Quindecagon (n.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.
Quindecemvirs (pl. ) of Quindecemvir
Quindecemviri (pl. ) of Quindecemvir
Quindecemvir (n.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
Quindecemvirate (n.) The body or office of the quindecemviri.
Quindecone (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.
Quindecylic (n.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.
Quindem (n.) A fifteenth part.
Quindism (n.) A fifteenth.
Quinhydrone (n.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone.
Quinia (n.) Quinine.
Quinible (n.) An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.
Quinic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
Quinicine (n.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
Quinidine (n.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge.
Quinine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc.
Quininic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.
Quininism (n.) Alt. of Quinism
Quinism (n.) See Cinchonism.
Quinizarin () A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.
Quinizine (n.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.
Quinnat (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.
Quinoa (n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
Quinogen (n.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
Quinoidine (n.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.
Quinoline (n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.
Quinologist (n.) One who is versed in quinology.
Quinology (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.
Quinone (n.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.
Quinovic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark.
Quinovin (n.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova.
Quinoxaline (n.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones.
Quinoxyl (n.) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.
Quinoyl (n.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.
Quinquagesima (a.) Fiftieth.
Quinquangular (a.) Having five angles or corners.
Quinquarticular (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists.
Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed.
Quinqueangled (a.) Having five angles; quinquangular.
Quinquedentate (a.) Alt. of Quinquedentated
Quinquedentated (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf.
Quinquefarious (a.) Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.
Quinquefid (a.) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.
Quinquefoliate (a.) Alt. of Quinquefoliated
Quinquefoliated (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.
Quinque foliolate (a.) Having five leaflets.
Quinqueliteral (a.) Consisting of five letters.
Quinquelobate (a.) Alt. of Quinquelobared
Quinquelobared (a.) Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.
Quinquelobed (a.) Same as Quinquelobate.
Quinquelocular (a.) Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.
Quinquenerved (a.) Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
Quinquennalia (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years.
Quinquennial (a.) Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.
Quinquennium (n.) Space of five years.
Quinquepartite (a.) Consisting of five parts.
Quinquepartite (a.) Divided into five parts almost to the base.
Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
Quinquesyllable (n.) A word of five syllables.
Quinquevalve (a.) Alt. of Quinquevalvular
Quinquevalvular (a.) Having five valves, as a pericarp.
Quinquevirs (pl. ) of Quinquevir
Quinqueviri (pl. ) of Quinquevir
Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
Quinquina (n.) Peruvian bark.
Quinquivalent (a.) Same as Pentavalent.
Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey.
Quint (n.) A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
Quint (n.) The interval of a fifth.
Quintain (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
Quintal (n.) A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.
Quintal (n.) A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
Quintan (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
Quintel (n.) See Quintain.
Quintessence (n.) The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.
Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
Quintessence (v. t.) To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Quintet (n.) Alt. of Quintette
Quintette (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
Quintic (a.) Of the fifth degree or order.
Quintic (n.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic.
Quintile (n.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72¡.
Quintilllion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Quintin (n.) See Quintain.
Quintine (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
Quintole (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
Quintuple (a.) Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
Quintupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quintuple
Quintupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quintuple
Quintuple (v. t.) To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
Quittuple-nerved (a.) Alt. of Quintuple-ribbed
Quintuple-ribbed (a.) The same as Quinquenerved.
Quinzaine (n.) The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.
Quinze (n.) A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
Quipped (imp. & p. p.) of Quip
Quipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quip
Quip (v. t.) To taunt; to treat with quips.