quito

the capital of Ecuador ;

quittance

payment of a debt or obligation ; a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt ;

quitter

a person who gives up too easily ;

quiver

the act of vibrating ; case for holding arrows ; an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" ; a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" ;

quivering

the act of vibrating ; a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" ;

quixotism

quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior ;

quiz

an examination consisting of a few short questions ;

quiz program

a game show in which contestants answer questions ;

quizmaster

the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game ;

quizzer

someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications ;

qum

a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims ;

quo warranto

a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty ;

quodlibet

an issue that is presented for formal disputation ;

quoin

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone ; the keystone of an arch ; expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase ;

quoit

game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits ;

quoits

a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it ;

quonset hut

a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section ;

quoratean

a group of languages of the Hokan family ;

quorum

a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business ;

quota

a limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated" ; a proportional share assigned to each participant ; a prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month" ;

quotability

the quality of being worthy of being quoted ;

quotation

the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation" ; a passage or expression that is quoted or cited ; a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity ; a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" ;

quotation mark

a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else ;

quote

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited ; a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else ;

quoter

a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations ;

quotient

the number obtained by division ; the ratio of two quantities to be divided ;

quotient verdict

an improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict ;

quran

the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina ;

qurush

20 qurush equal 1 riyal in Saudi Arabia ;

qwerty keyboard

the standard typewriter keyboard; the keys for Q, W, E, R, T, and Y are the first six from the left on the top row of letter keys ;