small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit
quark
Noun
fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
quark
Noun
in physics, a hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons
quesadilla
Noun
a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated
quaff
Noun
a large draft of beer
quaff
Verb
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
quilting bee
Noun
a gathering to make quilts, often as part of a local social group
quadrumvirate
Noun
a group of four people
quadruplet
Noun
a set of four similar things considered as a unit
quadruplet
Noun
one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quintuplet
Noun
a set of five similar things considered as a unit
quintuplet
Noun
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quintuplet
Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quango
Noun
a quasi nongovernmental organization
quasi-NGO
Noun
a quasi nongovernmental organization
quorum
Noun
a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
quarter sessions
Noun
a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions
qibla
Noun
the direction of the Kaaba, toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
quagmire
Noun
a situation that is difficult to reslove
quagmire
Noun
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
quag
Noun
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
quasar
Noun
a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy
quickener
Noun
an agent that gives or restores life or vigor
quicksand
Noun
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
quicksand
Noun
a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
quadroon
Noun
a person of 1/4th African descent and 3/4th of European descent; dated racial term, considered offensive today
quintroon
Noun
a person of 1/4th African descent and 3/4th of European descent; dated racial term, considered offensive today
quarteron
Noun
a person of 1/4th African descent and 3/4th of European descent; dated racial term, considered offensive today
quidnunc
Noun
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
quisling
Noun
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, named after Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling who headed Norway under German occupation during WWII
quizzer
Noun
a person giving a quiz
questioner
Noun
someone who asks a question
querier
Noun
someone who asks a question
queer bird
Noun
someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
queer duck
Noun
someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
quint
Noun
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quint
Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quin
Noun
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quitter
Noun
a person who gives up too easily
quoter
Noun
a communicator who uses quotations
qadi
Noun
an Islamic judge
quadripara
Noun
in obstetrics, a woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies
quadriplegic
Noun
a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
quaestor
Noun
any of several public officials of ancient Rome, usually in charge of finance and administration
quaffer
Noun
a person who drinks heartily
quaker
Noun
one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear