quicklime

a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide ;

quickness

a rate that is rapid ; intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay ; skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" ;

quicksand

a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down ; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy ;

quickset

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

quicksilver

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures ;

quickstep

a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps ; military march accompanying quick time ;

quicky

hurried repair ;

quid

a wad of something chewable as tobacco ; something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises ; the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence ;

quid pro quo

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

quiddity

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other ; an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections ;

quidnunc

a person who meddles in the affairs of others ;

quiescence

quiet and inactive restfulness ; a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" ;

quiescency

quiet and inactive restfulness ; a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" ;

quiet

a disposition free from stress or emotion ; the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" ; an untroubled state; free from disturbances ; a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm" ;

quietism

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

quietist

a religious mystic who follows quietism ;

quietness

the property of making no sound ; a state of peace and quiet ;

quietude

a state of peace and quiet ;

quietus

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" ;

quiff

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

quill

a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog ; the hollow spine of a feather ; any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird ; pen made from a bird's feather ;

quill feather

any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird ;

quill pen

pen made from a bird's feather ;

quillwort

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

quillwort family

quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes ;

quilt

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together ;

quilted bedspread

a bedspread constructed like a thin quilt ;

quilting

a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric ; stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design ;

quilting bee

a gathering to make quilts ;

quin

one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy ;

quinacrine

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

quinacrine hydrochloride

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

quince

aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves ; small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated ;

quince bush

small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated ;

quincentenary

the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) ;

quincentennial

the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) ;

quincy

American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775) ;

quine

United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001) ;

quinidex

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

quinidine

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