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Quietus (Silent Reverie) Quietus (Silent Reverie) is the 5th single released by the Dutch symphonic metalband Epica. The album comes in two versions; one with 2 tracks and one with 4 tracks (which was released one week later, October 28).
Quiff The Quiff is a hairstyle that combines the 50's pompadour hairstyle, the 50's flattop, and sometimes a mohawk. The hairstyle was a staple in the British 'Teddy Boy' movement, but became popular again in Europe in the early 1980's with early psychobilly acts including The Meteors, Demented Are Go, and others.
Quiffin In children's literature, the Quiffin is an mythic animal that resembles a white llama or a long-necked unicorn without a horn. Quiffins graze in the forests of Scandinavian countries, particularly forests near the Oresund separating Sweden from Denmark.
Quiggins Quiggins was a collection of some forty small 'alternative' stores in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The original Quiggins centre was set up as an antique trading business, but parts of the building were rented out to other antique traders.
Quigley's Point Quigley's Point (Rinn UĂ Choigligh in Irish) is located on the eastern shores of Inishowen and overlooks the wide expanse of Lough Foyle. To the south is the historic city of Derry and to the north lie the villages of Moville and Greencastle.
Quigley's Village Quigley's Village is a long-running (1987 to 1999) collection of Christian children's videos designed to teach children "sound Biblical values" in a fun and exciting way. A combination of live action and puppets, it is very similar in style to Sesame Street but with a biblically-based rather than humanistic approach to communicating values.
Quiche-eater The term quiche-eater, meaning a man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue, is derived from the bestselling tongue-in-cheek book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982.
Quik (boot loader) quik is a boot loader designed to start Linux on Apple Macintosh PowerPC systems based on the Old World ROM architecture. It was originally written by Paul Mackerras, and portions of its code were reused in all other Linux bootloaders for PowerPC, including the one known as BootX (not to be confused with the MacOS X boot loader of the same name), which is dependent on the MacOS.
QuikClot QuikClot or Hemosorb is manufactured by the Z-Medica Corporation is a granular product that can be poured directly on wounds to stop bleeding. It is a Zeolite-based oxygen generation systems that is widely used to produce medical grade oxygen The zeolite is used as a molecular sieve which extracts oxygen from air, in a process involving adsorption of atmospheric nitrogen.
Quikkit Quikkit is a manufacturer of kitplanes located in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1992 by Tom Scott to market the Glass Goose amphibious aircraft, a substantially revised version of the Aero Composites Sea Hawker design that Scott purchased the rights to after the previous manufacturer ceased business.
Quikscript Quikscript (also known as the Read Alphabet) is an alternate alphabet for the English language, designed to be phonetically regular, compact, and comfortably and quickly written. There are also adapted Quikscript alphabets for other languages, using the same letters for sounds which do not exist in English.
QuikSCAT The QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) is an earth-observing satellite that provides wind speed and direction information over oceans to NOAA.It is a "quick recovery" mission to fill the gap created by the loss of data from the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) that was lost in June 1997.
QuilapayĂşn QuilapayĂşn (Pronounced: kih-lah-pah-YUHN) are an instrumental and vocal folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential exponents of the Nueva CanciĂłn Chilena (New Song) movement. Formed in Chile during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the country under the Popular Unity Government of Salvador Allende.
Quilicura, Chile Quilicura is a municipality and comuna of Chile located on the northwest of the province of Santiago, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was originally on the outskirts of the city of Santiago, but as urban sprawl has set in it is now quickly urbanizing from what was recently prime agricultural land.
Quill A quill pen (not to be confused with the type pf penguin) is made from a flight feather (preferably a primary) of a large bird, most often a goose. Quills were used as instruments for writing with ink before the metal dip pen, the fountain pen, and eventually the ball point pen came into use.
Quill & Quire Quill & Quire, a Canadian magazine about the book and publishing industry, was launched in 1935 and has an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, but its publisher claims a readership of 25,000 (or 3.8 readers per copy of the magazine).
Quill (band) Quill was a popular Northeast USA band that played extensively throughout New England and New York in the late 1960s and that gained national attention by performing at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. The band was originally founded by two singer/songwriters and brothers from the Boston area, Jon and Dan Cole.
Quill (film) Quill (クイăĽă«, kuÄ«ru) is a Japanese film structured like a documentary of a guide dog, first released in Japan on 13 March 2004 and on DVD on 25 September 2004. It was also released for the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 17 September 2004.
Quill (surname) Quill or Quille is an anglicised version of the Irish surname Coll, Coill, and O'Coill (Ă“ Coill), all of which mean wood, forest or shrub. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly Kerry and Cork.
Quill and Scroll Quill and Scroll is an international high school journalism honor society that recognizes and encourages both individual and group achievements in scholastic journalism. According to the Quill and Scroll website, over 14,104 high schools in all 50 U.
Quill Awards The Quill Awards are a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy." The first award ceremony was broadcast on NBC] on October 11, 2005; it is planned to be an annual award.
Quill drive A quill drive is a mechanism that allows a driven shaft to shift its position (either axially, radially, or both) relative to its driving shaft. It consists of a hollow driving shaft (the quill) with a driven shaft inside it.
Quilliard A quilliard is a fictitious large number represented by a whole page full of naughts with a one at the beginning, as mentioned in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Naughts are also known as zeros and ciphers.
Quillota, Chile The city of Quillota is located in the Aconcagua River valley, in the ValparaĂso Region of Chile. It is the largest city of the valley with many habitants living in the surrounding farmland areas of San Isidro, La Palma, Pocochay, and San Pedro.
Quilmes (tribe) The Quilmes people were an indigenous tribe of the Diaguita group settled in the western subandean valleys of today's Tucumán province, in northwestern Argentina.) They fiercely resisted the Inca invasions of the 15th century, and kept resisting also against the Spaniards for 130 years, until being defeated in 1667.
