quassia amara

handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark ;

quassia family

chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit ;

quat

the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" ;

quatercentenary

the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) ;

quatercentennial

the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) ;

quatern

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one ;

quaternary

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one ; last 2 million years ;

quaternary ammonium compound

a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs ;

quaternary period

last 2 million years ;

quaternion

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one ;

quaternity

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one ;

quatrain

a stanza of four lines ;

quattrocento

the 15th century in Italian art and literature ;

quaver

a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note ; a tremulous sound ;

quay

wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline ;

quayage

a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay ;

queasiness

inability to rest or relax or be still ; a mild state of nausea ;

quebec

the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British ; the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River ;

quebec bridge

a cantilever bridge in Quebec ;

quebec city

the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River ;

quebecois

a native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French) ;

quechua

the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas ; a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire ;

quechuan

the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas ;

quechuan language

the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas ;

queckenstedt's test

a test to determine whether there is a blockage of the spinal canal ;

queen

female cat ; the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs ; an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males ; (chess) the most powerful piece ; one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen ; offensive terms for an openly homosexual man ; a competitor who holds a preeminent position ; a female sovereign ruler ; the wife or widow of a king ; something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners" ;

queen's counsel

Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen ;

queen's crape myrtle

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

plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana ;

queen anne's lace

a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots ;

queen bee

fertile egg-laying female bee ;

queen charlotte sound

an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia ;

queen city

the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina ;

queen consort

the wife of a reigning king ;

queen dowager

the widow of a king ;

queen isabella

the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504) ;

queen maud land

a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway ;

queen mole rat

an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males ;

queen mother

a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign ;

queen of england

the sovereign ruler of England ;