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querulousness |
Noun
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the quality of being given to complaining |
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quarrelsomeness |
Noun
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an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious |
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question |
Noun
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uncertainty about the truth, factuality, or existence of something |
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question |
Noun
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the subject matter at issue |
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question |
Noun
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a reference to a marriage proposal |
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question |
Noun
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a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote |
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question |
Noun
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an instance of questioning |
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question |
Noun
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a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply |
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question |
Verb
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to pose a question |
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question |
Verb
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to pose a series of questions to |
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question |
Verb
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to conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting |
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question |
Verb
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to challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of |
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question |
Verb
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to place in doubt or express doubtful speculation |
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quirkiness |
Noun
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a strange attitude or habit |
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quotability |
Noun
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the quality of being worthy of being quoted |
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quaintness |
Noun
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strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned |
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quaintness |
Noun
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the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned |
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quietness |
Noun
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a state of peace and quiet |
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quietness |
Noun
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the property of making no sound |
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quickness |
Noun
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a rate that is rapid |
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quickness |
Noun
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intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
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quickness |
Noun
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skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
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quarto |
Noun
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the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves |
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quixotism |
Noun
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romantic and impractical behavior |
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quantifiability |
Noun
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the quality of being measurable |
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quiff |
Noun
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a prominent forelock, especially one brushed upward from the forehead |
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queue |
Noun
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a braid of hair at the back of the head |
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queue |
Noun
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(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted |
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queue |
Noun
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a line of people or vehicles waiting for something |
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queue |
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form a queue, form a line, stand in line |
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quadriceps |
Noun
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a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg |
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quick-wittedness |
Noun
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intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
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quandary |
Noun
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state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options |
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quandary |
Noun
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a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one |
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quartile |
Noun
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any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores |
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quartic polynomial |
Noun
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a polynomial of the fourth degree |
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quadratic polynomial |
Noun
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a polynomial of the second degree |
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quantic |
Noun
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a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables |
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quintessence |
Noun
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the most typical example or representative of a type |
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quintessence |
Noun
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the purest and most concentrated essence of something |
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quintessence |
Noun
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the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water |
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quantum |
Noun
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the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess, according to quantum theory |
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quantum |
Noun
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a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory |
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quodlibet |
Noun
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in the Middle Ages, a kind of philosophical debate where any topic could be discussed off hand |
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quiddity |
Noun
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the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other |
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quiddity |
Noun
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an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections |
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quietism |
Noun
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a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God |
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quadratics |
Noun
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a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations |
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quantum mechanics |
Noun
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the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level |
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quantum field theory |
Noun
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the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields |