Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z quadrisector A line or curve that quadrisects something. quadriseptate Having four septa. quadriserial Arranged in four series. quadriserially In a quadriserial manner. quadriseriate In four rows or series. quadriseriately In a quadriseriate manner. quadrisetose Having four bristles. quadrisonic quadraphonic quadrispecific Involving four species. quadrispiral Quadruply spiral; involving, or consisting of, four spirals. quadristearate Any ester containing four stearate groups. quadrisulcate Having four hooves quadrisyllabic Having four syllables. quadrisyllabical quadrisyllabic quadrisyllable A word of four syllables. quadriternate Four times ternate. quadritubercular Having four tubercles or cusps quadrituberculate Synonym of quadritubercular. quadrium Synonym of quadrivium. quadriurate A urate containing four as much of the uric acid constituent as an ordinary urate. quadrivalence The condition of being quadrivalent. quadrivalency Synonym of quadrivalence. quadrivalent Having a valence of four. quadrivalently In a quadrivalent manner. quadrivalve A door, shutter, etc. with four folds. quadrivalvular Having or pertaining to four valves. quadrivariate Having four variables. quadrivector Synonym of four-vector. quadrivelocity Synonym of four-velocity. quadrivial Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium. quadrivious In four directions; four ways. quadrivirus Any RNA virus of the family Quadriviridae quadrivium The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music. quadrivoltine Having four broods or litters in one year. quadriwave Involving four waves or (more often) four wavefronts quadrobic Of or relating to quadrobics. quadrobics Physical actions, movements, and exercises performed by an individual on all fours to mimic those of an animal. quadrobist An individual who performs quadrobics. quadrobulary Having four trifling meanings quadroclops A creature with four eyes. quadrocopter Synonym of quadcopter. quadrofoil A hydrofoil (vessel) that has four wings. quadroma A particular type of hybridoma quadrominium A building divided into four residences as condominiums quadroon A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent. quadropoly A market situation in which four companies exclusively provide a particular product or service. quadrosilan An antiandrogen. quadrotor Synonym of quadrirotor (“having four rotors or four main rotors”). quadroxalate A complex of oxalate and oxalic acid quadroxide A tetroxide. quadruelectronic Of or pertaining to four electrons. quadrumanal quadrumane quadrumane Having four limbs with hand-like extremities and opposable digits; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like". quadrumanous Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates. quadrumanual quadrumane quadrumvir Synonym of quattuorvir. quadrumvirate Synonym of quattuorvirate. quadrupartite In four parts. quadruped A four-footed or four-legged animal. quadrupedal Having four feet. quadrupedalism The condition of being a quadruped. quadrupedality The condition of being quadrupedal quadrupedally In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs. quadrupedant quadrupedal quadrupedantic quadrupedal quadrupedantical quadrupedal quadrupedian quadrupedal quadrupedism The condition of being a quadruped. quadrupedous quadrupedal quadrupedy The condition of being a quadruped; quadrupedalism quadrupel A kind of dark beer with 10% or more alcohol by volume. quadruphite A triclinic sorosilicate mineral. quadruplane An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces (four wings one above the other) quadruplation quadruplication quadruplator In Ancient Rome, a public informer who received a fourth part. quadruple Being four times as long, as big or as many of something. quadrupledemic A widespread outbreak of four illnesses at the same time, such as Covid-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus. quadrupleness The state of being quadruple or quadrupled. quadrupler A frequency multiplier having an output frequency of four times the value of the input frequency. quadruplet A tuplet of four notes. quadruplex Having four components. quadruplexed Having a quadruplex arrangement. quadruplexing The transmission of four separate messages on a single cable. quadruplicate having four parts quadruplicated replicated four times quadruplication multiplication by four quadruplicity A group of four things. quadrupling An act of quadrupling. quadruply Four times. quadrupolar Of or pertaining to a quadrupole quadrupole A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions. quads A four of a kind. quadtone An interval of four whole tones. quadtree A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to four children, most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it. quadword A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits. quadzillion Synonym of zillion: an unspecified, extremely large number. Quaequae A member of the Hottentot people. quaere To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt. quaeritate To question quaesitum Something sought or required. quaestor An ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs. quaestorial Of or relating to a quaestor. quaestorian Relating to a quaestor. quaestorship The office or status of quaestor. quaestuary Relating to or concerned with gain; engaged in moneymaking. quaff To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. quaffability The state or condition of being quaffable. quaffable Easy to drink. quaffably In a quaffable manner. quaffer One who quaffs. quaffing The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking. quaffingly While or by quaffing. quaffle A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch. quag Quagmire; marsh; bog. quagga A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes. Quaggers The Queen's College, Oxford. quagginess The quality of being quaggy. quaggy Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry. Quaglia A surname from Italian. quagma A theorized phase of matter occurring at extremely high temperature and density, composed of free quarks. quagmire A swampy, soggy area of ground. quagmired Resembling a quagmire quagmirical Having the characteristics of a quagmire quagmirish Resembling or characteristic of a quagmire. quagmiry Like a quagmire. Quah A surname from Chinese. quahog An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria. quahogger A person who harvests quahogs. quaiacol The monomethyl ether of catechol quaich A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor. Quaid A surname. quail To waste away; to fade, to wither. quailberry The plant Crossopetalum ilicifolium. Quaile A surname from Scottish Gaelic. quailer One who hunts quail. quailery A structure in which one houses quail that are kept as a food animal. quailfinch A bird of the species Ortygospiza atricollis, native to the grasslands of Africa. Quailgate The 2006 controversy over the accidental shooting of Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas. quailing The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear. quailingly fearfully; timidly quailish Similar to a quail quaillike Resembling or characteristic of a quail (the bird). quaily The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), a game bird. Quain A surname. quaint Of a person: cunning, crafty. quaintance acquaintance quainted acquainted quaintish Somewhat quaint. quaintlike Somewhat quaint quaintly In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely.