Words starting with q

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

q means: the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet

q fever means: an acute disease resembling influenza

qabala means: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

qabalah means: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

qabalistic means: having a secret or hidden meaning

qabbala means: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

qabbalah means: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

qaddafi means: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)

qadhafi means: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)

qadi means: an Islamic judge

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

advect means: convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid

astronomical telescope means: any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources

c.p.u. means: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

combustibility means: the quality of being capable of igniting and burning

decorate means: provide with decoration

decorate means: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

decorate means: award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to

decorate means: be beautiful to look at

ever-changing means: marked by continuous change or effective action

fuzzy logic means: a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1

gangster's moll means: the girlfriend of a gangster

get one's lumps means: suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions

harris tweed means: a loosely woven tweed made in the Outer Hebrides

hoover means: a kind of vacuum cleaner

hoover means: 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

hoover means: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

hoover means: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

hoover means: clean with a vacuum cleaner

muscle tone means: normal tonicity of the muscles

oxalis pes-caprae means: South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers