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Pyrrole
- - A nitrogenous heterocyclic base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.
Qabbala
- noun - an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
Quackle
- - To suffocate; to choke.
Queenly
- adjective - having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"
Queerly
- adverb - in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly come by"
- in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
Querele
- - A complaint to a court. See Audita Querela.
Quibble
- noun - an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
- evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
Quickly
- adverb - fast
- with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
- with rapid movements; "he works quickly"
- without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine"
Quiddle
- - To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.