixation(genetics) The fixation of genes (prevention of mutation) under normal circumstancesquasigluon(physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a gluonquasihexagonA rough approximation of a hexagonquasilinearisationAlternative form of quasilinearization.quasimoonAlternative form of quasi-moon.quasineutron(particle physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a neutron.quasipoisson(mathematics) describing a generalisation of a Poisson distributionquasiproton(physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a protonquasiquotation(computing) The process of quasiquoting.quasirandomizationThe process of making something quasirandomquasispin(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles that exhibit collective behavior.quasithin(mathematics) Of a group: being a finite simple group that resembles a group of Lie type of rank at most 2 over a field of characteristic 2.quassation(archaic) A shaking or agitation.quassin(organic chemistry) A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicinequaternquaternate; composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.quaternarization(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which a tertiary amine is converted to a quaternary ammonium compoundquaternation(organic chemistry) The conversion of an amine into a quaternary ammonium compound.quaternionA group or set of four people or things.quaternisationAlternative form of quaternization.quaternitarianOf or relating to a group of four.quaternizationquaternarizationquateronObsolete form of quadroon.quatorzainA poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.quatrainA poem in four lines.quatrin(obsolete) Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.quatroonObsolete form of quadroon.quattuordecillion(US, British, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.quaymanA man who works on a quay.quean(Scotland) A young woman, a girl; a daughter.queazen(transitive) To make queasy; sicken.queenThe wife, consort, or widow of a king.queenpin(uncommon) The most important female person in an undertaking or organization.queerificationThe process of making or becoming queer, i.e. not conforming to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.queerizationProcess of making queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.).queerspawn(slang) The children of gay or lesbian parents.queersploitation(film, rare) A genre of exploitation films dealing with queer or homosexual people.quercetagetin(organic chemistry) A flavonol found in grasses of the genus Eriocaulon.quercetin(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.quercicobufagin(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the oak toad Bufo quercicus.quercimeritrin(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.quercin(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.quercitanninTannic acid derived from oak galls.quercitin(organic chemistry) A flavonoid found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.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.querimanThe sandbar shark.querken(transitive) To querk.quernA mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.questin(organic chemistry) The substituted anthraquinone 3-methyl, 1,6-dihydroxy, 8-methoxy 9,10-anthraquinone found in some species of RubiaceaequestionA worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.questman(obsolete) One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.queynObsolete form of queen.quhen(chiefly Scotland) Obsolete spelling of when.quickborn(archaic) born alive; not stillbornquickenSenses relating to life or states of activity.quickfrozenAlternative spelling of quick-frozen.quickthornThe may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.quieten(transitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To make quiet.quiflaponA lipooxygenase inhibitor.quilkin(UK, obsolete, Cornwall) A frog or toad.quillionAlternative form of quillon.quillman(archaic) One who writes with a quill.quillonSynonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”).quin(informal) A quintuplet.quinabactinA synthetic sulfonamide that improves drought tolerance in plants.quinacillin(pharmacology) A penicillin drug.quinalizarin(organic chemistry) 1,2,5,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinonequinarianDivided into five partsquinazosin(pharmacology) An alpha-adrenergic blocker drug.quincentenarianOne who or that which is between 500 and 599 years old.quindecagon(geometry) A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles.quindecillion(rare, US, modern British and Australia short scale) 10⁴⁸.quindoxinA drug formerly used in animal feeds to promote growth.quininArchaic form of quinine.quininization(obsolete) A medical treatment with quinine.quiniretin(organic chemistry, archaic) A brown flocculent form of quinine.quinizarin(chemistry, archaic) A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially and isomeric with alizarin.quinogen(chemistry, obsolete) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.quinohaemoprotein(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that have haem and quinone as cofactorsquinohemoprotein(biochemistry) A quinoprotein form of a hemoproteinquinoidation(organic chemistry) Synonym of quinoidization.quinoidization(organic chemistry) Modification by addition of, or conversion to a quinone.quinolinDated form of quinoline.quinomycinSynonym of echinomycin.quinophan(organic chemistry, pharmacology) Synonym of cinchophen.quinoprotein(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that have quinones as cofactors.quinopyrinAlternative form of quinopyrine.quinostatin(organic chemistry) The statin 1-[8-(4-ethylbenzoyl)-2,3-dihydro-[1,4]dioxino[2,3-g]quinolin-9-yl]piperidine-4-carboxamidequinovin(chemistry, archaic) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks.quinoxyfenA particular fungicide.quinquadecillion(rare) Synonym of quindecillion.quinquagenarianSynonym of fiftysomething: a person between 50 and 59 years old.quinquennalianSynonym of quinquennial: Of or related to a 5-year period.quinquesection(mathematics) Division into five equal parts.quintagenarianOne who is between the ages of 50 and 59, inclusive.quintain(now historical) An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.quintan(of a fever) Recurring every fifth day.quintation(rare) The removal of one fifth (of something).quintern(music) A type of four-stringed gittern, originating in Germany.quinternion(bookbinding) Five gathered sheets of paper folded in two for binding together.quinteronAlternative form of quintroon.quinteroonAlternative form of quintroon.quintillionEither of two very large amounts:quintinAlternative form of quintain.quintipartitiondivision into five partsquinton(music) A type of violin that had five stringsquintoonAlternative form of quintroon.quintroon(dated) The offspring of an octoroon (1/8 black) and a white person: 1/16 black.quintuplationquintuplicationquintuplicationmultiplication by fivequinupristin(pharmacology) A streptogramin antibiotic derived from pristinamycin.quippian(mathematics) A degree 5 class 3 contravariant of a plane cubic.quiritarianAlternative form of quiritary.quiritation(obsolete, rare) A crying for help.quirnAlternative spelling of quern.quishanObsolete form of cushion.quisquilian(rare) Without value or importance, insignificant.quiteron(physics) A type of superconducting transistor.quizzification(dated) quizzing; teasing; mockeryquodlibetarianOne who discusses any subject at pleasure.quodlinObsolete form of codling (“apple”).quoinAny of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.quotation(countable) A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.quotidianHappening every day; daily.quotition(mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks how many parts there are, rather than (as in partition) what the size of each part is.