biquadrate | (noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic, fourth power, quartic |
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biquadratic | (adjective) involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree | - |
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(noun) a polynomial of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic polynomial, quartic polynomial |
(noun) an equation of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic equation |
(noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadrate, fourth power, quartic |
dissuade | (verb) turn away from by persuasion | Synonyms: deter |
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duad | (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
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muadhdhin | (noun) the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day | Synonyms: muazzin, muezzin |
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persuadable | (adjective) being susceptible to persuasion | Synonyms: convincible, persuasible, suasible |
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persuade | (verb) cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm | - |
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(verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: carry, sway |
persuader | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: inducer |
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quad | (noun) a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings | Synonyms: quadrangle |
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(noun) (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences | Synonyms: space |
(noun) a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg | Synonyms: musculus quadriceps femoris, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris |
(noun) one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | Synonyms: quadruplet |
quadrangle | (noun) a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings | Synonyms: quad |
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(noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrilateral, tetragon |
quadrangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle | - |
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quadrant | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies | - |
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(noun) the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle | - |
(noun) any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes | - |
(noun) a quarter of the circumference of a circle | Synonyms: quarter-circle |
quadrantanopia | (noun) blindness in one fourth of the visual field | - |
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quadraphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadrasonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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quadraphony | (noun) a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels | Synonyms: quadraphonic system, quadriphonic system |
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quadrasonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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quadrate | (adjective) having four sides and four angles | - |
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(noun) a square-shaped object | - |
(noun) a cubelike object | - |
quadratic | (adjective) involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree | - |
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(noun) a polynomial of the second degree | Synonyms: quadratic polynomial |
(noun) an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square | Synonyms: quadratic equation |
quadratics | (noun) a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations | - |
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quadrature | (noun) the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure | - |
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quadrennium | (noun) a period of four years | - |
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quadric | (noun) a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree | Synonyms: quadric surface |
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quadriceps | (noun) a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg | Synonyms: musculus quadriceps femoris, quad, quadriceps femoris |
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quadrilateral | (adjective) having four sides | Synonyms: four-sided |
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(noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrangle, tetragon |
quadrille | (noun) a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples | - |
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(noun) music for dancing the quadrille | - |
quadrillion | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros | - |
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(noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros in the UK | - |
quadrillionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order | - |
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(noun) one part in a quadrillion equal parts | Synonyms: one-quadrillionth |
quadripara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies | - |
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quadripartite | (adjective) involving four parties | Synonyms: four-party |
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quadriphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadrasonic, quadrisonic |
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quadriplegia | (noun) paralysis of both arms and both legs | - |
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quadriplegic | (noun) a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs | - |
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quadrisonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadrasonic, quadriphonic |
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quadrivium | (noun) (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy | - |
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quadroon | (noun) an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black | - |
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quadrumvirate | (noun) a group of four men | - |
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quadruped | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadrupedal |
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(noun) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking | - |
quadrupedal | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadruped |
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quadruple | (adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold |
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(adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
(noun) a quantity that is four times as great as another | - |
(noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruplet, quartet, quartette |
(verb) increase fourfold | - |
quadruplet | (noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruple, quartet, quartette |
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(noun) one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | Synonyms: quad |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
quadruplex | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold, quadruple, quadruplicate |
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quadruplicate | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold, quadruple, quadruplex |
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(noun) any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly | - |
(verb) reproduce fourfold | - |
quadrupling | (noun) increase by a factor of four | - |
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squad | (noun) a cooperative unit (especially in sports) | Synonyms: team |
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(noun) a smallest army unit | - |
(noun) a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime | Synonyms: police squad |
squadron | (noun) an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group | - |
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(noun) a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms | - |
(noun) a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task | - |
unnilquadium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized | Synonyms: atomic number 104, element 104, Rf, rutherfordium, Unq |
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unpersuadable | (adjective) not susceptible to persuasion | Synonyms: unsuasible |
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unpersuaded | (adjective) not converted | Synonyms: unconverted |
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ununquadium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 114 | Synonyms: atomic number 114, element 114, Uuq |
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