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Queen triggerfish
– definition :
- (noun)
- tropical Atlantic fish (context:animal)
Quenched steel
– definition :
- (noun)
- steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it (context:substance)
Quercus mongolica
– definition :
- (noun)
- oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan (context:plant)
Quest
– definition :
- (noun)
- the act of searching for something (context:act)
- a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria (context:cognition)
- (verb)
- express the need or desire for (context:communication)
- seek alms, as for religious purposes (context:communication)
- bark with prolonged noises, of dogs (context:communication)
- search the trail of (game) (context:motion)
- make a search (for) (context:possession)
– Sample : “quest”
- She called for room service
- She requested an extra bed in her room
- The animal came questing through the forest
- The dog went off and quested
- Things that die with their eyes open and questing
- a quest for diamonds
- a quest for wealth
- life is more than the pursuance of fame
- the pursuit of love
- when you call, always ask for Mary
Quick bread
– definition :
- (noun)
- breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking (context:food)
Quid pro quo
– definition :
- (noun)
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises (context:possession)
Quincke’s edema
– definition :
- (noun)
- recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs (context:state)
Quirk bead
– definition :
- (noun)
- beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates (context:artifact)
Qum
– definition :
- (noun)
- a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims (context:location)
Queens
– definition :
- (noun)
- a borough of New York City (context:location)