English Words: Q

2,880 words · Page 9 of 58

quadpolaronnoun

A quasiparticle composed of two bipolarons

quadpotnoun

A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth race from any British race meeting.

quadranoun

The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.

Quadra Islandname

An island off the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

quadracialadj

Of or relating to four races.

quadradnoun

A tetrad; a group of four.

quadradiateadj

Having four radial arms

quadradicadj

Alternative form of quadratic.

Quadradiscnoun

A kind of phonograph record using a discrete four-channel quadraphonic system.

quadragenariannoun

Synonym of fortysomething: a person between 40 and 49 years old.

quadragenariousadj

Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.

quadragenaryadj

Of or related to the number 40, particularly

quadragenenoun

An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.

Quadragesimaname

Synonym of Lent.

Quadragesima Sundayname

The first Sunday in Lent, the sixth before Easter.

quadragesimaladj

That lasts forty days

quadragesimo-octavonoun

A paper size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), one forty-eighth of a standard uncut flat sheet.

quadragintillionnum

10¹²³.

quadragintiremenoun

A vessel with 40 rows of oars.

quadralnoun

A grammatical number referring to four (or more) things.

quadraloguenoun

A discourse or colloquy by four people.

quadrannoun

A square, a quadrangle.

quadranglenoun

A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.

quadrangularadj

Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.

quadrangularinnoun

Any of a class of stilbene derivatives found in Cissus quadrangularis.

quadrangularitynoun

The quality of being quadrangular.

quadrangularlyadv

In a quadrangular shape or manner.

quadrangulateverb

To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation).

quadrangulationnoun

A graph embedded in a surface such that every face is a quadrangle.

quadransnoun

A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.

Quadrans Muralisname

A former constellation between Boötes and Draco, near the tail of Ursa Major.

quadranscentennialnoun

The twenty-fifth anniversary of an event or happening.

quadrantnoun

One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.

quadrantalnoun

An ancient Roman unit of measure for liquids.

quadrantallyadv

In an arrangement of quadrants

quadrantanopianoun

The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.

quadrantanopicadj

Afflicted with, or relating to, quadrantanopia.

quadrantectomynoun

Excision of the tissue in a breast quadrant, as a type of partial mastectomy.

quadrantialadj

Misspelling of quadrantal.

quadranticadj

Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant.

Quadrantidnoun

Any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.

quadrantlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.

quadrantlyadv

squarely

quadranucleotidenoun

a codon containing four nucleotides

quadraphonicadj

Employing four independent channels or speakers.

quadraphonicsnoun

quadraphonic sound

quadraphonynoun

Sound, in a sound system, originating from four speakers.

quadrasonicadj

quadraphonic

quadratnoun

An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.

quadrateadj

Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter Q contains 2,880 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 58 pages, and you are currently viewing page 9. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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