| ANTIQUARY | • antiquary n. A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian. • antiquary n. An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past. • antiquary adj. Relating to antiquity. |
| QUAESTUARY | • quaestuary adj. Relating to or concerned with gain; engaged in moneymaking. • QUAESTUARY n. (Latin) an ancient Roman public treasurer or assistant military commander, also QUAESTOR, QUESTOR. |
| QUATERNARY | • quaternary adj. Of fourth rank or order. • quaternary adj. Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x4. • quaternary adj. Relating to or in number base four. |
| DESQUAMATORY | • desquamatory adj. (Surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
| EQUATORIALLY | • equatorially adv. In an equatorial direction. • EQUATORIAL adv. of, relating to, or located at the equator. |
| QUAESTIONARY | • quæstionary n. Rare spelling of questionary. • QUAESTIONARY n. (Scott) a religious pardoner, also QUESTIONARY. |
| QUARRYMASTER | • quarrymaster n. The person in charge of a quarry. • QUARRYMASTER n. one in charge of a quarry. |
| QUASICRYSTAL | • quasicrystal n. (Physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group… • quasi-crystal n. Alternative form of quasicrystal. • QUASICRYSTAL n. a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure. |
| SQUATTOCRACY | • squattocracy n. (Australia, historical) Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class. • SQUATTOCRACY n. (Australian) the powerful landowning class. |
| ACQUIRABILITY | • acquirability n. (Rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. • ACQUIRABILITY n. the ability to be acquired. |
| EQUILATERALLY | • equilaterally adv. In an equilateral manner. • EQUILATERAL adv. having all sides equal. |
| QUADRATICALLY | • quadratically adv. In a quadratic way. • QUADRATICAL adv. involving the square but no higher power, as a quadratic equation, also QUADRATIC. |
| QUALIFICATORY | • qualificatory adj. That serves as qualification. • QUALIFICATORY adj. of the nature of a qualification. |
| QUARRYMASTERS | • quarrymasters n. Plural of quarrymaster. • QUARRYMASTER n. one in charge of a quarry. |
| QUASICRYSTALS | • quasicrystals n. Plural of quasicrystal. • quasi-crystals n. Plural of quasi-crystal. • QUASICRYSTAL n. a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure. |
| EQUIANGULARITY | • equiangularity n. The condition of being equiangular. • EQUIANGULARITY n. the state of being equiangular. |
| QUATERCENTENARY | • quatercentenary n. A four-hundredth anniversary. • QUATERCENTENARY n. a four-hundredth anniversary. |