Quilmesaurus Quilmesaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Patagonian Upper Cretaceous, a time when South American theropod assemblages were dominated by abelisaurids and carcharodontosaurs. However, the morphology of Quilmesaurus suggests it may have been a tetanuran.
Quilombo A quilombo (from the Kimbundu word kilombo) is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by Quilombolas, or Maroons and, sometimes, a minority of marginalised Portuguese, Brazilian aboriginals, and/or other non-black, non-slave Brazilians. Some of these settlements were near Portuguese settlements and active both in defending against capitĂŁes do mato commissioned to recapture slaves and in facilitating the escape of even more slaves.
Quilpie, Queensland Quilpie is a town and Local Government Area (Quilpie Shire) situated in western Queensland, Australia. Situated on the banks of the Bulloo River and on the Diamantina Developmental Road, it is 208 kilometres west of Charleville, and 980 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane.
QuilpuĂ©, Chile QuilpuĂ© is called by the locals "Ciudad del Sol" (Sunny City) because compared to ValparaĂso (only 30 minutes away) it has a lot more sunny days. It has excellent train, highway and road connections to Viña del Mar and ValparaĂso.
Quilt A quilt is a type of bedding— a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of batting, and a layer of fabric for backing, generally combined using the technique of quilting. Another technique for securing the quilt layers is tying.
Quilt maple Quilt or quilted maple is a type of maple in which the growth of the wood fibers is distorted, producing a beautiful wavy "quilted" look, often similar to ripples on water. This type of distortion is referred to as "figure" in the wood, and is not a distortion of the grain pattern itself as is commonly thought.
Quiltface Quiltface (a fictional character from the movie Carnage: The Legend Of Quiltface) lives in the desert, where few brave souls venture. He uses a machete to kill his victims, and after he kills them, he loves to jump around with his arms flailing in the air.
Quilting Quilting is a method of sewing where a needle (usually with a very small eye) and a specially made strong thread is used to sew through all three layers of the quilt: the top, the batting and the backing. A running or straight stitch is used.
Quilty Nunataks Quilty Nunataks () is a group of nunataks which extend over 8 miles (13 km), located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Thomas Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, led by Ronne, they were named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Patrick Quilty, geologist with the University of Wisconsin survey party to this area, 1965-66.
Quim MonzĂł Quim MonzĂł (born March 24, 1952 in Barcelona), is a contemporary Catalan writer of short stories and discursive prose. He lives in Barcelona and publishes regularly in El PeriĂłdico, La Vanguardia, and other Spanish newspapers.
Quimby the Mouse Quimby the Mouse was created by Chris Ware while he attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1990-1991 (some of the strip was written from 1992-1993) The strip originally appeared in the student paper, The Daily Texan.
Quimper Peninsula The Quimper Peninsula is a narrow peninsula forming the most northeastern extent of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in the northwestern United States of America. It was named after the Peruvian-born Spanish explorer Manuel Quimper who charted the north and south coasts of the Strait of Juan de Fuca during the summer of 1790.
Quin Snyder Quin Snyder (born October 30 1966 in Mercer Island, Washington, United States) is the former head men's basketball coach of the University of Missouri. He is also a former assistant coach at his alma mater of Duke University.
Quina Mousterian * The Middle Palaeolithic or the "Age of the Neanderthals", is characterised by the occurrence of several Middle Palaeolithic cultures. One of the "lithic" or "stone" cultures is called "Quina Mousterian"
Quinag The mountain Quinag (808Â m) in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands is in fact a mountain range with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milking pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.
Quinault (tribe) The Quinault are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington state in the United States. The Quinault Indian Reservation is located on the Pacific coast of Washington, primarily in northwestern Grays Harbor County, with small parts extending north into southwestern Jefferson County.
Quinault Pass Quinault Pass () is a snow pass trending north-south between Lully Foothills and LeMay Range in central Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D.
Quinbolone Quinbolone (Anabolicum Vister) is an anabolic steroid with weak androgenic effects. It was developed by Parke Davis in an attempt to create a viable orally-administered anabolic steroid with little or no liver toxicity.
Quince The Quince Cydonia oblonga is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region. It is a small deciduous tree, growing 5-8 m tall and 4-6 m wide, related to apples and pears, and like them has a pome fruit, which is bright golden yellow when mature, pear-shaped, 7-12 cm long and 6-9 cm broad.
Quince Orchard High School Quince Orchard High School is a secondary school located on Quince Orchard Road near Gaithersburg in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Quince Orchard’s incoming freshmen come from Kingsview, Lakelands Park and Ridgeview Middle Schools.
Quinceañera The Quinceañera or Quince Años (sometimes represented XV Años, meaning "fifteen years") is, in some Spanish-speaking regions of the Americas, a young woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a unique and different way from her other birthdays. In some countries, such as Puerto Rico or Peru, the word Quinceañero is used instead of Quinceañera when referring to the celebration.
Quinceañera (TV series) Quinceañera is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcasted on Televisa in 1987. It was the first in a starring role for Adela Noriega and ThalĂa, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche.
Quincunx (coin) The quincunx was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic. The word quincunx comes from Latin "quinque" which means "five" and "uncia" which means "one twelfth", because the coin was valued at five-twelfths of an as (a libra or 5 unciae).
Quincy (Bleach) The are a fictional sect of exorcists in the manga and anime series Bleach. Originally a mixture of survivors of hollow attacks and those who'd lost loved ones to hollows, the Quincy developed a variety of supernatural powers to hunt and kill hollows before they attacked humans (and to destroy those who already had), including the ability to control spiritual energy.
