quash
— Verb
– English
~ declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
quash
— Verb
– English
~ put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
quasi-NGO
— Noun
– English
~ a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
quasi contract
— Noun
– English
~ a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent
quasi
— Adjective
– English
~ having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract"
quasiparticle
— Noun
– English
~ a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
quassia
— Noun
– English
~ handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
Quassia amara
— Noun
– English
~ handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
quassia
— Noun
– English
~ a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma
quassia family
— Noun
– English
~ chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
quat
— Noun
– English
~ the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
quatercentenary
— Noun
– English
~ the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
quatercentennial
— Noun
– English
~ the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
quatern
— Noun
– English
~ the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
quaternary
— Noun
– English
~ the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
quaternary
— Noun
– English
~ last 2 million years
quaternary ammonium compound
— Noun
– English
~ a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs
quaternary
— Adjective
– English
~ coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"