| Q |
abbreviation of "question." |
| q |
the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet. |
| Qatar |
a Middle Eastern country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. |
| Q-Celtic |
the branch of the Celtic languages that includes Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, in which a "k" sound replaced the Proto-Indo-European "kw" sound. |
| Q.E.D. |
abbreviation of "quod erat demonstrandum" (Latin); which was to be demonstrated. |
| qintar |
the smaller monetary unit of Albania. (Cf. lek.) |
| Qoricancha |
an Incan sun temple located in Curzo, Peru. |
| qt. |
abbreviation of "quart" or "quarts." |
| q.t. |
(informal) abbreviation of "quiet time." |
| qua |
in the capacity of; as. |
| Quaalude |
trademark for the sedative drug methaqualone. |
| quack1 |
the sound made by a duck, or a similar sound. [2 definitions] |
| quack2 |
someone who practices medicine incompetently and often without proper training. [4 definitions] |
| quackery |
the claims, methods, or practice of a quack. |
| quack grass |
see "couch grass." |
| quad1 |
a large, open, usu. grassy area with buildings on all four sides, esp. on a college campus; quadrangle. |
| quad2 |
in printing, a piece of type that does not register, used for filling blank areas and spaces. [2 definitions] |
| quad3 |
a quadruplet. |
| quad4 |
quadraphonic. [2 definitions] |
| quad5 |
a unit of energy equal to one quadrillion British thermal units. |
| Quadragesima |
the first Sunday of Lent. |