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Quakes
- noun - shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
- shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Qualms
- noun - a mild state of nausea
- reservation
- uneasiness about the fitness of an action
Quango
- noun - a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
Quanta
- noun - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
- a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
- large or dramatic, as in quantum leap
Quaoar
- noun - a planetoid discovered in 2002
Quapaw
- noun - a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas
- the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw
Quarks
- noun - (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3; "quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally"
- fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
Quarry
- noun - a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
- animal hunted or caught for food
- extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"