quarrying
1: the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
quarryman
1: a man who works in a quarry [syn: {quarrier}]
quart
1: a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters 3: a United States dry uni...
quartan
1: occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria"
quarter
1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-fourth}, {fourth}, {fourth part}, {twenty-five percent}, {quartern}] 2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the La...
quarter day
1: a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
quarter horse
1: a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia
quarter mile
1: a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile [syn: {440 yards}]
quarter note
1: a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note [syn: {crotchet}]
quarter plate
1: a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches
quarter rest
1: a musical rest having one-fourth the time value of a whole rest
quarter round
1: a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse [syn: {ovolo}, {thumb}]
quarter section
1: a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side
quarter sessions
1: a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions
quarter-circle
1: a quarter of the circumference of a circle [syn: {quadrant}]
quarter-vine
1: woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section [syn: {cross vine}, {trumpet flower}, {quartervine}, {Bignonia capreolata}]
quarterback
1: (football) the person who plays quarterback [syn: {signal caller}, {field general}] 2: the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback ...
quarterfinal
1: one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
quartering
1: a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages 2: living accommodations (especially those assigned to milit...
quarterlight
1: car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car
quarterly
1: of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report" n : a periodical that is published every quarter adv 1: in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; "two coats of arms borne qu...
quartermaster
1: an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
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quartern
1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-fourth}, {fourth}, {quarter}, {fourth part}, {twenty-five percent}]
quarters
1: housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" [syn: {living quarters}]
quarterstaff
1: a long stout staff used as a weapon [also: {quarterstaves} (pl)]
quartervine
1: woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section [syn: {cross vine}, {trumpet flower}, {quarter-vine}, {Bignonia capreolata}]
quartet
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four}, {4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary}, {quaternity}, {quadruplet}, {foursome}, {Little Joe}] 2: four performe...
quartette
1: four performers or singers who perform together [syn: {quartet}] 2: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: {quartet}, {quadruplet}] 3: four people considered as a unit; "he joined ...
quartic
1: an algebraic equation of the fourth degree [syn: {biquadrate}, {biquadratic}, {fourth power}]
quartic polynomial
1: a polynomial of the fourth degree [syn: {biquadratic}, {biquadratic polynomial}]
quartile
1: (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
quarto
1: the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves [syn: {4to}]
quartz
1: colorless glass made of almost pure silica [syn: {quartz glass}, {vitreous silica}, {lechatelierite}, {crystal}] 2: a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in m...
quartz battery
1: a stamp mill for stamping quartz [syn: {quartz mill}]
quartz crystal
1: a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency; used in crystal oscillators
quartz glass
1: colorless glass made of almost pure silica [syn: {quartz}, {vitreous silica}, {lechatelierite}, {crystal}]
quartz lamp
1: a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
quartz mill
1: a stamp mill for stamping quartz [syn: {quartz battery}]
quartz oscillator
1: an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal [syn: {crystal oscillator}]
quartzite
1: hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
quasar
1: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; large red shifts imply enormous recession velocities [syn: {quasi-stellar radio source}]
quash
1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the ...
quasi
1: having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract" [syn: {quasi(a)}]
quasi contract
1: a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent
quasi-NGO
1: QUAsi Non-Governmental Organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government [syn: {quango}]
quasi-royal
1: having the power but not the rank or title of a king; "one of the quasi-royal rulers of Africa"
quasi-stellar radio source
1: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; large red shifts imply enormous recession velocities [syn: {quasar}]
quasiparticle
1: a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
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