| guy | noun (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened. |
| | noun (n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. |
| | noun (n.) A person of queer looks or dress. |
| | verb (v. t.) To steady or guide with a guy. |
| | verb (v. t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. |
| quack | noun (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. |
| | noun (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. |
| | noun (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. |
| | noun (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. |
| | noun (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. |
| | noun (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. |
| | verb (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. |
| | verb (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender. |
| | verb (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. |
| | verb (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender. |
| quadra | noun (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. |
| | noun (n.) A fillet, or listel. |
| | noun (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. |
| | noun (n.) A fillet, or listel. |
| quadrant | noun (n.) The fourth part; the quarter. |
| | noun (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center. |
| | noun (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. |
| | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. |
| | noun (n.) The fourth part; the quarter. |
| | noun (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center. |
| | noun (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. |
| | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. |
| quadrate | adjective (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. |
| | adjective (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent. |
| | adjective (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. |
| | adjective (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6. |
| | adjective (a.) The quadrate bone. |
| | adjective (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with. |
| | adjective (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. |
| | adjective (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent. |
| | adjective (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. |
| | adjective (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6. |
| | adjective (a.) The quadrate bone. |
| | adjective (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with. |
| | verb (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. |
| | verb (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. |
| quadratic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Tetragonal. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Tetragonal. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square. |
| quadrature | adjective (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas. |
| | adjective (a.) A quadrate; a square. |
| | adjective (a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable. |
| | adjective (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition. |
| | adjective (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas. |
| | adjective (a.) A quadrate; a square. |
| | adjective (a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable. |
| | adjective (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition. |
| quadric | noun (n.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic. |
| | noun (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics. |
| | noun (n.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic. |
| | noun (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree. |
| quality | noun (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. |
| | noun (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position. |
| | noun (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman. |
| | noun (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition. |
| | noun (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. |
| | noun (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. |
| | noun (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position. |
| | noun (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman. |
| | noun (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition. |
| | noun (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. |
| quantity | noun (n.) The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size. |
| | noun (n.) The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations. |
| | noun (n.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable. |
| | noun (n.) The relative duration of a tone. |
| | noun (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable. |
| | noun (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. |
| | noun (n.) The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size. |
| | noun (n.) The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations. |
| | noun (n.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable. |
| | noun (n.) The relative duration of a tone. |
| | noun (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable. |
| | noun (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. |
| | verb (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate. |
| | verb (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate. |
| quarry | noun (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel. |
| | noun (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. |
| | noun (n.) A heap of game killed. |
| | noun (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. |
| | noun (n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a). |
| | noun (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel. |
| | noun (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. |
| | noun (n.) A heap of game killed. |
| | noun (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. |
| | noun (n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a). |
| | adjective (a.) Quadrate; square. |
| | adjective (a.) Quadrate; square. |
| | verb (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. |
| | verb (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. |
| | verb (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. |
| | verb (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. |
| quarterly | noun (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year. |
| | noun (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year. |
| | adjective (a.) Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons. |
| | adjective (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting. |
| | adjective (a.) Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons. |
| | adjective (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting. |
| | adverb (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly. |
| | adverb (adv.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles. |
| | adverb (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly. |
| | adverb (adv.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles. |
| quaternary | noun (n.) The number four. |
| | noun (n.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology. |
| | noun (n.) The number four. |
| | noun (n.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology. |
| | adjective (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. |
| | adjective (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man. |
| | adjective (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. |
| | adjective (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man. |
| quay | noun (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. |
| | noun (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. |
| | verb (v. t.) To furnish with quays. |
| | verb (v. t.) To furnish with quays. |
| query | noun (n.) A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. |
| | noun (n.) A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. |
| | noun (n.) An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt. |
| | noun (n.) A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. |
| | noun (n.) A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. |
| | noun (n.) An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt. |
| | verb (v. i.) To ask questions; to make inquiry. |
| | verb (v. i.) To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right. |
| | verb (v. t.) To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. |
| | verb (v. t.) To address questions to; to examine by questions. |
| | verb (v. t.) To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. |
| | verb (v. t.) To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere. |
| | verb (v. i.) To ask questions; to make inquiry. |
| | verb (v. i.) To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right. |
| | verb (v. t.) To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. |
| | verb (v. t.) To address questions to; to examine by questions. |
| | verb (v. t.) To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. |
| | verb (v. t.) To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere. |
| quiddity | noun (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? |
| | noun (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. |
| | noun (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? |
| | noun (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. |
| quinsy | noun (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey. |
| | noun (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey. |
