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Quack, n. Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender, humbug.
Quackery, n. Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, mummery, imposition, pretension, humbug.
Quadrangular, a. Four-cornered.
Quadrate, a. Square.
Quadrate, n. Square.
Quadrifoil, Quadrifoliate, a. Four-leaved.
Quadrilateral, a. Four-sided.
Quadruped, n. Four-footed animal.
Quadruple, a. Fourfold.
Quære, v. n. [L. imperative.] Inquire, seek, question, see.
Quaff, v. a. Drink (copiously), swallow in large draughts.
Quaggy, a. Boggy, marshy, swampy, queachy.
Quagmire, n. Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.
Quail, v. n. Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, droop, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirit, be cast down.
Quaint, a.
- 1. Odd, strange, singular, antique, antiquated, old-fashioned, archaic, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary,
unique, curious, droll, fanciful.
- 2. Recondite, subtle, ingenious, artful, abstruse, nice, neat, artificially elegant, characterized by ingenuity
or art.
- 3. Far-fetched, affected, odd, whimsical, fantastic, out of the way.
Quake, v. n.
- 1. Shake, tremble, shudder, shiver, quiver.
- 2. Shake, tremble, vibrate, quiver, move
Quaker, n. Friend.
Qualifiable, a. Modifiable, abatable.