quackery
         n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and
               experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn:
               {quackery}, {empiricism}]
         2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: {charlatanism},
            {quackery}]

English Dictionary: quackery	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Quaker n a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) Synonym(s): Friend, Quaker one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear Synonym(s): quaker, trembler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quasar n a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts Synonym(s): quasar, quasi-stellar radio source
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quicker adv more quickly Synonym(s): quicker, faster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quizzer n someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications Synonym(s): examiner, tester, quizzer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quackery \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. {Quackeries}.       The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false       pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally       manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also {nankin}.]       1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought             from China, made of a species of cotton ({Gossypium             religiosum}) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color             quite indestructible and permanent.          2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.          3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.          {Nankeen bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian night heron             ({Nycticorax Caledonicus}); -- called also {quaker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaker \Quak"er\, n.       1. One who quakes.          2. One of a religious sect founded by George {Fox}, of             Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of             which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers,             originally, in derision. See {Friend}, n., 4.                         Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of                      repentance . . . The trembling among the listening                      crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given                      to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and                      lay struggling as if for life.            --Encyc. Brit.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The nankeen bird.             (b) The sooty albatross.             (c) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus ({Edipoda}; --                   so called from the quaking noise made during flight.          {Quaker buttons}. (Bot.) See {Nux vomica}.          {Quaker gun}, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material;             -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold             to the doctrine, of nonresistance.          {Quaker ladies} (Bot.), a low American biennial plant             ({Houstonia c[91]rulea}), with pretty four-lobed corollas             which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also             called {bluets}, and {little innocents}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally       manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also {nankin}.]       1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought             from China, made of a species of cotton ({Gossypium             religiosum}) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color             quite indestructible and permanent.          2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.          3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.          {Nankeen bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian night heron             ({Nycticorax Caledonicus}); -- called also {quaker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaker \Quak"er\, n.       1. One who quakes.          2. One of a religious sect founded by George {Fox}, of             Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of             which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers,             originally, in derision. See {Friend}, n., 4.                         Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of                      repentance . . . The trembling among the listening                      crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given                      to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and                      lay struggling as if for life.            --Encyc. Brit.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The nankeen bird.             (b) The sooty albatross.             (c) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus ({Edipoda}; --                   so called from the quaking noise made during flight.          {Quaker buttons}. (Bot.) See {Nux vomica}.          {Quaker gun}, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material;             -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold             to the doctrine, of nonresistance.          {Quaker ladies} (Bot.), a low American biennial plant             ({Houstonia c[91]rulea}), with pretty four-lobed corollas             which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also             called {bluets}, and {little innocents}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quakery \Quak"er*y\, n.       Quakerism. [Obs.] --Hallywell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As.       cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik,       OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living,       Goth. qius, Lith. q[ymac]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,       vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[c6]va living, j[c6]v       to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass},       {Whitlow}.]       1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or             {inanimate}.                         Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.                         The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and                      the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.                                                                               iv. 1.                         Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. --                                                                               Herbert.          Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in                some compounds, or in particular phrases.          2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;             agile; brisk; ready. [bd] A quick wit.[b8] --Shak.          3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.                         Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated.                                                                               --Milton.          4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;             unceremonious; as, a quick temper.                         The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and                      signified that he was much offended.   -- Latimer.          5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.                         The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens                      the stomach.                                       -- Shak.          6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick             ear. [bd]To have an open ear, a quick eye.[b8] --Shak.                         They say that women are so quick.      --Tennyson.          7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.          {Quick grass}. (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}.          {Quick match}. See under {Match}.          {Quick vein} (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not             barren.          {Quick vinegar}, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of             alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous             material.          {Quick water}, quicksilver water.          {Quick with child}, pregnant with a living child.          Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;                active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;                sprightly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quizzer \Quiz"zer\, n.       One who quizzes; a quiz.