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Quarter RoundnounMWEa convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipseverified
Quarter SectionnounMWEa land unit equal to a quarter of a mile, or 160 acres, and measuring half a mile on a sideverified
Quarter SessionsnounMWEa local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functionsverified
Quarterfinalnounone of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinalsverified
Quarteronnouna person of 1/4th African descent and 3/4th of European descent; dated racial term, considered offensive todayverified
Quartilenounany of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scoresverified
Quartonounthe size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leavesverified
Quartz CrystalnounMWEa thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequencyverified
Quartz LampnounMWEa mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass containerverified
Quartz OscillatornounMWEan oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystalverified
Quasi ContractnounMWEa contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assentverified
Quasiparticlenouna quantum of energy in a crystal lattice or other system that has position, momentum, and can in some respects be regarded as a particleverified
Quassianounhandsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish woodverified
Quatnounthe leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make teaverified
Quaternionnouna four-dimensional hypercomplex number that consists of a real dimension and 3 imaginary ones (i, j, k) that are each a square root of -1verified
Quellungnounthe swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibodyverified
Quellung ReactionnounMWEthe swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibodyverified
Quenched SteelnounMWEsteel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool itverified
Query LanguagenounMWEa source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executedverified
Question MarknounMWEa punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a questionverified
Question of FactnounMWEa disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decideverified
Question of LawnounMWEa disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decideverified
Question TimenounMWEa period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministersverified
Quetzalnounlarge trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumageverified
Quichenouna savory tart baked in a pastry with a filling of beaten egg and any number of other ingredients verified
Quick-Wittednessnounintelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delayverified
Quickeningnounthe stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetusverified
Quidditynounthe essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any otherverified