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- |
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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. |