Q
1: the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
Q fever
1: an acute disease resembling influenza
qabala
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabalah}]
qabalah
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}]
qabalistic
1: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [syn: {cabalistic}, {kabbalistic}, ...
Qabbala
1: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries [syn: {Kabbalah}, {Kabbala}, {Kabala}, {Cabbalah}, {Cabbala}, {Cabala}, {Q...
Qabbalah
1: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries [syn: {Kabbalah}, {Kabbala}, {Kabala}, {Cabbalah}, {Cabbala}, {Cabala}, {Q...
Qaddafi
1: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942) [syn: {Qadhafi}, {Khadafy}, {...
Qadhafi
1: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942) [syn: {Qaddafi}, {Khadafy}, {...
Qaeda
1: an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries [syn: ...
Qandahar
1: a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center [syn: {Kandahar}]
Qassam Brigades
1: the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel [syn: {Salah al-Din Battalions}, {Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions}]
qat
1: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: {kat}, {khat}, {q...
Qatar
1: an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: {State of Qatar}, {Katar}, {State of Katar}] 2: a peninsula e...
Qatar Peninsula
1: a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf [syn: {Qatar}, {Katar}, {Katar Peninsula}]
Qatari
1: of or concerning Qatar; "the Qatari rulng family"; "Qatari oil wells" [syn: {Katari}] n : a native or inhabitant of Qatar [syn: {Katari}]
Qatari riyal
1: the basic unit of money in Qatar [syn: {riyal}]
QCD
1: a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are...
QED
1: a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons [syn: {quantum electrodynamics}]
qepiq
1: 100 qepiq equal 1 manat
qi
1: the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to...
Qiang
1: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan [syn: {Qiangic}]
Qiangic
1: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan [syn: {Qiang}]
qibla
1: the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers 2: a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create ...
qindarka
1: 100 qindarka equal 1 lek [syn: {qintar}]
Qing
1: the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu [syn: {Qing dynasty}, {Ch'ing}, {Ch'ing dynasty...
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Qing dynasty
1: the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu [syn: {Qing}, {Ch'ing}, {Ch'ing dynasty}, {Manc...
qintar
1: 100 qindarka equal 1 lek [syn: {qindarka}]
qoph
1: the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Quaalude
1: sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse [syn: {methaqualone}]
quack
1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" [syn: {quack(a)}] n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice 2: the harsh sound of a duck v 1: utter quacking n...
quack grass
1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: {dog grass}, {couch grass}, {quackgrass}, {quick grass}, {witch grass}, {witchgrass}, {Agropyron ...
quackery
1: medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn: {empiricism}] 2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: {charlatanism}]
quackgrass
1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: {dog grass}, {couch grass}, {quack grass}, {quick grass}, {witch grass}, {witchgrass}, {Agropyron...
quad
1: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy [syn: {quadruplet}] 2: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: {quadriceps}, {quadriceps femoris}, {musculus quadriceps f...
Quadragesima
1: the first Sunday in Lent [syn: {Quadrigesima Sunday}]
quadrangle
1: a four-sided polygon [syn: {quadrilateral}, {tetragon}] 2: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings [syn: {quad}]
quadrangular
1: of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle
quadrant
1: a quarter of the circumference of a circle [syn: {right angle}] 2: a quarter of the circumference of a circle [syn: {quarter-circle}] 3: any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two o...
quadraphonic
1: of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system" [syn: {quadriphonic}, {quadrasonic}, {quadrisonic}]
quadraphonic system
1: a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system system using four separate channels [syn: {quadraphony}, {quadriphonic system}]
quadraphony
1: a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system system using four separate channels [syn: {quadraphonic system}, {quadriphonic system}]
quadrasonic
1: of or relating to quadraphony; "his quadraphonic sound system" [syn: {quadraphonic}, {quadriphonic}, {quadrisonic}]
quadrate
1: having four sides and four angles n 1: a cubelike object 2: a square-shaped object
quadratic
1: of or relating to or resembling a square; "quadratic shapes" 2: of or relating to the second power; "quadratic equation" n 1: an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a squa...
quadratic equation
1: an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square [syn: {quadratic}]
quadratics
1: a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations
quadrature
1: the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
quadric
1: a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree [syn: {quadric surface}]
quadric surface
1: a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree [syn: {quadric}]
quadriceps
1: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: {quadriceps femoris}, {musculus quadriceps femoris}, {quad}]
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