Quadrifoliate (a.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches.
Quadrigae (pl. ) of Quadriga
Quadriga (n.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
Quadrigeminal (a.) Alt. of Quadrigeminous
Quadrigeminous (a.) Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.
Quadrigenarious (a.) Consisting of four hundred.
Quadrijugate (a.) Same as Quadrijugous.
Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
Quadrilateral (n.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
Quadrilateral (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
Quadrilateralness (n.) The property of being quadrilateral.
Quadriliteral (a.) Consisting of four letters.
Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.
Quadrille (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille.
Quadrille (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.
Quadrillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Quadrilobate (a.) Alt. of Quadrilobed
Quadrilobed (a.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quadrilocular (a.) Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quadrin (n.) A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
Quadrinodal (a.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quadrinomial (n.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Quadrinomical (a.) Quadrinomial.
Quadrinominal (a.) Quadrinomial.
Quadripartite (a.) Divided into four parts.
Quadripartitely (adv.) In four parts.
Quadripartition (n.) A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quadripennate (a.) Having four wings; -- said of insects.
Quadriphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Quadrisection (n.) A subdivision into four parts.
Quadrisulcate (a.) Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
Quadrisyllabic () Alt. of Quadri-syllabical
Quadri-syllabical () Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
Quadrisyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables.
Quadrivalence (n.) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Quadrivalent (a.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.
Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
Quadrivalvular (a.) Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadrivial (a.) Having four ways meeting in a point.
Quadrivial (n.) One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
Quadrivium (n.) The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Quadroon (n.) The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Quadroxide (n.) A tetroxide.
Quadrumana (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
Quadrumane (n.) One of the Quadrumana.
Quadrumanous (a.) Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
Quadruped (a.) Having four feet.
Quadruped (n.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Quadruple (a.) Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
Quadruple (n.) four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Quadrupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruple
Quadrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruple
Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Quadruple (v. i.) To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Quadruplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruplicate
Quadruplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruplicate
Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quadruplicate (a.) Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
Quadruplicate (a.) Raised to the fourth power.
Quadruplication (n.) The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
Quadruply (adv.) To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
Quaestor (n.) Same as Questor.
Quaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Quaff
Quaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quaff
Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Quaff (v. i.) To drink largely or luxuriously.
Quaffer (n.) One who quaffs, or drinks largely.
Quag (n.) A quagmire.
Quagga (n.) A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.
Quaggy (a.) Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.
Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
Quahog (n.) Alt. of Quahaug
Quahaug (n.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.
Quaigh (n.) Alt. of Quaich
Quaich (n.) A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.
Qualled (imp. & p. p.) of Quail
Qualling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quail
Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Quail (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).
Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).
Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
Quail (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Quaily (n.) The upland plover.
Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
Quaint (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Quaintise (n.) Craft; subtlety; cunning.
Quaintise (n.) Elegance; beauty.
Quaintly (adv.) In a quaint manner.
Quaintness (n.) The quality of being quaint.