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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Queen`s Counsel
noun Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen

Queen`s crape myrtle
pride-of-India 1 Lagerstroemia speciosa noun native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

queen`s cup
bride`s bonnet noun plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana

queen-size
queen-sized adjective (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size; `a queen-sized bed`

queenfish
Seriphus politus noun silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters

queenly
queenlike adjective having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; `queenly propriety`; `clad in her queenly raiment`; `Rosetti`s queenly portraits of women`

Queens
noun a borough of New York City

Queensboro Bridge
noun a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens

Queensland
noun a state in northeastern Australia

Queensland bottletree
narrow-leaved bottletree noun large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia

Queensland grass-cloth plant
Pipturus argenteus noun Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth

Queensland hemp
jellyleaf noun herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed

Queensland nut
Macadamia tetraphylla noun bushy tree with pink to purple flowers

queerly
fishily adverb in a questionably unusual manner; `this money had been queerly come by`

queerness
quirk noun a strange attitude or habit

quelled
quenched adjective subdued or overcome; `the quelled rebellion`; `an uprising quenched almost before it started`; `a squelched rumor`

quellung
quellung reaction noun the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; `pneumococcus quellung`

quenched
satisfied adjective allayed; `his thirst quenched he was able to continue`

quenched steel
noun steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it

quenchless
unquenchable adjective impossible to quench; `unquenchable thirst`

quercitron
noun a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree

Quercus
genus Quercus noun oaks

Quercus laurifolia
noun large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil

Quercus mongolica
Quercus grosseserrata noun oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan

Quercus palustris
noun fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil

quern
noun a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand

querulousness
noun the quality of being given to complaining

quest
seeking noun the act of searching for something; `a quest for diamonds`

question
inquiry 1 enquiry noun an instance of questioning; `there was a question about my training`; `we made inquiries of all those who were present`

question
interrogative sentence noun a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; `he asked a direct question`; `he had trouble phrasing his interrogations`

question mark
interrogation point noun a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

question master
quizmaster noun the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game

question of fact
matter of fact noun a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide

question of law
matter of law noun a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide

question time
noun a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers

questionable
refutable adjective able to be refuted

questionably
adverb in a questionable and dubious manner; `these were estates his father questionably acquired`

questioning
quizzical adjective perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); `he had a quizzical expression`

questioningly
wonderingly adverb in a curious and questioning manner; `they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions`

questioningly
adverb in a quizzical and questioning manner; `they looked quizzically at the doctor`

questionnaire
noun a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information

quetzal
quetzal bird noun large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage

Quetzalcoatl
noun an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent

queue
waiting line noun a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

queue up
queue verb form a queue, form a line, stand in line; `Customers lined up in front of the store`

Quezon City
noun city on Luzon adjoining Manila

quibble
quiddity noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

quibbler
caviller noun a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections

Quiche
noun the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

quiche Lorraine
noun quiche made with cheese and bacon

quick
ready adjective apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; `a quick mind`; `a ready wit`

quick
adverb with little or no delay; `the rescue squad arrived promptly`; `come here, quick!`

quick bread
noun breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking

quick march
noun marching at quick time

quick study
noun someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; `she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge`

quick time
noun a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute

quick-change(a)
adjective adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes; `a quick-change artist`

quick-drying
adjective of a liquid substance that dries quickly

quick-sighted
sharp-sighted adjective keenly perceptive or alert; `quick-sighted into the faults of the time`- Leonard Bacon

quick-witted
adjective mentally nimble and resourceful; `quick-witted debater`; `saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact`

quickener
invigorator noun an agent that gives or restores life or vigor; `the soul is the quickener of the body`

quickening
noun the process of showing signs of life; `the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain`

quicker
adverb more quickly

quickest
fastest adverb most quickly

quickly
rapidly adverb with rapid movements; `he works quickly`

quickly
adverb with little or no delay; `the rescue squad arrived promptly`; `come here, quick!`

quicksand
noun a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

quickset
noun cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; `a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard`

quickset(a)
adjective grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; `a quickset hawthorn hedge`

quickstep
noun military march accompanying quick time

quid pro quo
quid noun something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

quiddity
haecceity noun the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

quiescence
quiescency noun quiet and inactive restfulness

quiescent
adjective causing no symptoms; `a quiescent tumor`

quiet
restrained adjective not showy or obtrusive; `clothes in quiet good taste`

quiet
adverb with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet` is a nonstandard variant for `quietly`); `her hands rested quietly in her lap`; `the rock star was quietly led out the back door`; `sit here as quiet as you can`

quieten
silence verb cause to be quiet or not talk; `Please silence the children in the church!`

quietism
noun a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

quietist
noun a religious mystic who follows quietism

quietly
adverb with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet` is a nonstandard variant for `quietly`); `her hands rested quietly in her lap`; `the rock star was quietly led out the back door`; `sit here as quiet as you can`

quietness
soundlessness noun the property of making no sound

quiff
noun a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)

quill
quill pen noun pen made from a bird`s feather

quill
noun the hollow spine of a feather

quillwort
noun any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia

quilt
comforter noun bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

quilted
adjective made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching

quilted bedspread
noun a bedspread constructed like a thin quilt

quilting
noun a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric

quilting bee
noun a gathering to make quilts

quinacrine
quinacrine hydrochloride noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria

quince
noun aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves

quincentennial
quincentenary adjective of or relating to a 500th anniversary; `the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city`

Quincy
Josiah Quincy noun American patriot who presented the colonists` grievances to the English king (1744-1775)

Quine
W. V. Quine noun United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)

quinidine
Quinidex noun cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias

quinine
noun a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy

quinone
benzoquinone noun any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes

Quinquagesima
Quinquagesima Sunday noun the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

quinquefoliate
adjective of a leaf shape; having five leaflets