quadri- |
four. |
quadriceps |
a group of four large muscles located at the front of the thigh. |
quadrilateral |
having four sides. [2 definitions] |
quadrille1 |
a formal square dance with five separate movements executed by four couples. [2 definitions] |
quadrille2 |
an eighteenth-century card game for four players. |
quadrillion |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1015. [2 definitions] |
quadripartite |
having four parts or divisions. [2 definitions] |
quadriplegia |
paralysis of the entire body, from the neck down. |
quadrivalent |
having a valence of four; tetravalent. [2 definitions] |
quadrivium |
in medieval universities, the higher section of the liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. (Cf. trivium.) |
quadroon |
a person who is one quarter black and three quarters white; the child of a mulatto and a white person. |
quadrumanous |
having all four feet adapted for grasping, as monkeys and apes. |
quadruped |
having four feet. [2 definitions] |
quadruple |
having four parts; quadripartite. [5 definitions] |
quadruplet |
any of four offspring born to the same mother in the same pregnancy. [2 definitions] |
quadruplicate |
a collection of four things, such as copies, that are exactly alike (usu. prec. by "in"). [5 definitions] |
quaestor |
an official of ancient Rome who performed various administrative and financial tasks. |
quaff |
to drink, esp. deeply and with obvious enjoyment. [3 definitions] |
quagga |
an extinct mammal of southern Africa that resembled and was related to the zebra. |
quaggy |
like a marsh or quagmire; boggy. [2 definitions] |
quagmire |
wet, soft, sucking ground; marsh; bog. [2 definitions] |