quintette
noun · a musical composition for five performers
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quintuple
adjective · having five units or components
quirk molding
noun · a molding having a small groove in it
quirkiness
noun · a strange attitude or habit
quirky
adjective · informal terms; strikingly unconventional
quiscalus
noun · grackles
quiscalus quiscula
noun · eastern United States grackle
quit
verb · give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
Example: In the second round, the challenger gave upquite
adverb · to the greatest extent; completely
Example: you're quite rightquite a
adverb · of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
Example: her victory was quite somethingquite an
adverb · of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
Example: her victory was quite somethingquits
adjective · on equal terms by payment or requital
Example: we're now quitsquixotic
adjective · not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
Example: as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthoodquixotically
adverb · in a quixotic manner
Example: sent to jail for two years, he has quixotically refused to clear himself by betraying his colleaguesquizzical
adjective · perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
Example: he had a quizzical expressionquizzically
adverb · in a quizzical and questioning manner
Example: they looked quizzically at the doctorquoits
noun · a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
quondam
adjective · belonging to some prior time
Example: erstwhile friendquotable
adjective · able or fit to be repeated or quoted
Example: what he said was not repeatable in polite companyquotation
noun · the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
Example: since he lacks originality he must rely on quotationquotidian
adjective · found in the ordinary course of events- Anita Diamant
Example: a placid everyday scenerabbit burrow
noun · a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits
racial discrimination
noun · discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
racially
adverb · with respect to race
Example: racially integratedracily
adverb · in a racy manner
Example: racily vernacular languageraconteur
noun · a person skilled in telling anecdotes
radial
adjective · arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
Example: radial symmetryradial symmetry
noun · the property of symmetry about an axis
Example: the starfish illustrates radial symmetryradially
adverb · in a radial manner
Example: an imaginative dispersal of the pews radially from the central focus of the pulpitradiantly
adverb · in a radiant manner
Example: the bride smiled radiantlyradiating
adjective · diverging from a common point
radiation syndrome
noun · syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
Example: he was suffering from radiationradicalize
verb · make more radical in social or political outlook
Example: Her work in the developing world radicalized herradically
adverb · in a radical manner
Example: she took a radically different approachradioactively
adverb · in a radioactive manner
Example: radioactively labeledradiolucent
adjective · almost complete transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation
Example: radiolucent tissuesradiopaque
adjective · not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation
Example: barium sulfate is radiopaqueradiophonic
adjective · relating to or by means of radiotelephony
radiosensitive
adjective · sensitive to radiation
Example: radiosensitive cancer cells can be treated with radiotherapyraffishly
adverb · in a rakish manner
Example: she wore her hat rakishly at an angleraftered
adjective · having the rafters especially having them visible
Example: a raftered ceilingrailroading
noun · the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads
rake in
verb · earn large sums of money
Example: Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it inrakishly
adverb · in a rakish manner
Example: she wore her hat rakishly at an angleramate
adjective · having branches
ramblingly
adverb · in a rambling manner
rambutan
noun · pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
rampant
adjective · (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth
Example: a rampant growth of weedsrampantly
adverb · in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
Example: weeds grew rampantly around hererandomly
adverb · in a random manner
Example: the houses were randomly scatteredrangefinder
noun · a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object
rank and file
noun · the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
Example: the strike was supported by the union rank and fileransack
verb · search thoroughly
Example: They combed the area for the missing childranter
noun · someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
rapidly
adverb · with rapid movements
Example: he works quicklyrapt
adjective · feeling great rapture or delight
rapturously
adverb · in an ecstatic manner
Example: he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africararely
adverb · not often
Example: we rarely metrash
adjective · marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences-Macaulay
Example: foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijackerrashly
adverb · in a hasty and foolhardy manner
Example: he fell headlong in love with his cousin