Quincy Carter Lavonya Quintelle "Quincy" Carter (born October 13, 1977) was an NFL quarterback who played for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets in the NFL. After retiring from the NFL following a brief career marred by allegations of drug use, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL on April 4, 2006, only to be released one month later.
Quincy Center (MBTA station) Quincy Center is a station on the Red Line subway at 1300 Hancock Street and Washington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Its other facilities include nearby stops on the MBTA commuter rail Plymouth/Kingston Line and Middleborough/Lakeville Line, and bus connections at street level.
Quincy College Quincy College is a community college located in Quincy, Massachusetts, with a second campus located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The college is a neighbor of Quincy High School and is well known for its low-cost program.
Quincy House Quincy House is one of the twelve upperclass residential houses of Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. Quincy House was named after Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845.
Quincy Market Quincy Market is a historic building in a shopping center called Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed 1824–1826 and named in honor of Mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt.
Quincy Mine The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s.
Quincy Mosque Quincy Mosque, founded 1963, is situated in Quincy, Massachusetts in the Quincy Point neighborhood; it consists of half of the Islamic Center of New England; the other is a sister mosque in Sharon. The mosque has a membership of over two thousand.
Quincy Point Quincy Point is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, generally defined as the land southeast of Quincy Center, the downtown district. It is considered bordered on the west by Elm Street, on the east by Weymouth Fore River, on the north by Town River and on the south by Quincy Avenue.
Quincy Tan Quincy Tan Jin Hong Simplified Chinese: é™ä»ä¸°, Traditional Chinese: 陳ä»č±, Pinyin: ChĂ©n RĂ©nFÄ“ng); born Jan 10, 1982, is a popular Malaysian singer-songwriter who won Best New Comers in 8th Asia New-Singer Singing Competition in Shanghai, China Year 2005. In March 2006, he released his 1st debut EP named Quincy é™ä»ä¸° EP2006.
Quincy Troupe Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr., born July 22, 1939, in St Louis , Missouri, is a poet, editor (recently the Styx River Magazine), journalist, and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California.
Quincy-Hannibal Micropolitan Area The Quincy-Hannibal Micropolitan Area is an unofficial micropolitan area that combines both the cities of Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri and the surrounding counties of Adams County, Illinois, Lewis County, Missouri, and Marion County, Missouri. The mistake of them being conjoined with each other comes from the media's perseption.
Quindar tones Quindar Tones, most often referred to as the "beeps" that were heard during the Apollo Moon missions, were a means by which remote transmitters on Earth were turned on and off so that the Capsule communicator (CapCom) could communicate with the crews of the spacecraft. It was a means of in-band signaling to simulate the action of the Push to Talk (PTT) button that is commonly found on walkie-talkies.
QuindĂo River QuindĂo River (Spanish: RĂo QuindĂo) is the principal river of the department of QuindĂo, Colombia. It combines with the Barragán River at the Valle de Maravelez to form La Vieja River, in turn a tributary of the Cauca River.
Quindecemviri sacris faciundis The quindecemviri sacris faciundis were the fifteen members of a college for less clearly defined religious duties. Most notably they guarded the Sibylline Books and it was for them to consult these scriptures and interpret them when requested to do so by the Senate.
Quindim Quindim is a popular Brazilian baked dessert, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut. It is a custard and usually presented as an upturned cup with a glistening surface and intensely yellow color.
Quine (computing) In computing, a quine is a program (a form of metaprogram) that produces its complete source code as its only output. For amusement, programmers sometimes attempt to develop the shortest possible quine in any given programming language.
Quine–McCluskey algorithm The Quine–McCluskey algorithm is a method used for minimization of boolean functions. It is functionally identical to Karnaugh mapping, but the tabular form makes it more efficient for use in computer algorithms, and it also gives a deterministic way to check that the minimal form of a Boolean function has been reached.
Quinic acid Quinic acid, C7H12O6 is a crystalline acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans, and other plant products and made synthetically by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid. Quinic acid is also implicated in the perceived acidity of coffee.
Quinisext Council This particular council of Constantinople, held in 692 under Justinian II, is often known as the Council in Trullo, because it was held in the same domed hall where the Sixth General Council had met. Both the Fifth and the Sixth General Councils had omitted to draw up disciplinary canons, and as this council was intended to complete both in this respect, it took the name of Quinisext (Latin:Concilium Quinisextum, Koine Greek:Penthekte Synodos), i.
Quinn (computer game) Quinn is a freeware implementation of Tetris for Mac OS X. Its features includes a full Aqua interface, multiple configurable options, network play with Bonjour support , an online server list, and an online highscore list (as of version 3.
Quinn Buckner William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner (born August 20 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois) is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft.
Quinn Canyon Range The Quinn Canyon Range is a remote group of mountains in northeastern Nye County, in central Nevada in the western United States. It is closely associated with the Grant Range, which meets it at Cherry Creek Summit (7596 feet, 2315 m).
Quinn Canyon Wilderness The Quinn Canyon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Quinn Canyon Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 27,000 acres (109 km²), and is administered by the Humboldt National Forest.
Quinn Culkin Quinn Culkin, actress and sister of Macaulay Culkin, was born on November 8, 1984. She has been featured in the film The Good Son and the television series Wish Kid, both of which featured her brother Macaulay in lead roles.
Quinn Direct British Masters The Quinn Direct British Masters is a European Tour golf tournament. It was traditionally played in the spring but in 2007 it is moving to September to avoid a clash with The Players Championship, which has been moved to May.
Quinn Early Quinn Remar Early (born April 13, 1965 in West Hempstead, New York), is an American former professional football player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 188 lbs.
Quinn Fawcett Quinn Fawcett is the penname of a pair of authors, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett, who also write separately. Among their collaborations are a series of mysteries featuring Victoire Vernet, fictional wife of one of Napoleon's generals, and a series featuring Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft.
