8 letter word starting with quin

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
quinazol noun A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline.
quincunx noun An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions., The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡., A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2.
quindism noun A fifteenth.
quinible noun An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.
quininic adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.
quinogen noun A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
quinovic adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark.
quinovin noun An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova.
quinoxyl noun The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.
quinque- A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed.
quintain noun An object to be tilted at; — called also quintel.
quintile noun The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72¡.
quintine noun The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
quintole noun A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.