qere
In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a spoken reading that diverges from the written word (the ketiv); an indication of such a reading.

qeres
plural of qere

qeri
Alternative form of qere.

qeris
plural of qeri

qhaswa
Alternative form of cachua (“type of dance”).

qhaswas
plural of qhaswa

qibla
The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.

qiblah
Alternative spelling of qibla.

qiblahs
plural of qiblah

qiblas
plural of qibla

qigong
A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.

qigongs
plural of qigong

qilaut
A type of frame drum used mostly by the Inuit.

qindarkas
Synonym of qindarkë.

qisas
Under sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive justice.

qisms
plural of qism

qiyam
A form of optional prayer prayed during the night, preceding the ruku.

qiyams
plural of qiyam

qiyas
The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.

qlty
Abbreviation of quality.

qobar
A dry fog or dry haze, chiefly of the upper Nile but rarely also elsewhere, which has a brownish-yellow color when slight (sometimes only perceptible from a distance) and darker yellow-grey color when thicker (sometimes obscuring the landscape and blotting out the stars).

qoppa
Alternative spelling of koppa.

qoppas
plural of qoppa

qr
Abbreviation of quarter (of the year).

qrs
plural of qr

qs
plural of q

qto
Abbreviation of quarto.

quackbusting
The practice of exposing quackery in order to discredit it.

quackdom
The realm of quacks (fraudulent or incompetent doctors).

quackeries
plural of quackery

quackery
The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

quackhood
quackery

quackishness
The state or condition of being quackish.

quackism
Behaviour of a quack; quackery.

quackisms
plural of quackism

quacksalveries
plural of quacksalvery

quacksalvery
The actions or practices of a quacksalver; quackery.

quadbit
Four bits (binary digits), half a byte; a nibble.

quadbits
plural of quadbit

quadcasting
The transmission of a quadcast.

quaddie
A quadrella, a type of bet requiring the bettor to pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track; a bet requiring the selection of four winners of specified matches in a given round of a sporting competition.

quaddies
plural of quaddie

quaddition
An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

quadexciton
A quantum combination of four excitons

quadexcitons
plural of quadexciton

quadfecta
A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
A set of four wins at related events; a set of four events.

quadfectas
plural of quadfecta

quadfurcation
A forking or division into four branches.

quadfurcations
plural of quadfurcation

quadkey
A key into a quadtree data structure.

quadkeys
plural of quadkey

quadlet
A word consisting of four bytes.
A group of four similar or equal things, especially of rocket fuel injectors

quadlets
plural of quadlet

quadrad
A tetrad; a group of four.

quadrads
plural of quadrad

quadragenae
plural of quadragene

quadragene
An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.
An indulgence provided by 40 days of fasting.

quadragenes
plural of quadragene

quadrangle
A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.

quadrangles
plural of quadrangle

quadrangularities
plural of quadrangularity

quadrangularity
The quality of being quadrangular.

quadrantanopia
The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.

quadrantanopias
plural of quadrantanopia

quadrateness
Quality of being quadrate.

quadraticity
The quality of being quadratic.

quadratization
An approximation of a system obtained by quadratizing it.

quadratizations
plural of quadratization

quadrature
The process of making something square; squaring.
The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.
The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.
The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
A painting painted on a wooden panel.

quadratures
plural of quadrature

quadrennia
plural of quadrennium

quadrennium
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.

quadrenniums
plural of quadrennium

quadriacceleration
Synonym of four-acceleration.

quadriaccelerations
plural of quadriacceleration

quadriad
A grouping of four things.
A government committee of four economic experts.

quadricone
A quadric cone.

quadridimensionality
The quality of being quadridimensional.

quadriennia
plural of quadriennium

quadriennium
Alternative form of quadrennium.

quadrienniums
plural of quadriennium

quadrifurcation
A division into four branches

quadrifurcations
plural of quadrifurcation

quadriga
A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.

quadrigae
plural of quadriga

quadrigamy
The state of having four spouses simultaneously.

quadrigas
plural of quadriga

quadrigeminum
One of the corpora quadrigemina.

quadrigeminy
A form of cardiac arrhythmia in which four beats are followed by a pause.

quadrilaterality
The quality of being quadrilateral.

quadrilateralness
The quality of being quadrilateral.

quadrilateration
The determination of the location of a point based on its distance from four other points.

quadrilemma
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between four undesirable options.

quadrilemmas
plural of quadrilemma

quadrilinearities
plural of quadrilinearity

quadrilinearity
The condition of being quadrilinear

quadrilingualism
The condition of being quadrilingual; the ability to speak four languages.

quadriliteralism
The quality of being quadriliteral.

quadrillage
The use of a grid of squares superimposed on a document such as a map.

quadrilogies
plural of quadrilogy

quadrilogy
A tetralogy.

quadrimester
A period of four months or about four months.

quadrimesters
plural of quadrimester

quadrimodality
The condition of being quadrimodal

quadrimoraicity
The property of having four morae.

quadrine
Alternative form of quatrin.

quadrines
plural of quadrine

quadrinities
plural of quadrinity

quadrinity
Alternative form of quaternity.

quadripartitism
A quadripartite approach or policy.

quadriphase
A phase modulation technique that uses four different phase angles.

quadripoint
A point at which four borders meet.

quadripoints
plural of quadripoint

quadriptych
A tetraptych.

quadriquadric
A curve that is the complete intersection of two quadric surfaces.

quadriquadrics
plural of quadriquadric

quadrisecant
A line that passes through four points of the curve.

quadrisecants
plural of quadrisecant

quadrisection
The action of dividing something into four parts.
The result: one quarter of something.

quadrisections
plural of quadrisection

quadrisyllable
A word of four syllables.

quadrisyllables
plural of quadrisyllable

quadrivalence
The condition of being quadrivalent.

quadrivalency
Synonym of quadrivalence.

quadrivelocities
plural of quadrivelocity

quadrivelocity
Synonym of four-velocity.