quantivalenceSynonym of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
quant suffThe amount of the last ingredient in a recipe or prescription required to make it up to the required quantity of a mixture.
quare impeditA writ in English law commencing a common-law action for deciding a disputed right of presentation to a benefice, a right known as an advowson.
quartariusA Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₁₂ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.
quartarySynonym of quartarius, quarter-sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L
quartationThe act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quartineA supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
QuartodecimanAny of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor, Syria, and Jerusalem) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover or Easter) on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), which began on Nisan 15.
quatenusRelating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative insofar as it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible; admitting the possibility that the Book of Concord might contradict the Bible.
quiddanyA confection of quinces, in consistency between a syrup and marmalade.
quid pro quoSomething which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videturUsed to mockingly describe people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated".
quiescencyQuiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest
quilismaA neume of uncertain meaning, consisting of several jagged lines.
quindecimvirAny member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecimviralOf or belonging to the quindecimviri or the quindecimvirate.
quindecimvirateA group of fifteen people, especially (politics) a council of fifteen men sharing office or rule, particularly such groups of magistrates in ancient Rome.
quindecupartiteHaving fifteen parts, divided into 15 pieces.
quindecupletA multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.
quindenaryContaining fifteen things, or to the base of fifteen.
quingenarySynonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary.
quinibleAn interval of a fifth, or a part sung with such intervals.
quinqueremeAn ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
quinquertiumAn ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.
quinquevirOne of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
quinqueviralOf or belonging to the quinqueviri or the quinquevirate.
quinquevirateAn official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.
QuintilisThe month of the ancient Roman calendar which became July, the fifth month when the year began with March and the seventh after it began with January.
quintineThe embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.