Word
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Definition
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qanat | underground tunnel for carrying irrigation water
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qasida | Arabic or Persian elegiac poem
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qat | leaves chewed or brewed in tea as a stimulant
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qawwali | fervent Muslim devotional music
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qigong | system of Chinese meditational exercises
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qintar | Albanian unit of currency
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qiviut | wool of the undercoat of a musk-ox
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qoph | a Hebrew letter
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qua | in the capacity of
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quab | something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird
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quab | to throb; to quiver
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quackle | to choke; to suffocate
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quacksalver | one who falsely pretends to knowledge of medicine
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quad | unit of energy equal to one quadrillion British thermal units
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quadra | square frame; plinth
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quadrable | capable of being expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms
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quadragenarian | a person between 40 and 49 years of age
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quadragesimal | of, like or pertaining to Lent; lasting forty days
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quadragesimarian | one who observes Lent
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quadragintesimal | forty-fold; having forty parts
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quadral | in four parts
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quadraphonic | produced by a sound system that employs four signal sources
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quadrat | small square block used as a space in printing
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quadratary | relating to a square
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quadrate | to make square; to make to agree
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quadratrix | a curve by which a circle may be squared
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quadratura | wall or ceiling painted with arches and columns in strong perspective
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quadrel | square block of brick
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quadrennial | lasting four years; occurring once every four years
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quadrennium | period of four years
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quadrifid | split into four
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quadrifoliate | having four leaves
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quadriga | two-wheeled carriage drawn by four horses
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quadrigeminal | in four similar or equal parts
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quadrigenarious | comprising four hundred
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quadrille | square dance for four couples; card game for four people
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quadrilocular | having four compartments
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quadrimium | four-year-old wine; best or oldest wine
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quadringenarious | containing four hundred of something
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quadripole | device having one pair of output terminals and one pair of input terminals
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quadrireme | ancient ship with four sets of oars
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quadrivial | leading in four directions; concerning a four-way junction
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quadrivium | four branches of mathematics in medieval education
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quadrivoltine | having four litters in a single year
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quadrobulary | fourfold
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quadroon | old term for a person of one-quarter black ancestry
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quadrumanous | of the primates other than man
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quadrupedation | stamping with four feet
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quaedam | disparaging term for a woman
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quaere | to introduce a question or issue
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quaeritur | the question is asked
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quaesitum | something sought for; the true value
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quaestionary | religious pardoner
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quaestor | ancient magistrate; a medieval pardoner
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quaestuary | money-making; money-seeking; in business only for profit
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quagga | extinct African wild ass like the zebra
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quagma | hypothetical matter made up of quarks and gluons
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quagswag | to shake to and fro
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quahog | type of edible clam
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quain | angle; wedge-like corner
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quale | quality or property of something; abstract virtue or quality
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qualificator | one who prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial
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qualimeter | apparatus for measuring penetrating power of X-ray beams
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qually | of wine, cloudy or turbid
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qualtagh | first person encountered after leaving home on a special day
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quamoclit | tropical climbing plant with brilliant flowers
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quango | a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization
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quangocracy | rule of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations
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quannet | flat file used like a plane
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quant | punting or jumping pole with a flat end
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quantile | any of a set of equal fractions of a given population
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quantimeter | apparatus for measuring quantity of X-rays
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quantivalence | chemical valence; ability of atoms to hold other atoms in combination
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quantometer | instrument for measuring proportions of elements in metallic samples
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quantophrenia | obsessive reliance on statistics and mathematical results
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quantulate | to calculate the magnitude of
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quantulum | small quantity
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quantuplicity | relative magnitude of a quantity
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quaquadrate | a sixteenth power
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quaquaversal | facing or bending all ways
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quarender | dark red apple
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quaresimal | Lenten; having the meagreness of Lenten meals
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quarion | candle
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quark | soft cheese made from skim milk
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quarkonium | meson formed of a quark and an anti-quark
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quarl | large curved brick or tile used to support melting pot
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quarred | soured; clotted
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quarrelet | small square
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quarrenden | variety of apple
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quarrion | Australian parrot like the cockatiel
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quartan | a fever recurring every third day
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quartation | mixing one part gold with three parts silver prior to purifying it
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quarter | unit of weight equal to 28 pounds
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quarterdeck | part of ship's deck set aside by captain for ceremonial functions
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quartering | sailing nearly before the wind
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quarterland | ancient land division on the Isle of Man
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quarterlight | small triangular ventilation window in a car
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quartern | one quarter of various measures
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quartic | a curve or equation of the fourth degree
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quartinvariant | an invariant of the fourth degree
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quartodeciman | early Christian who celebrated Easter on Passover even if not a Sunday
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quartziferous | bearing quartz
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quasi | as if; seemingly; in a manner
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quasquicentennial | one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary
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quassation | act of shaking or being shaken
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quassia | tropical tree whose bark is used to make a bitter medicinal product
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quat | a pimple; an insignificant person
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quatch | a word; a sound
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quatenus | in the capacity of; in so far as
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quatern | arranged in fours
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quaternion | any set of four things; quotient of two vectors expressed quadrinomially
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quaternitarian | one who believes that God consists of four parts
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quaternity | fourness; any group of four things
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quatint | engraving using nitric acid
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quatorzain | piece of verse having fourteen lines; a sonnet
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quatrain | stanza of four lines of verse
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quatrayle | great-great-great grandfather
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quatrefoil | four-petalled flower; design or ornament with four flowers or leaves
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quatridual | lasting for four days
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quatsch | nonsense
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quattrocentism | style of art of the fifteenth century in Italy
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quattrocento | the fifteenth century; Italian art and architecture of that period
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quatuorvirate | a body of four men
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quaviver | fish otherwise known as the sea-dragon or dragonet
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quawk | black-crowned night heron
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queach | a thicket
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quean | lewd woman; hussy; woman of bad character
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queem | protected from the wind
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queenite | a queen's partisan
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queenright | of a colony of social insects, having a queen
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quelch | to squelch
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quelea | an African weaver-bird
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quellio | a Spanish ruff
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quena | vertical bamboo flute used in the Andes
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quenelle | poached meat dumpling
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quenouille | concerning the training of trees into cone-like shape
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quercetum | plantation of oak trees
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quercine | of, like or pertaining to oak trees
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quercitron | yellowish pigment derived from bark of a variety of oak
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querencia | part of a bullfighting arena where the bull makes his stand
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querent | one who asks a question
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querical | of the nature of queries
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querimonious | full of complaints
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querimony | complaint
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querist | inquirer
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querken | to stifle; to suffocate
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querl | to twist; to curl
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quern | stone mill worked by hand
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querquedule | pin-tail duck; a teal
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quersprung | in skiing, a jump-turn at right angles
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querulist | one who complains
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querulous | complaining; peevish
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quesited | sought for; asked about
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questmonger | one whose occupation is to conduct inquests
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quetsch | dark-skinned oval plum; liqueur made from such plums
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quetzal | gold and green bird with long tail feathers
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quevée | in heraldry, having a tail
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queyock | heifer
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quich | to stir; to move
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quicken | mountain ash tree
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quickhatch | wolverine
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quicklime | calcium oxide
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quickset | formed of living plants arranged in place
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quicksilver | old name for mercury
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quickstep | fast march-like dance
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quicksticks | without delay
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quicquidlibet | whatever one pleases; anything whatsoever
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quid | a cut or wad or something chewable
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quidam | a certain person; somebody
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quiddany | jelly or thick syrup made from sweetened quince juice
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quidder | animal that lets half-chewed food drop from its mouth
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quidditative | quirky; eccentric
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quiddity | unique essence; eccentricity
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quiddle | a fastidious person
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quidlibet | minor or trifling point of an argument
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quidnunc | busybody; one keenly interested in gossip
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quidsworth | able to be bought for one pound
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quietation | the action of quieting a person or persons
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quietism | doctrine of enlightenment through mental tranquility
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quietus | discharge from life; extinction; death; silencing
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quiety | silence; tranquility
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quiff | puff or gust of wind
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quiff | tuft of hair brushed away from the forehead; oiled lock of hair
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quillaia | South American tree whose bark is used to make soap
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quillet | subtle point in argument; a quibble
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quilling | strip or ribbon gathered into flutings
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quillon | arm of the cross-guard of a sword handle
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quilombo | remote settlement where fugitive slaves hide
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quinarian | advocate of the division of lifeforms into groups of five classes
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quinary | based on the number five
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quincaillerie | hardware store
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quince | orange-coloured, pear-shaped fruit
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quinceañera | celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday
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quinch | to wince
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quincunx | five things with four at corners and one in middle
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quincurion | leader of five men
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quindecad | set of fifteen things
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quindecagon | plane figure having fifteen sides
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quindecasyllabic | having fifteen syllables
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quindene | fourteenth day after a holy festival
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quinella | bet predicting first and second-place finishers, in either order
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quingenarious | relating to the number five hundred
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quingentenary | five-hundredth anniversary
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quingentumvirate | government by five hundred individuals
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quinible | high-pitched voice; a musical part pitched very high
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quiniferous | yielding quinine
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quinimetry | measurement of amount of quinine in bark
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quinism | pathological state resulting from excessive use of quinine
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quink | a grey goose
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quinnat | the king salmon
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quinnet | wedge
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quinoa | grain seeds of the goosefoot plant
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quinology | study of quinine
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quinquadrate | a thirty-second power of a number
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quinquagenarian | person between the ages of 40 and 49
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quinquagesimal | belonging to a set of fifty
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quinquefarious | arranged in five rows
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quinquennium | period of five years
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quinquesect | to divide into five parts
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quinquiplicate | to multiply by five
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quinsell | horse's rein
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quinsy | old disease like tonsilitis
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quintain | post for tilting with turning cross-piece
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quintal | unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
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quintant | device like a sextant for making astronomical observations
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quinternion | set of five sheets of paper
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quintessence | the most essential part or embodiment of something
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quintic | of the fifth order or degree
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quinticlave | upright brass-wind instrument like a keyed bugle
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quinton | five-stringed tenor viol
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quintroon | old term for someone who is of 1/16 black descent
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quinzaine | piece of verse having fifteen lines
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quinzhee | snow shelter with domed chamber dug into it
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quippery | the act or art of making quips
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quipu | knotted cords used as Inca mnemonic device
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quire | unit of 24 sheets of paper
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quirister | a chorister
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quiritary | in accordance with Roman civil law
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quiritation | complaining; lamentation
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quiritian | a Roman citizen
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quirly | hand-rolled cigarette
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quirt | short-handled riding whip
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quisby | an idler; suspicious or odd
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quisle | to betray
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quisling | one who aids the enemy; a puppet leader supported by foreign power
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quisquilious | made of rubbish
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quisquous | perplexing; difficult to deal with
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quitch | a kind of wild grass
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quitclaim | deed relinquishing a claim, such as a mining title
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quiteron | superconducting device similar to a transistor
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quitrent | small nominal rent paid to commute feudal service
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quittance | release from a debt or obligation; a document expressing such a release
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quitter | pus; suppurating discharge
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quixotic | extravagantly and romantically chivalrous; idealistic
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quixotism | idealistic or quixotic principles or beliefs
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quizzacious | satirical
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quoad | with respect to; as regards
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quob | to throb; to quiver
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quod | prison
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quoddamodotative | existing in a certain manner
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quoddity | subtle quibble or point of argument
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quodlibet | philosophical argument of disputation; humorous medley
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quodlibetificate | to quibble with
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quoiceneck | grey iridescent shale
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quoin | a wedge; salient angle of a building; cornerstone
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quoit | heavy flat ring thrown over pin in a game like horseshoes
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quokka | short-tailed wallaby
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quoll | native cat-like marsupial of Australia
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quomodocunquize | to make money in any way possible
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quondam | former; sometime; formerly
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quoniam | female genitals
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quop | to writhe; to pulsate; to undulate
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quorate | having or being a quorum
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quotannal | annual
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quotatious | tending to quote; given to quoting
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quotennial | yearly
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quotha | expression of surprise or contempt
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quotidian | everyday; commonplace
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quotiety | number; numerical relationship
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quotition | a division regarded as a repeated subtraction
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quotity | proportion
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quotum | a number considered in its proportion to a larger number
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quotuple | what multiple
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quoz | absurd person or thing
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qursh | currency of Saudi Arabia equal to 1/20 of a rial
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