Index of English words, starting with "qu"

(1) - Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
(2) - Quantum (n.) Quantity; amount.

(1) - Quarantine (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
(2) - Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
(3) - Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
(4) - Quarantine (n.) A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.

(1) - Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
(2) - Quarrel (n.) Any small square or quadrangular member
(3) - Quarrel (n.) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
(4) - Quarrel (n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.
(5) - Quarrel (n.) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
(6) - Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond.
(7) - Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
(8) - Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
(9) - Quarrel (n.) One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
(10) - Quarrel (n.) Earnest desire or longing.
(11) - Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
(12) - Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
(13) - Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
(14) - Quarrel (v. t.) To quarrel with.
(15) - Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
(16) - Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.