Quinn Gully Quinn Gully () is a mainly ice-free gully, descending between MacDonald Hills and Hjorth Hill to Explorers Cove, New Harbor, at the lower end of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Thomas Quinn, Supervisor of Continental Air Operations, Antarctic Support Associates.
Quinn School of Business Quinn School of Business (An Scoil GhnĂł UCD) is one of two Schools of Business at University College Dublin (the other is the Michael Smurfit School of Business). UCD Quinn School of Business is one of only 20 universities worldwide with the Triple Crown of Accreditation (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA) and the only school in Ireland with all three awards.
Quinn Sypniewski Quinn Sypniewski (born April 14, 1982 in Granger, IA) is an American football Tight End for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 5th round (166th overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Quinn's Uncles Quinn's Uncles is a rock band that began years ago in Dearborn, Michigan, when lead guitarist Tim Meade started taking guitar lessons and his younger brother, Jim would sing along. In 2001, the band took it's current shape in Chicago, but has since moved to the Los Angeles area to become famous or at least get a good tan.
Quinnipiac Meadows Quinnipiac Meadows is a neighborhood in the northeast corner of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located east of the Quinnipiac River and north of Fair Haven and Fair Haven Heights. It contains a considerable wetlands area which is a nature preserve.
Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac University is a private four-year university in Hamden, Connecticut, located on about 500 acres (2 km²), just north of New Haven. The campus is scenically situated at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park.
Quino JoaquĂn Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino, is an Argentine cartoonist born on July 17, 1932 in Mendoza. His comic strip Mafalda (which ran from 1964 to 1973) is very popular in Latin America and many parts of Europe.
Quinoa oil Quinoa oil is extracted from germ of the Chenopodium quinoa, an Andean cereal. Quinoa itself has attracted considerable interest as a source of protein, but the oil derived from quinoa is of interest in its own right.
Quinonoid zwitterion A Quinonoid zwitterion is a special type of zwitterion based on quinone related chemical compounds. The benzene derivate 1,3-dihydroxy-4,6-diaminobenzene is easily oxidized by air in water or methanol to the quinonoid.
Quinotaur The Quinotaur is a mythical sea creature, part bull and part fish (sea-bull), that is able to change its form while swimming. It is said to have sired the line of Merovingian kings, as related in the 7th century Frankish Chronicle of Fredegar.
Quinpool district The Quinpool district usually refers to the commercial section of Quinpool Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as a few streets to the north and south of it. A fairly eclectic variety of local businesses populate the street, including many popular Chinese and Greek restaurants.
Quinquatria In Ancient Roman religious tradition, the Quinquatria or Quinquatrus was a festival sacred to Minerva, celebrated on the 19 March. It was so called according to Varro,de Ling. Lat. vi.14 because it was held on the fifth day after the Ides, in the same way as the Tusculans called a festival on the sixth day after the Ides Sexatrus or one on the seventh Septimatrus. Festus (s.v.) also states that the Faliscans too called a festival on the tenth day after the Ides Decimatrus.
Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina In the Roman Catholic Church, a quinquennial visit ad limina or more properly, quinquennial visit ad limina apostolorum or simply an ad limina visit means the obligation of residential diocesan bishops and certain prelates with territorial jurisdiction (such as territorial abbots), of visiting the thresholds of the [tombs of the] Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, and of meeting the Pope to report on the state of their dioceses or prelatures. In 1585 Pope Sixtus V issued the Constitution Romanus Pontifex, which set forth the norm for visits ad limina.
Quinquereme A quinquireme is a warship propelled by oars, developed from the earlier trireme. It was used by the Greeks of the Hellenistic period and later by the Carthaginians and Romans, from the 4th century BC to the 1st century.
Quinsigamond Community College Quinsigamond Community College (colloq: QCC, Quinsig) is a public, two-year academic institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Primarily a commuter school, the college currently has an enrollment of 7,000 students in its Associate's degree and its certification programs.
Quint (fire apparatus) A quint, or quintuple combination pumper, is a fire service apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. The name quint is derived from the Latin prefix quinque-, meaning five, and refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders.
Quinta del Buitre La Quinta del Buitre was the name given to the generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. The name ("Vulture's Cohort") was derived from the nickname given to its most charismatic member Emilio Butragueño.
Quinta Do Lago Quinta Do Lago is a tourism geared town twenty minutes west of Faro airport in Portugal's Algarve region. The town is especially popular with well-off British and Irish holiday makers and indeed these two groups own the majority of the property.
Quintana Island Quintana Island () is a small isolated island, lying 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Betbeder Islands in the southwest part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was first charted as a group of islands by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Manuel Quintana, then President of Argentina.
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo [kiĹ‹ËtĚŞana ro] is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the states of Yucatán and Campeche to the north and west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the nation of Belize to the south.
Quinten Hann Quinten Hann (born June 4, 1977) is a former Australian professional snooker player who now plays professional pool. Prior to his eight-year banBBC: "Guilty Hann given eight-year ban", article on Hann's match-fixing and subsequent eight-year ban.
Quinten Lynch Quinten Lynch (born January 23, 1983) is a West Coast Eagles Australian rules footballer sometimes known as "The Big Unit" (TBU) or "The Big Q" because of his solidly built frame of 104kg. He was recruited from the WAFL club West Perth and made his debut in 2002, playing 11 games that season.
Quintencia: Pirates of the Montaleo Isles Quintencia is a novel (ISBN 0-9735825-0-2) by author Franky Morriello published in paperback edition by Ikon Publishing in Winter 2005. It tells of a boy, Marc Findlay, whose mother was lost out at sea when he was very young, and has been raised by his father for the past 12 years.
