quagga

mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century ;

quagmire

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot ;

quahaug

an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians ; Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes ;

quahog

an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians ; Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes ;

quai d'orsay

the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris ; the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries ;

quail

small gallinaceous game birds ; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised ;

quail brush

spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico ;

quail bush

spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico ;

quaintness

strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness" ; the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing" ;

quake

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity ;

quaker

a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) ; one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear ;

quaker gun

a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood ;

quakerism

the theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry ;

quakers

a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers ;

quaking aspen

Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa ;

qualification

the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform" ; an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" ; a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations" ;

qualifier

a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb ; a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier" ;

qualifying

success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" ; the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase ;

qualifying adjective

an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice') ;

qualitative analysis

the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements ;

quality

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare ; a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" ; (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" ; a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" ; high social status; "a man of quality" ;

quality control

maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods ;

quality of life

your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort); "the new art museum is expected to improve the quality of life" ;

qualm

uneasiness about the fitness of an action ; a mild state of nausea ;

quamash

any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America ;

quamassia

genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs ;

quamoclit pennata

tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere ;

quandang

red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam ; Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed ;

quandary

state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options ; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" ;

quandong

red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam ; Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit ; the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree ; Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed ;

quandong nut

edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit ;

quandong tree

Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit ; Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed ;

quango

a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government ;

quantic

a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables ;

quantifiability

the quality of being measurable ;

quantification

the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something ; a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') ;

quantifier

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many') ; (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition ;

quantisation

the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory ;

quantitative analysis

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance ;

quantitative chemical analysis

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance ;