Nouns starting with Q

• quantum field theory — Noun – English ～ the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields; it was motivated by the question of how an atom radiates light as its electrons jump from excited states
• quantum theory — Noun – English ～ (physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)
• Qin Shi Huang Ti — Noun – English ～ the first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC)
• quick time — Noun – English ～ a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
• quadruple time — Noun – English ～ a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
• question time — Noun – English ～ a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers
• quarter tone — Noun – English ～ half of a semitone
• quarter-tone — Noun – English ～ half of a semitone
• quandong tree — Noun – English ～ Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
• quandong tree — Noun – English ～ Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
• queen triggerfish — Noun – English ～ tropical Atlantic fish
• Qatari monetary unit — Noun – English ～ monetary unit in Qatar
• quantity unit — Noun – English ～ a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
• Quercus vaccinifolia — Noun – English ～ a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
• Quercus variabilis — Noun – English ～ medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark
• Quercus velutina — Noun – English ～ medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
• quotient verdict — Noun – English ～ an improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict
• Queen Victoria — Noun – English ～ queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
• quarter-vine — Noun – English ～ woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
• Quercus virginiana — Noun – English ～ medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding

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