English words: quadruelectronic to quantifiably
300 English words, part 4 of 13 of the words starting with Q, A to Z. 39 have a page of their own.
English words quadruelectronic to quantifiably
- quadruelectronic adjective: Of or pertaining to four electrons.
- quadruman noun: Alternative form of quadrumane.
- quadrumanal adjective, noun: quadrumane
- quadrumane adjective, noun /ˈkwɒdɹʊmeɪn/: Having four limbs with hand-like extremities and opposable digits; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".
- quadrumanous adjective: Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
- quadrumanual adjective, noun: quadrumane
- quadrumvir noun: Synonym of quattuorvir.
- quadrumvirate noun: Synonym of quattuorvirate.
- quadrupartite adjective: In four parts.
- quadruped noun /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/: A four-footed or four-legged animal.
- quadrupedal adjective /ˌkwɑdɹəˈpiːdəl/: Having four feet.
- quadrupedalism noun: The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadrupedality noun: The condition of being quadrupedal
- quadrupedally adverb: In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
- quadrupedant adjective, noun: quadrupedal
- quadrupedantic adjective: quadrupedal
- quadrupedantical adjective: quadrupedal
- quadrupedian adjective: quadrupedal
- quadrupedism noun: The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadrupedous adjective: quadrupedal
- quadrupedy noun: The condition of being a quadruped; quadrupedalism
- quadrupel noun: A kind of dark beer with 10% or more alcohol by volume.
- quadruphite noun: A triclinic sorosilicate mineral.
- quadruplane noun: An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces (four wings one above the other)
- quadruplation noun: quadruplication
- quadruplator noun: In Ancient Rome, a public informer who received a fourth part.
- quadruple adjective, noun, verb /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/: Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
- quadruple bluff noun, verb: The next bluff in sequence after a double bluff and a triple bluff
- quadruple-click noun, verb: The action of pushing the button on a mouse four times in quick succession.
- quadruple double noun: The achievement of a two-digit number of any four of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.
- quadruple-header noun: Four sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
- quadruple lock noun: A proposed extension to the triple lock on the state pension that would raise the personal tax-free allowance for retirees in line with the highest of the...
- quadruple-masted adjective: Having four masts.
- quadruple scull noun: A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, in which a four rowers each have two oars
- quadruple star noun: Four stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a quadruple star system.
- quadruple star system noun: A stellar system that has four stars orbiting around each other; quadruple star
- quadruple stop noun: An instance of four notes being played simultaneously.
- quadruple thread noun: a screw or worm gear having four equal threads and thus capable of being started in four places
- quadruple time noun: A time signature indicating four beats to the bar.
- quadruple whole noun: A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes; a longa.
- quadruple whole note noun: A musical note equal to two double whole notes.
- quadruple witching noun: Simultaneous expiry on US markets of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures, which takes place on the third...
- quadrupledemic noun: A widespread outbreak of four illnesses at the same time, such as Covid-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus.
- quadrupleness noun: The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
- quadrupler noun: A frequency multiplier having an output frequency of four times the value of the input frequency.
- quadruplet noun /kwɒˈdɹʌplət/: A tuplet of four notes.
- quadruplex adjective, noun, verb: Having four components.
- quadruplexed adjective: Having a quadruplex arrangement.
- quadruplexing noun: The transmission of four separate messages on a single cable.
- quadruplicate adjective, noun, verb /ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/: having four parts
- quadruplicated adjective, verb: replicated four times
- quadruplication noun: multiplication by four
- quadruplicity noun: A group of four things.
- quadrupling noun, verb: An act of quadrupling.
- quadruply adverb: Four times.
- quadrupolar adjective: Of or pertaining to a quadrupole
- quadrupole noun: A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
- quads noun /kwɒdz/: A four of a kind.
- quadsuit noun: Alternative form of quad suit.
- quadtone noun: An interval of four whole tones.
- quadtree noun: A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to four children, most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.
- quadword noun: A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits.
- quadzillion noun /kwɒdˈzɪl.jən/: Synonym of zillion: an unspecified, extremely large number.
- Quaequae noun: A member of the Hottentot people.
- quaere noun, verb /ˈkwɪəɹi/: To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
- quaeritate verb: To question
- quaesitic acid noun: An acid found in some lichens.
- quaesitum noun: Something sought or required.
- quaestor noun /ˈkwiːstə/: An ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
- quaestorial adjective: Of or relating to a quaestor.
- quaestorian adjective: Relating to a quaestor.
- quaestorship noun: The office or status of quaestor.
- quaestuary adjective /ˈkwɛs.t͡ʃəˌwɛ.ɹi/: Relating to or concerned with gain; engaged in moneymaking.
- quaff noun, verb /kwɒf/: To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
- quaffability noun: The state or condition of being quaffable.
- quaffable adjective: Easy to drink.
- quaffably adverb: In a quaffable manner.
- quaffer noun: One who quaffs.
- quaffing noun, verb: The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking.
- quaffing wine noun: A wine considered unsophisticated or simple in taste, but pleasant to quaff.
- quaffingly adverb: While or by quaffing.
- quaffle noun: A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.
- quag noun /kwæɡ/: Quagmire; marsh; bog.
- quagga noun /ˈkwaxə/: A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming...
- quagga mussel noun: Any member of the species Dreissena rostriformis of mussels, originally from Ukraine, but present as an invasive species in the United States.
- quagginess noun: The quality of being quaggy.
- quaggy adjective /ˈkwɒɡi/: Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
- quaghog noun: Alternative form of quahog.
- Quaglia proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- quagma noun: A theorized phase of matter occurring at extremely high temperature and density, composed of free quarks.
- quagmire noun, verb /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/: A swampy, soggy area of ground.
- quagmired adjective, verb: Resembling a quagmire
- quagmirical adjective: Having the characteristics of a quagmire
- quagmirish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quagmire.
- quagmiry adjective: Like a quagmire.
- Quah proper noun: A surname from Chinese.
- quahaug noun, verb: Alternative form of quahog (“edible hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, used in chowders”).
- quahog noun, verb /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/: An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
- quahogger noun: A person who harvests quahogs.
- quaiacol noun: The monomethyl ether of catechol
- quaich noun /kweɪx/: A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.
- Quaid proper noun: A surname.
- quaigh noun: Alternative spelling of quaich.
- quail noun, verb /kweɪl/: To waste away; to fade, to wither.
- quail dove noun /ˈkweɪldʌv/: Any of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.
- quail hawk noun: The New Zealand falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae, formerly also Hieracidea novae-hollandiae.
- quail pipe noun: A woman's tongue
- quail-plover noun: Any of species Ortyxelos meiffrenii of small ground-dwelling birds of the buttonquail family, found in parts of Africa.
- quail-thrush noun: Any bird of the genus Cinclosoma, of Australia and New Guinea.
- quailberry noun: The plant Crossopetalum ilicifolium.
- quailer noun: One who hunts quail.
- quailery noun: A structure in which one houses quail that are kept as a food animal.
- quailfinch noun: A bird of the species Ortygospiza atricollis, native to the grasslands of Africa.
- quailing noun, verb /ˈkweɪlɪŋ/: The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.
- quailingly adverb: fearfully; timidly
- quailish adjective: Similar to a quail
- quaillike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quail (the bird).
- quaily noun: The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), a game bird.
- Quain proper noun: A surname.
- quaint adjective, noun /kweɪnt/: Of a person: cunning, crafty.
- quaintance noun: acquaintance
- quainted adjective: acquainted
- quaintish adjective: Somewhat quaint.
- quaintlike adjective: Somewhat quaint
- quaintly adverb /ˈkweɪntli/: In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely.
- quaintness noun /ˈkweɪntnəs/: Cunning; craftiness.
- Quainton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).
- quaintrelle noun /kweɪnˈtɹɛl/: A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
- Quaitso noun: Alternative form of Queets (“Native American tribe”).
- quaject noun: An object-like data structure containing both data and code (or pointers to code), typically used as an abstraction to manage self-modifying code.
- quake noun, verb /kweɪk/: A trembling or shaking.
- quake grass noun: Alternative form of quaking grass.
- quake in one's boots verb: To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.
- quake in one's shoes verb: Alternative form of quake in one's boots.
- quake lake noun: A lake formed after the damming of a watercourse by a landslide caused by an earthquake.
- quakebreech adjective, noun: A coward.
- quakebuttock noun /ˈkweɪkˌbʌtək/: A coward.
- quakelike adjective: Resembling an earthquake; characterized by deep or violent trembling or vibration.
- quakeproof adjective, verb: Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
- quaker noun /ˈkweɪkə/: A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
- Quaker comfrey noun: Synonym of Russian comfrey.
- quaker gun noun /ˌkweɪkə ˈɡʌn/: A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or an artillery piece, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's...
- Quaker ladies noun: Houstonia caerulea, a perennial plant of North America, with pale blue flowers.
- Quaker parrot noun: Synonym of monk parakeet.
- quakerbird noun: the sooty albatross
- Quakerdom noun: The world or society of Quakers.
- Quakeress noun: A female Quaker.
- Quakerish adjective: Suggesting or pertaining to the Quakers.
- Quakerishly adverb: In a Quakerish manner.
- Quakerishness noun: The quality of being Quakerish.
- Quakerism noun: The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
- Quakerist adjective: Quaker or Quaker-like.
