German to English Dictionary (Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch)

Fountainhead

The original source or starting point of something.

Quartation

The metallurgical process of alloying an impure gold sample with silver in a proportion of three parts silver to one part gold, allowing nitric acid to dissolve the silver and separate the gold.

Quintain

A medieval tilting post consisting of a rotating board on one side and a bag of sand or heavy weight on the other, used as a target for lancers.

Quintroon

A person of mixed race, specifically one with one black grandparent and three white grandparents.

Quodlibet

A whimsical or fanciful composition, especially in music or literature.

Verticil

An arrangement of leaves, flowers, or branches in a ring or whorl around the same point on a stem.