qabalistic

having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther ;

qatari

of or concerning Qatar; "the Qatari ruling family"; "Qatari oil wells" ;

quack

medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" ;

quadrangular

of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle ;

quadraphonic

of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system" ;

quadrasonic

of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system" ;

quadrate

having four sides and four angles ;

quadratic

of or relating to the second power; "quadratic equation" ; of or relating to or resembling a square; "quadratic shapes" ;

quadrilateral

having four sides ;

quadrillionth

the ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order ;

quadripartite

involving four parties ;

quadriphonic

of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system" ;

quadrisonic

of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system" ;

quadruped

having four feet ;

quadrupedal

having four feet ;

quadruple

four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" ; having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" ;

quadruplex

having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" ;

quadruplicate

having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" ;

quaggy

(of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" ;

quail-like

resembling a quail ;

quaint

strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" ; very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor" ; attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" ;

qualified

legally qualified; "a competent witness" ; contingent on something else ; having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe; "justice moderated with mercy" ; restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') ; meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job" ; limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval" ; holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital" ;

qualitative

involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" ; relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities ;

quality

of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family" ; of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" ;

quantal

of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states ;

quantifiable

capable of being quantified ;

quantitative

expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" ; (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements" ; relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative studies" ;

quantized

of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states ;

quarantined

under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients" ;

quarrelsome

given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking" ;

quartan

occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria" ;

quarterly

of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report" ;

quartzose

relating to or made of quartz ;

quasi

having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract" ;

quasi-religious

resembling something that is religious ;

quasi-royal

having the power but not the rank or title of a king; "one of the quasi-royal rulers of Africa" ;

quaternary

coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present" ; consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" ;

quaternate

consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" ;

quavering

(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" ;

queasy

causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" ; feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit ; causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" ;