- Quakeristic adjective: Of or relating to Quakerism.
- Quakerization noun: Conversion to the Quaker religion.
- Quakerize verb: To convert or adapt to the Quaker religion.
- Quakerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a Quaker.
- Quakerly adjective: Pertaining to Quakers.
- Quakership noun: The property of being a Quaker.
- Quakertown proper noun: An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
- Quakery noun: Quakerism
- quakesome adjective: Characterised or marked by quaking
- quaketail noun: A bird, the wagtail.
- quakey adjective: Alternative spelling of quaky.
- quakily adverb: In a quaky manner.
- quakiness noun: The property of being quaky.
- quaking adjective, noun, verb: The action of the verb quake.
- quaking asp noun: The quaking aspen.
- quaking aspen noun: An American aspen (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which have flattened petioles that cause them to tremble in the breeze.
- quaking bog noun: A type of floating bog in which vegetation forms a floating mat on the surface of water or above very wet peat, which moves (or quakes) when walked upon.
- quaking grass noun: Any of the genus Briza of annual and perennial grasses, whose flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze.
- quaking pudding noun: A mediaeval pudding made with cream, eggs, and spices.
- quakingly adverb: In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- quaky adjective, noun: Inclined to quake; tremulous.
- qual adjective, noun: Alternative letter-case form of qual.
- quale noun /ˈkwɑːleɪ/: An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.
- qualgo noun /kwæl.ɡəʊ/: A quango associated with local government rather than national government.
- quali noun: Clipping of qualifying.
- Qualicum noun: A First Nation people of this region.
- qualie noun: A cauldron.
- qualifiability noun: The condition of being qualifiable.
- qualifiable adjective: Able to become qualified for something.
- qualifiably adverb: In a qualifiable manner
- qualification noun /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
- qualificative noun: That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- qualificator noun: An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
- qualificatory adjective: That serves as qualification
- qualified adjective, verb /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/: Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
- qualified fee noun: An estate which has an annexed qualification; a base fee.
- qualified immunity noun: A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good...
- qualified majority noun: A majority in a vote that reaches a preset threshold value significantly larger than 50%, such as ²⁄₃, often required instead of a simple majority for...
- qualified property noun: Ownership that is not absolute and complete.
- qualifiedly adverb: With qualification; conditionally.
- qualifiedness noun: The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- qualifier noun /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/: One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
- qualify noun, verb /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/: To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
- qualify out verb: To be removed from a competition by not qualifying.
- qualifying noun, verb: verbal noun of qualify
- qualifying position noun: The position given at the start of a race, ranked from most favorable to least favorable, awarded according to the times achieved during qualification.
- qualifying round noun: A preliminary game in a cup competition after which the winner progresses to the championship competition.
- qualifyingly adverb: So as to qualify, or modify the meaning of something.
- qualimeter noun: A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
- qualisign noun: A sign that consists in a quality of feeling or a possibility.
- qualitate verb /ˈkwɒ.lɪ.teɪt/: To measure in qualitative terms.
- qualitative adjective, noun /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/: Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
- qualitative analysis noun: The determination of the elements, functional groups or compounds present in a sample.
- qualitative leap noun: A qualitative, non-gradual change resulting from a quantitatively minor change.
- qualitative research noun: A type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality,...
- qualitatively adverb: In a qualitative manner.
- qualitativeness noun: The state or quality of being qualitative.
- qualitativist noun: One who favours a qualitative approach.
- Qualitätswein noun: An official category of German and Austrian wines above Tafelwein and below Landwein
- qualitied adjective /ˈkwɒlɪtɪd/: Endowed with (usually specified) qualities; especially, having good qualities.
- qualitiless adjective: Lacking qualities.
- qualitiness noun: Alternative form of qualityness.
- qualitive adjective: Alternative form of qualitative.
- qualitively adverb: Alternative form of qualitatively.
- quality noun /ˈkwɒlɪti/: The kind, condition, and/or the set of characteristics of something, as opposed to the quantity of something.
- quality-adjusted adjective: Adjusted to take into account differences in quality.
- quality-adjusted life year noun: A unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical procedure is worthwhile for an individual.
- quality assurance noun: A system in which the delivery of a service or the quality of a product is assessed, and compared with that required.
- quality binding noun: A kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding carpets, etc.
- quality circle noun: a group of employees which meets regularly to resolve problems and improve working methods; part of the kaizen system
- quality control noun: A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality.
- quality fade noun: A gradual, deliberate reduction in the quality of manufactured goods in order to increase profit margins.
- quality magazine noun: A magazine designed to appeal to readers of superior education or culture.
- quality newspaper noun: A newspaper designed to appeal to readers of superior education or culture.
- quality of life noun: The general well-being of someone, and the degree to which someone's daily experience is enjoyable or unenjoyable.