Quintero (cigar brand) Quintero is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced from Nicaraguan and Honduran tobacco for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA.
Quiff The Quiff is a hairstyle that combines the 50's pompadour hairstyle, the 50's flattop, and sometimes a mohawk. The hairstyle was a staple in the British 'Teddy Boy' movement, but became popular again in Europe in the early 1980's with early psychobilly acts including The Meteors, Demented Are Go, and others.
Quiffin In children's literature, the Quiffin is an mythic animal that resembles a white llama or a long-necked unicorn without a horn. Quiffins graze in the forests of Scandinavian countries, particularly forests near the Oresund separating Sweden from Denmark.
Quiggins Quiggins was a collection of some forty small 'alternative' stores in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The original Quiggins centre was set up as an antique trading business, but parts of the building were rented out to other antique traders.
Quigley's Point Quigley's Point (Rinn UĂ Choigligh in Irish) is located on the eastern shores of Inishowen and overlooks the wide expanse of Lough Foyle. To the south is the historic city of Derry and to the north lie the villages of Moville and Greencastle.
Quigley's Village Quigley's Village is a long-running (1987 to 1999) collection of Christian children's videos designed to teach children "sound Biblical values" in a fun and exciting way. A combination of live action and puppets, it is very similar in style to Sesame Street but with a biblically-based rather than humanistic approach to communicating values.
Quiche-eater The term quiche-eater, meaning a man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue, is derived from the bestselling tongue-in-cheek book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982.
Quik (boot loader) quik is a boot loader designed to start Linux on Apple Macintosh PowerPC systems based on the Old World ROM architecture. It was originally written by Paul Mackerras, and portions of its code were reused in all other Linux bootloaders for PowerPC, including the one known as BootX (not to be confused with the MacOS X boot loader of the same name), which is dependent on the MacOS.
QuikClot QuikClot or Hemosorb is manufactured by the Z-Medica Corporation is a granular product that can be poured directly on wounds to stop bleeding. It is a Zeolite-based oxygen generation systems that is widely used to produce medical grade oxygen The zeolite is used as a molecular sieve which extracts oxygen from air, in a process involving adsorption of atmospheric nitrogen.
Quikkit Quikkit is a manufacturer of kitplanes located in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1992 by Tom Scott to market the Glass Goose amphibious aircraft, a substantially revised version of the Aero Composites Sea Hawker design that Scott purchased the rights to after the previous manufacturer ceased business.
Quikscript Quikscript (also known as the Read Alphabet) is an alternate alphabet for the English language, designed to be phonetically regular, compact, and comfortably and quickly written. There are also adapted Quikscript alphabets for other languages, using the same letters for sounds which do not exist in English.
QuikSCAT The QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) is an earth-observing satellite that provides wind speed and direction information over oceans to NOAA.It is a "quick recovery" mission to fill the gap created by the loss of data from the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) that was lost in June 1997.
QuilapayĂşn QuilapayĂşn (Pronounced: kih-lah-pah-YUHN) are an instrumental and vocal folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential exponents of the Nueva CanciĂłn Chilena (New Song) movement. Formed in Chile during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the country under the Popular Unity Government of Salvador Allende.
Quilicura, Chile Quilicura is a municipality and comuna of Chile located on the northwest of the province of Santiago, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was originally on the outskirts of the city of Santiago, but as urban sprawl has set in it is now quickly urbanizing from what was recently prime agricultural land.
Quill A quill pen (not to be confused with the type pf penguin) is made from a flight feather (preferably a primary) of a large bird, most often a goose. Quills were used as instruments for writing with ink before the metal dip pen, the fountain pen, and eventually the ball point pen came into use.
Quill & Quire Quill & Quire, a Canadian magazine about the book and publishing industry, was launched in 1935 and has an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, but its publisher claims a readership of 25,000 (or 3.8 readers per copy of the magazine).
Quill (band) Quill was a popular Northeast USA band that played extensively throughout New England and New York in the late 1960s and that gained national attention by performing at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. The band was originally founded by two singer/songwriters and brothers from the Boston area, Jon and Dan Cole.
Quill (film) Quill (クイăĽă«, kuÄ«ru) is a Japanese film structured like a documentary of a guide dog, first released in Japan on 13 March 2004 and on DVD on 25 September 2004. It was also released for the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 17 September 2004.
Quill (surname) Quill or Quille is an anglicised version of the Irish surname Coll, Coill, and O'Coill (Ă“ Coill), all of which mean wood, forest or shrub. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly Kerry and Cork.
Quill and Scroll Quill and Scroll is an international high school journalism honor society that recognizes and encourages both individual and group achievements in scholastic journalism. According to the Quill and Scroll website, over 14,104 high schools in all 50 U.
Quill Awards The Quill Awards are a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy." The first award ceremony was broadcast on NBC] on October 11, 2005; it is planned to be an annual award.
Quill drive A quill drive is a mechanism that allows a driven shaft to shift its position (either axially, radially, or both) relative to its driving shaft. It consists of a hollow driving shaft (the quill) with a driven shaft inside it.
Quilliard A quilliard is a fictitious large number represented by a whole page full of naughts with a one at the beginning, as mentioned in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Naughts are also known as zeros and ciphers.
Quillota, Chile The city of Quillota is located in the Aconcagua River valley, in the ValparaĂso Region of Chile. It is the largest city of the valley with many habitants living in the surrounding farmland areas of San Isidro, La Palma, Pocochay, and San Pedro.
Quilmes (tribe) The Quilmes people were an indigenous tribe of the Diaguita group settled in the western subandean valleys of today's Tucumán province, in northwestern Argentina.) They fiercely resisted the Inca invasions of the 15th century, and kept resisting also against the Spaniards for 130 years, until being defeated in 1667.
Quilmesaurus Quilmesaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Patagonian Upper Cretaceous, a time when South American theropod assemblages were dominated by abelisaurids and carcharodontosaurs. However, the morphology of Quilmesaurus suggests it may have been a tetanuran.
Quilombo A quilombo (from the Kimbundu word kilombo) is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by Quilombolas, or Maroons and, sometimes, a minority of marginalised Portuguese, Brazilian aboriginals, and/or other non-black, non-slave Brazilians. Some of these settlements were near Portuguese settlements and active both in defending against capitĂŁes do mato commissioned to recapture slaves and in facilitating the escape of even more slaves.
Quilpie, Queensland Quilpie is a town and Local Government Area (Quilpie Shire) situated in western Queensland, Australia. Situated on the banks of the Bulloo River and on the Diamantina Developmental Road, it is 208 kilometres west of Charleville, and 980 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane.
QuilpuĂ©, Chile QuilpuĂ© is called by the locals "Ciudad del Sol" (Sunny City) because compared to ValparaĂso (only 30 minutes away) it has a lot more sunny days. It has excellent train, highway and road connections to Viña del Mar and ValparaĂso.
Quilt A quilt is a type of bedding— a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of batting, and a layer of fabric for backing, generally combined using the technique of quilting. Another technique for securing the quilt layers is tying.
Quilt maple Quilt or quilted maple is a type of maple in which the growth of the wood fibers is distorted, producing a beautiful wavy "quilted" look, often similar to ripples on water. This type of distortion is referred to as "figure" in the wood, and is not a distortion of the grain pattern itself as is commonly thought.
Quiltface Quiltface (a fictional character from the movie Carnage: The Legend Of Quiltface) lives in the desert, where few brave souls venture. He uses a machete to kill his victims, and after he kills them, he loves to jump around with his arms flailing in the air.
Quilting Quilting is a method of sewing where a needle (usually with a very small eye) and a specially made strong thread is used to sew through all three layers of the quilt: the top, the batting and the backing. A running or straight stitch is used.
Quilty Nunataks Quilty Nunataks () is a group of nunataks which extend over 8 miles (13 km), located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Thomas Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, led by Ronne, they were named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Patrick Quilty, geologist with the University of Wisconsin survey party to this area, 1965-66.
Quim MonzĂł Quim MonzĂł (born March 24, 1952 in Barcelona), is a contemporary Catalan writer of short stories and discursive prose. He lives in Barcelona and publishes regularly in El PeriĂłdico, La Vanguardia, and other Spanish newspapers.
Quimby the Mouse Quimby the Mouse was created by Chris Ware while he attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1990-1991 (some of the strip was written from 1992-1993) The strip originally appeared in the student paper, The Daily Texan.
Quimper Peninsula The Quimper Peninsula is a narrow peninsula forming the most northeastern extent of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in the northwestern United States of America. It was named after the Peruvian-born Spanish explorer Manuel Quimper who charted the north and south coasts of the Strait of Juan de Fuca during the summer of 1790.
Quin Snyder Quin Snyder (born October 30 1966 in Mercer Island, Washington, United States) is the former head men's basketball coach of the University of Missouri. He is also a former assistant coach at his alma mater of Duke University.
Quina Mousterian * The Middle Palaeolithic or the "Age of the Neanderthals", is characterised by the occurrence of several Middle Palaeolithic cultures. One of the "lithic" or "stone" cultures is called "Quina Mousterian"
Quinag The mountain Quinag (808Â m) in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands is in fact a mountain range with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milking pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.
Quinault (tribe) The Quinault are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington state in the United States. The Quinault Indian Reservation is located on the Pacific coast of Washington, primarily in northwestern Grays Harbor County, with small parts extending north into southwestern Jefferson County.
Quinault Pass Quinault Pass () is a snow pass trending north-south between Lully Foothills and LeMay Range in central Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D.
Quinbolone Quinbolone (Anabolicum Vister) is an anabolic steroid with weak androgenic effects. It was developed by Parke Davis in an attempt to create a viable orally-administered anabolic steroid with little or no liver toxicity.
Quince The Quince Cydonia oblonga is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region. It is a small deciduous tree, growing 5-8 m tall and 4-6 m wide, related to apples and pears, and like them has a pome fruit, which is bright golden yellow when mature, pear-shaped, 7-12 cm long and 6-9 cm broad.
Quince Orchard High School Quince Orchard High School is a secondary school located on Quince Orchard Road near Gaithersburg in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Quince Orchard’s incoming freshmen come from Kingsview, Lakelands Park and Ridgeview Middle Schools.
Quinceañera The Quinceañera or Quince Años (sometimes represented XV Años, meaning "fifteen years") is, in some Spanish-speaking regions of the Americas, a young woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a unique and different way from her other birthdays. In some countries, such as Puerto Rico or Peru, the word Quinceañero is used instead of Quinceañera when referring to the celebration.
Quinceañera (TV series) Quinceañera is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcasted on Televisa in 1987. It was the first in a starring role for Adela Noriega and ThalĂa, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche.
Quincunx (coin) The quincunx was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic. The word quincunx comes from Latin "quinque" which means "five" and "uncia" which means "one twelfth", because the coin was valued at five-twelfths of an as (a libra or 5 unciae).
Quincy (Bleach) The are a fictional sect of exorcists in the manga and anime series Bleach. Originally a mixture of survivors of hollow attacks and those who'd lost loved ones to hollows, the Quincy developed a variety of supernatural powers to hunt and kill hollows before they attacked humans (and to destroy those who already had), including the ability to control spiritual energy.
Quincy Carter Lavonya Quintelle "Quincy" Carter (born October 13, 1977) was an NFL quarterback who played for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets in the NFL. After retiring from the NFL following a brief career marred by allegations of drug use, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL on April 4, 2006, only to be released one month later.
