qualnish.html - See: HAVE (NO) QUALMS ABOUT.

qualnish.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of qualifying.
2 an accomplishment fitting a person for a position or purpose.
3 a a circumstance, condition, etc., that modifies or limits (the statement had many qualifications). b a thing that detracts from completeness or absoluteness (their relief had one qualification).
4 a condition that must be fulfilled before a right can be acquired etc.
5 an attribution of a quality (the qualification of our policy as opportunist is unfair).

qualificatory adj. [F qualification or med.L qualificatio (as QUALIFY)]

qualnish.html - v.
(-ies, -ied)
1 tr. make competent or fit for a position or purpose.
2 tr. make legally entitled.
3 intr. (foll. by for) (of a person) satisfy the conditions or requirements (for a position, award, competition, etc.).
4 tr. add reservations to; modify or make less absolute (a statement or assertion).
5 tr. Gram. (of a word, esp. an adjective) attribute a quality to another word, esp. a noun.
6 tr. moderate, mitigate; make less severe or extreme.
7 tr. alter the strength or flavour of.
8 tr. (foll. by as) attribute a specified quality to, describe as (the idea was qualified as absurd).
9 tr. (as qualifying adj.) serving to determine those that qualify (qualifying examination).

qualifiable adj. qualifier n. [F qualifier f. med.L qualificare f. L qualis such as]

qualnish.html - adj.
concerned with or depending on quality (led to a qualitative change in society).

qualitative analysis Chem. detection of the constituents, as elements, functional groups, etc., present in a substance (opp. quantitative analysis).

qualitatively adv. [LL qualitativus (as QUALITY)]

qualnish.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 the degree of excellence of a thing (of good quality; poor in quality).
2 a general excellence (their work has quality). b (attrib.) of high quality ( a quality product).
3 a distinctive attribute or faculty; a characteristic trait.
4 the relative nature or kind or character of a thing (is made in three qualities).
5 the distinctive timbre of a voice or sound.
6 archaic high social standing (people of quality).
7 Logic the property of a proposition's being affirmative or negative.

quality control a system of maintaining standards in manufactured products by testing a sample of the output against the specification. [ME f. OF qualit÷ f. L qualitas -tatis f. qualis of what kind]

qualnish.html - n.
1 a misgiving; an uneasy doubt esp. about one's own conduct.
2 a scruple of conscience.
3 a momentary faint or sick feeling.

qualmish adj. [16th c.: orig. uncert.]