Index of English words, starting with "qu"

(1) - Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

(1) - Qualify (v. i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
(2) - Qualify (v. i.) To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
(3) - Qualify (v. t.) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.
(4) - Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
(5) - Qualify (v. t.) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.
(6) - Qualify (v. t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
(7) - Qualify (v. t.) To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.

(1) - Qualitative (a.) Relating to quality; having the character of quality.

(1) - Quality (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
(2) - Quality (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
(3) - Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
(4) - Quality (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
(5) - Quality (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.