quersprung in skiing, a jump-turn at right angles (from Phrontistery)
querulential = querulous = finding fault, complaining
quiaquia
n : small fusiform fish of western Atlantic [syn: round scad,
cigarfish, Decapterus punctatus]

Quiddative \Quid"da*tive\, a. [See Quiddity.]
Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing;
quidditative.

quila - according to Scripps-Howard, a grass in South America somewhat
resembling bamboo. I could find nothing about it on the Internet.

quinary
adj.
5L quinarius < quini, five each < quinque, FIVE6 consisting of five; in sets of five
n.,
pl. 3ries a set of five


quinsy
n.
5ME quinaci < ML quinancia < LL cynanche < Gr kynanchc, inflammation of the throat, lit., dog-choking < kybn, dog (see HOUND1) + anchein, to choke (see ANGER)6 early term for TONSILLITIS
I never heard the “dog-choking” etymology before.

quintal
n.
5ME < MFr < ML quintale < Ar qintar, ult. < L centenarius: see CENTENARY6
1 a hundredweight (100 lbs. in the U.S., 112 lbs. in Great Britain)
2 a metric unit of weight, equal to 100 kilograms (220.46 lbs.)
I think this was name of character in Melville’s Moby Dick. I have also seen it as
name, apparently Portuguese, in New Bedford, MA

quisqueite - a mineral, a lignite righ in vanadium





quersprung in skiing, a jump-turn at right angles (from Phrontistery)
querulential = querulous = finding fault, complaining
quiaquia
n : small fusiform fish of western Atlantic [syn: round scad,
cigarfish, Decapterus punctatus]

Quiddative \Quid"da*tive\, a. [See Quiddity.]
Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing;
quidditative.

quila - according to Scripps-Howard, a grass in South America somewhat
resembling bamboo. I could find nothing about it on the Internet.

quinary
adj.
5L quinarius < quini, five each < quinque, FIVE6 consisting of five; in sets of five
n.,
pl. 3ries a set of five


quinsy
n.
5ME quinaci < ML quinancia < LL cynanche < Gr kynanchc, inflammation of the throat, lit., dog-choking < kybn, dog (see HOUND1) + anchein, to choke (see ANGER)6 early term for TONSILLITIS
I never heard the “dog-choking” etymology before.

quintal
n.
5ME < MFr < ML quintale < Ar qintar, ult. < L centenarius: see CENTENARY6
1 a hundredweight (100 lbs. in the U.S., 112 lbs. in Great Britain)
2 a metric unit of weight, equal to 100 kilograms (220.46 lbs.)
I think this was name of character in Melville’s Moby Dick. I have also seen it as
name, apparently Portuguese, in New Bedford, MA

quisqueite - a mineral, a lignite righ in vanadium