| quarterback |
in football, the chief offensive player who calls the plays and is the first to receive the ball in most plays. [5 definitions] |
| quarter day |
any of the four days of the year that are regarded as beginning a new season or quarter and on which quarterly payments are due. |
| quarterdeck |
the rear part of the upper deck of a ship, usu. off limits to all but officers. |
| quartered |
divided into four parts. [3 definitions] |
| quarterfinal |
of or designating the round of competitive matches preceding the semifinals of a sports tournament. [2 definitions] |
| quarter horse |
any of a breed of saddle horses developed for quarter-mile racing and favored for their quickness, strength, and versatility. |
| quarter-hour |
a period of fifteen minutes. [2 definitions] |
| quarterly |
happening or appearing four times a year, esp. at the end of each three-month period. [4 definitions] |
| quartermaster |
in the military, an officer who arranges for and distributes food, housing, clothing, and other provisions. [2 definitions] |
| quarter note |
in music, a note whose duration is one fourth that of a whole note. |
| quartersaw |
to saw (a log) lengthwise into quarters and then into boards. |
| quarter section |
a unit of area equal to one fourth of a section, one fourth of a square mile, or 160 acres, used in dividing land into square parcels. |
| quarter sessions |
an English local court, held quarterly, that has civil and criminal jurisdiction for all but the most serious crimes. [2 definitions] |
| quarterstaff |
a hefty, wooden, iron-tipped pole, six to eight feet in length, formerly used as a weapon in England. |
| quarter tone |
in music, an interval equal to one half of a semitone. |
| quartet |
four musicians or singers who perform together as a group. [3 definitions] |
| quarto |
in printing, the size of a page equal to one quarter of a standard whole sheet, or about nine by twelve inches. [3 definitions] |
| quartz |
a common, hard, widely distributed mineral that occurs as many glasslike crystalline forms of silicon dioxide. |
| quartz crystal |
in electronics, a thin plate or rod that is cut from quartz, ground, polished, and finished in such a way that it vibrates at a specific frequency. |
| quartzite |
a metamorphic rock that consists of quartz and hardened sandstone. |
| quartz lamp |
a mercury-vapor lamp, enclosed within transparent quartz, that emits ultraviolet rays when an electric current is passed through it. |