Quincy Center (MBTA station) Quincy Center is a station on the Red Line subway at 1300 Hancock Street and Washington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Its other facilities include nearby stops on the MBTA commuter rail Plymouth/Kingston Line and Middleborough/Lakeville Line, and bus connections at street level.
Quincy College Quincy College is a community college located in Quincy, Massachusetts, with a second campus located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The college is a neighbor of Quincy High School and is well known for its low-cost program.
Quincy House Quincy House is one of the twelve upperclass residential houses of Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. Quincy House was named after Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845.
Quincy Market Quincy Market is a historic building in a shopping center called Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed 1824–1826 and named in honor of Mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt.
Quincy Mine The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s.
Quincy Mosque Quincy Mosque, founded 1963, is situated in Quincy, Massachusetts in the Quincy Point neighborhood; it consists of half of the Islamic Center of New England; the other is a sister mosque in Sharon. The mosque has a membership of over two thousand.
Quincy Point Quincy Point is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, generally defined as the land southeast of Quincy Center, the downtown district. It is considered bordered on the west by Elm Street, on the east by Weymouth Fore River, on the north by Town River and on the south by Quincy Avenue.
Quincy Tan Quincy Tan Jin Hong Simplified Chinese: é™ä»ä¸°, Traditional Chinese: 陳ä»č±, Pinyin: ChĂ©n RĂ©nFÄ“ng); born Jan 10, 1982, is a popular Malaysian singer-songwriter who won Best New Comers in 8th Asia New-Singer Singing Competition in Shanghai, China Year 2005. In March 2006, he released his 1st debut EP named Quincy é™ä»ä¸° EP2006.
Quincy Troupe Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr., born July 22, 1939, in St Louis , Missouri, is a poet, editor (recently the Styx River Magazine), journalist, and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California.
Quincy-Hannibal Micropolitan Area The Quincy-Hannibal Micropolitan Area is an unofficial micropolitan area that combines both the cities of Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri and the surrounding counties of Adams County, Illinois, Lewis County, Missouri, and Marion County, Missouri. The mistake of them being conjoined with each other comes from the media's perseption.
Quindar tones Quindar Tones, most often referred to as the "beeps" that were heard during the Apollo Moon missions, were a means by which remote transmitters on Earth were turned on and off so that the Capsule communicator (CapCom) could communicate with the crews of the spacecraft. It was a means of in-band signaling to simulate the action of the Push to Talk (PTT) button that is commonly found on walkie-talkies.
QuindĂo River QuindĂo River (Spanish: RĂo QuindĂo) is the principal river of the department of QuindĂo, Colombia. It combines with the Barragán River at the Valle de Maravelez to form La Vieja River, in turn a tributary of the Cauca River.
Quindecemviri sacris faciundis The quindecemviri sacris faciundis were the fifteen members of a college for less clearly defined religious duties. Most notably they guarded the Sibylline Books and it was for them to consult these scriptures and interpret them when requested to do so by the Senate.
Quindim Quindim is a popular Brazilian baked dessert, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut. It is a custard and usually presented as an upturned cup with a glistening surface and intensely yellow color.
Quine (computing) In computing, a quine is a program (a form of metaprogram) that produces its complete source code as its only output. For amusement, programmers sometimes attempt to develop the shortest possible quine in any given programming language.
Quine–McCluskey algorithm The Quine–McCluskey algorithm is a method used for minimization of boolean functions. It is functionally identical to Karnaugh mapping, but the tabular form makes it more efficient for use in computer algorithms, and it also gives a deterministic way to check that the minimal form of a Boolean function has been reached.
Quinic acid Quinic acid, C7H12O6 is a crystalline acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans, and other plant products and made synthetically by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid. Quinic acid is also implicated in the perceived acidity of coffee.
Quinisext Council This particular council of Constantinople, held in 692 under Justinian II, is often known as the Council in Trullo, because it was held in the same domed hall where the Sixth General Council had met. Both the Fifth and the Sixth General Councils had omitted to draw up disciplinary canons, and as this council was intended to complete both in this respect, it took the name of Quinisext (Latin:Concilium Quinisextum, Koine Greek:Penthekte Synodos), i.
Quinn (computer game) Quinn is a freeware implementation of Tetris for Mac OS X. Its features includes a full Aqua interface, multiple configurable options, network play with Bonjour support , an online server list, and an online highscore list (as of version 3.
Quinn Buckner William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner (born August 20 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois) is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft.
Quinn Canyon Range The Quinn Canyon Range is a remote group of mountains in northeastern Nye County, in central Nevada in the western United States. It is closely associated with the Grant Range, which meets it at Cherry Creek Summit (7596 feet, 2315 m).
Quinn Canyon Wilderness The Quinn Canyon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Quinn Canyon Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 27,000 acres (109 km²), and is administered by the Humboldt National Forest.
Quinn Culkin Quinn Culkin, actress and sister of Macaulay Culkin, was born on November 8, 1984. She has been featured in the film The Good Son and the television series Wish Kid, both of which featured her brother Macaulay in lead roles.
Quinn Direct British Masters The Quinn Direct British Masters is a European Tour golf tournament. It was traditionally played in the spring but in 2007 it is moving to September to avoid a clash with The Players Championship, which has been moved to May.
Quinn Early Quinn Remar Early (born April 13, 1965 in West Hempstead, New York), is an American former professional football player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 188 lbs.
Quinn Fawcett Quinn Fawcett is the penname of a pair of authors, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett, who also write separately. Among their collaborations are a series of mysteries featuring Victoire Vernet, fictional wife of one of Napoleon's generals, and a series featuring Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft.
Quinn Gully Quinn Gully () is a mainly ice-free gully, descending between MacDonald Hills and Hjorth Hill to Explorers Cove, New Harbor, at the lower end of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Thomas Quinn, Supervisor of Continental Air Operations, Antarctic Support Associates.
Quinn School of Business Quinn School of Business (An Scoil GhnĂł UCD) is one of two Schools of Business at University College Dublin (the other is the Michael Smurfit School of Business). UCD Quinn School of Business is one of only 20 universities worldwide with the Triple Crown of Accreditation (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA) and the only school in Ireland with all three awards.
Quinn Sypniewski Quinn Sypniewski (born April 14, 1982 in Granger, IA) is an American football Tight End for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 5th round (166th overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Quinn's Uncles Quinn's Uncles is a rock band that began years ago in Dearborn, Michigan, when lead guitarist Tim Meade started taking guitar lessons and his younger brother, Jim would sing along. In 2001, the band took it's current shape in Chicago, but has since moved to the Los Angeles area to become famous or at least get a good tan.
Quinnipiac Meadows Quinnipiac Meadows is a neighborhood in the northeast corner of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located east of the Quinnipiac River and north of Fair Haven and Fair Haven Heights. It contains a considerable wetlands area which is a nature preserve.
Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac University is a private four-year university in Hamden, Connecticut, located on about 500 acres (2 km²), just north of New Haven. The campus is scenically situated at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park.
Quino JoaquĂn Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino, is an Argentine cartoonist born on July 17, 1932 in Mendoza. His comic strip Mafalda (which ran from 1964 to 1973) is very popular in Latin America and many parts of Europe.
Quinoa oil Quinoa oil is extracted from germ of the Chenopodium quinoa, an Andean cereal. Quinoa itself has attracted considerable interest as a source of protein, but the oil derived from quinoa is of interest in its own right.
Quinonoid zwitterion A Quinonoid zwitterion is a special type of zwitterion based on quinone related chemical compounds. The benzene derivate 1,3-dihydroxy-4,6-diaminobenzene is easily oxidized by air in water or methanol to the quinonoid.
Quinotaur The Quinotaur is a mythical sea creature, part bull and part fish (sea-bull), that is able to change its form while swimming. It is said to have sired the line of Merovingian kings, as related in the 7th century Frankish Chronicle of Fredegar.
Quinpool district The Quinpool district usually refers to the commercial section of Quinpool Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as a few streets to the north and south of it. A fairly eclectic variety of local businesses populate the street, including many popular Chinese and Greek restaurants.
Quinquatria In Ancient Roman religious tradition, the Quinquatria or Quinquatrus was a festival sacred to Minerva, celebrated on the 19 March. It was so called according to Varro,de Ling. Lat. vi.14 because it was held on the fifth day after the Ides, in the same way as the Tusculans called a festival on the sixth day after the Ides Sexatrus or one on the seventh Septimatrus. Festus (s.v.) also states that the Faliscans too called a festival on the tenth day after the Ides Decimatrus.
Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina In the Roman Catholic Church, a quinquennial visit ad limina or more properly, quinquennial visit ad limina apostolorum or simply an ad limina visit means the obligation of residential diocesan bishops and certain prelates with territorial jurisdiction (such as territorial abbots), of visiting the thresholds of the [tombs of the] Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, and of meeting the Pope to report on the state of their dioceses or prelatures. In 1585 Pope Sixtus V issued the Constitution Romanus Pontifex, which set forth the norm for visits ad limina.
Quinquereme A quinquireme is a warship propelled by oars, developed from the earlier trireme. It was used by the Greeks of the Hellenistic period and later by the Carthaginians and Romans, from the 4th century BC to the 1st century.
Quinsigamond Community College Quinsigamond Community College (colloq: QCC, Quinsig) is a public, two-year academic institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Primarily a commuter school, the college currently has an enrollment of 7,000 students in its Associate's degree and its certification programs.
Quint (fire apparatus) A quint, or quintuple combination pumper, is a fire service apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. The name quint is derived from the Latin prefix quinque-, meaning five, and refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders.
Quinta del Buitre La Quinta del Buitre was the name given to the generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. The name ("Vulture's Cohort") was derived from the nickname given to its most charismatic member Emilio Butragueño.
Quinta Do Lago Quinta Do Lago is a tourism geared town twenty minutes west of Faro airport in Portugal's Algarve region. The town is especially popular with well-off British and Irish holiday makers and indeed these two groups own the majority of the property.
Quintana Island Quintana Island () is a small isolated island, lying 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Betbeder Islands in the southwest part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was first charted as a group of islands by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Manuel Quintana, then President of Argentina.
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo [kiĹ‹ËtĚŞana ro] is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the states of Yucatán and Campeche to the north and west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the nation of Belize to the south.
Quinten Hann Quinten Hann (born June 4, 1977) is a former Australian professional snooker player who now plays professional pool. Prior to his eight-year banBBC: "Guilty Hann given eight-year ban", article on Hann's match-fixing and subsequent eight-year ban.
Quinten Lynch Quinten Lynch (born January 23, 1983) is a West Coast Eagles Australian rules footballer sometimes known as "The Big Unit" (TBU) or "The Big Q" because of his solidly built frame of 104kg. He was recruited from the WAFL club West Perth and made his debut in 2002, playing 11 games that season.
Quintencia: Pirates of the Montaleo Isles Quintencia is a novel (ISBN 0-9735825-0-2) by author Franky Morriello published in paperback edition by Ikon Publishing in Winter 2005. It tells of a boy, Marc Findlay, whose mother was lost out at sea when he was very young, and has been raised by his father for the past 12 years.
Quintero (cigar brand) Quintero is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced from Nicaraguan and Honduran tobacco for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA.
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