| ANTIQUE | • antique adj. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome. • antique adj. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned. • antique adj. (Typography) Designating a style of type. |
| ASQUINT | • asquint adj. Looking sideways, as though warily. • asquint adv. With narrowed eyes. • ASQUINT adv. obliquely, with a squint. |
| BANQUET | • banquet n. A large celebratory meal; a feast. • banquet n. (Archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats. • banquet n. A ceremonial dinner party for many people. |
| EQUANTS | • equants n. Plural of equant. • EQUANT n. (Latin) a geometric adjustment to explain planetary motion. |
| PIQUANT | • piquant adj. (Archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe. • piquant adj. Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming. • piquant adj. Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy. |
| QINTARS | • qintars n. Plural of qintar. • QINTAR n. (Albanian) a monetary unit of Albania, equal to one-hundredth of a lek, also QINDAR, QUINTAR. |
| QUANNET | • quannet n. (Archaic) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane. • QUANNET n. a flat file used like a plane. |
| QUANTAL | • quantal adj. (Physics) Of or pertaining to a quantum. • quantal adj. (Physics) Quantized. • quantal adj. (Biology, of a response) All-or-none. |
| QUANTED | • quanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of quant. • QUANT v. to propel with a pole. |
| QUANTIC | • quantic n. (Mathematics) A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables. • QUANTIC n. a kind of mathematical function. |
| QUANTUM | • quantum n. (Now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity. • quantum n. The amount or quantity observably present, or available. • quantum n. (Physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. |
| QUARTAN | • quartan n. (Medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days. • quartan adj. (Medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms. • QUARTAN n. (Latin) a malarial fever recurring every third day. |
| QUINATE | • quinate adj. (Botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate. • quinate n. (Chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid. • QUINATE adj. arranged in groups of five. |
| QUINNAT | • quinnat n. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon. • QUINNAT n. (Native American) a fish, the king-salmon. |
| QUINTAL | • quintal n. (Historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds. • quintal n. (Historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems. • quintal n. An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg. |
| QUINTAN | • quintan adj. (Of a fever) Recurring every fifth day. • quintan n. A fever that recurs every fifth day. • QUINTAN n. a malarial fever recurring every fifth day. |
| QUINTAR | • quintar n. Alternative form of qintar. • QUINTAR n. (Albanian) a monetary unit of Albania, equal to one-hundredth of a lek, also QINDAR, QINTAR. |
| QUINTAS | • quintas n. Plural of quinta. • QUINTA n. (Spanish) a country house in Spain or Portugal. |