of or relating to or consisting of a quarter
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quarterly

sample sentences

"quarterly report"

in three month intervals
<adv.all>

every quarter

quarterly

sample sentences

"interest is compounded quarterly"

in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon
<adv.all>

quarterly

sample sentences

"two coats of arms borne quarterly"

a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
<noun.communication>

quarterly

an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
<noun.person>

quartermaster

a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
<noun.person>

quartermaster general

one of four equal parts
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

fourth

fourth part

one-fourth

one-quarter

quarter

quartern

twenty-five percent

sample sentences

"a quarter of a pound"

housing available for people to live in
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

living quarters

quarters

sample sentences

"he found quarters for his family"
"I visited his bachelor quarters"

a long stout staff used as a weapon
<noun.artifact>

quarterstaff

woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
<noun.plant>

Bignonia capreolata

cross vine

quarter-vine

quartervine

trumpet flower

a musical composition for four performers
<noun.communication>

quartet

quartette

four people considered as a unit
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

foursome

quartet

quartette

sample sentences

"he joined a barbershop quartet"
"the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."

a set of four similar things considered as a unit
<noun.group>

quadruple

quadruplet

quartet

quartette

four performers or singers who perform together
<noun.group>

quartet

quartette

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13

4

IV

Little Joe

four

foursome

quadruplet

quartet

quatern

quaternary

quaternion

quaternity

tetrad

a musical composition for four performers
<noun.communication>

quartet

quartette

four people considered as a unit
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

foursome

quartet

quartette

sample sentences

"he joined a barbershop quartet"
"the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."

a set of four similar things considered as a unit
<noun.group>

quadruple

quadruplet

quartet

quartette

four performers or singers who perform together
<noun.group>

quartet

quartette

an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree
<noun.quantity>

biquadrate

biquadratic

fourth power

quartic

a polynomial of the fourth degree
<noun.cognition>

biquadratic

biquadratic polynomial

quartic polynomial

(statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
<noun.cognition>

quartile

the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
<noun.attribute>

4to

quarto

colorless glass made of almost pure silica
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crystal

lechatelierite

quartz

quartz glass

vitreous silica

a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
<noun.substance>

quartz

a stamp mill for stamping quartz
<noun.artifact>

quartz battery

quartz mill

a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency; used in crystal oscillators
<noun.artifact>

quartz crystal

colorless glass made of almost pure silica
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crystal

lechatelierite

quartz

quartz glass

vitreous silica

a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
<noun.artifact>

quartz lamp

a stamp mill for stamping quartz
<noun.artifact>

quartz battery

quartz mill

an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal
<noun.artifact>

crystal oscillator

quartz oscillator

hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
<noun.substance>

quartzite

relating to or made of quartz
<adj.pert>

quartzose

a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
<noun.object>

quasar

quasi-stellar radio source

put down by force or intimidation
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

keep down

quash

reduce

repress

subdue

subjugate

sample sentences

"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

declare invalid
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

annul

avoid

invalidate

nullify

quash

void

sample sentences

"The contract was annulled"
"void a plea"

having some resemblance
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

quasi

sample sentences

"a quasi success"
"a quasi contract"

a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent
<noun.communication>

quasi contract

a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
<noun.group>

quango

quasi-NGO

resembling something that is religious
<adj.all>

quasi-religious