- quality of life update noun: An update to a game or a website that focuses on small features that greatly improve the experience of the user.
- quality of service noun: The overall performance of a telephony or computer network, based on error rates, throughput, transmission delay, etc.
- quality over quantity phrase: An idiom emphasizing the preference for high-quality items or experiences rather than a large number of them. It suggests that focusing on excellence and...
- quality requirement noun: A description of the requested quality of a product.
- quality start noun: A start in which a pitcher pitches for at least six full innings and allows three or fewer earned runs.
- quality time noun: Time spent enjoyably with family, friends, or one's partner.
- qualityless adjective: lacking quality or qualities
- qualitylessness noun: Absence of qualities.
- qualityness noun: The state or quality of being or having quality.
- qualitywise adverb: In terms of quality.
- Qualley proper noun: A surname.
- qualm noun, verb /kwɑːm/: A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- qualminess noun: Quality of being qualmy.
- qualming noun, verb: A qualm.
- qualmish adjective /ˈkwɑːmɪʃ/: Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous.
- qualmishly adverb: In a qualmish manner.
- qualmishness noun: The quality of being qualmish.
- qualmless adjective: Without qualms.
- qualmlessly adverb: In a qualmless way; without qualms.
- qualmlessness noun: The quality of being qualmless.
- qualmy adjective: queasy; nauseous
- qualophile noun: A cognitive scientist who endorses qualia as being unmeasurable by heterophenomenology.
- qualophobe noun: One who rejects qualia.
- qualtagh noun /ˈkwɑːltəx/: The first person one encounters, either after leaving one's home or (sometimes) outside one's home, especially on New Year's Day; a first-foot.
- qualy noun: Alternative form of quali.
- Quam proper noun: A surname.
- quamash noun /ˈkwɑ.mæʃ/: Dated form of camas.
- quamished adjective: sick to the stomach.
- Quammen proper noun: A surname.
- quamoclit noun: Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
- quamwood noun: Synonym of Brazilian firetree.
- Quan proper noun: A surname from Vietnamese
- Quanah proper noun: A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States.
- Quandamooka noun: An Aboriginal Australian group living around Moreton Bay in Southeastern Queensland, and composed of three distinct tribes.
- quandang noun: Alternative form of quandong.
- quandary noun /ˈkwɒn.də.ɹi/: A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a dilemma, a difficult...
- quander verb: To ponder or wonder about.
- quandle noun: A rack, scriptstyle Q,, such that scriptstyle ∀a;∈;Q a triangleright a=a or equivalently a triangleleft a=a.
- quandong noun /ˈkwandɒŋ/: A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit.
- quandong nut noun: The edible seed of the quandong.
- quandong stone noun: A traditional implement for cracking quandong nuts.
- Quandt proper noun: A surname.
- quandy noun: The long-tailed duck.
- quanfa noun: A Chinese martial art.
- Quanglican noun: A person who holds to both Quaker and Anglican traditions.
- quangocracy noun /kwaŋˈɡɒkɹəsi/: Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies.
- quangocrat noun: A powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy.
- quangoism noun: The beliefs or attitudes of quangos.
- quangoization noun: The process of introducing quangos.
- quanked adjective: Overpowered by fatigue.
- quannet noun: A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
- quant adjective, noun, verb /kwɒnt/: Quantitative analysis or research.
- quant fund noun: An investment fund that makes investment decisions by sophisticated quantitative analysis.
- quant pole noun: A long pole for propelling a punt or barge.
- quant suff adverb: The amount of the last ingredient in a recipe or prescription required to make it up to the required quantity of a mixture.
- quantal adjective /kwɔn.təl/: Of or pertaining to a quantum.
- quantale noun: A kind of partially ordered algebraic structure that generalizes locales (point free topologies) as well as various multiplicative lattices of ideals from...
- quantality noun: The quality of being quantal.
- quantaloid noun: A category enriched over the category Sup of suplattices.
- quantasome noun: Any of an array of particles, on the inner surface of a chloroplast, in which photosynthesis takes place
- quantative adjective: quantitative
- quantdom noun: The state of being a quant (a quantitative analyst).
- quanter noun: One who propels a vessel with a quant pole.
- quantic noun: A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.
- quantical adjective: Relating to quantics.
- quantically adverb: By means of quantics
- quanticity noun: The condition of being quantic
- Quantico proper noun: A census-designated place in Maryland.
- quantifiability noun: The condition of being quantifiable
- quantifiable adjective, noun /ˈkwɒn.tɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/: Capable of being quantified.
- quantifiableness noun: Quantifiability.
- quantifiably adverb: In a quantifiable manner.
Part 3 · Part 5 · English words: Q
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Q: 3,883 words, in 13 parts.