Quindecemviri () of Quindecemvir

Quindecemvir () One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.

Quindecemvirate () The body or office of the quindecemviri.

Quindecone () An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.

Quindecylic () Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.

Quindem () A fifteenth part.

Quindism () A fifteenth.

Quinhydrone () 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 () Quinine.

Quinible () An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.

Quinic () 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 () An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.

Quinidine () 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 () 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 () Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.

Quininism () Alt. of Quinism

Quinism () See Cinchonism.

Quinizarin () A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.

Quinizine () any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.

Quinnat () The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.

Quinoa () The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.

Quinogen () A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.

Quinoidine () A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.

Quinoline () 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 () One who is versed in quinology.

Quinology () The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.

Quinone () 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 () Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark.

Quinovin () An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova.

Quinoxaline () Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones.

Quinoxyl () The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.

Quinoyl () A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.

Quinquagesima () Fiftieth.

Quinquangular () Having five angles or corners.

Quinquarticular () 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 () Having five angles; quinquangular.

Quinquedentate () Alt. of Quinquedentated

Quinquedentated () Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf.

Quinquefarious () Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.

Quinquefid () Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.

Quinquefoliate () Alt. of Quinquefoliated

Quinquefoliated () Having five leaves or leaflets.

Quinque foliolate () Having five leaflets.

Quinqueliteral () Consisting of five letters.

Quinquelobate () Alt. of Quinquelobared

Quinquelobared () Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.

Quinquelobed () Same as Quinquelobate.

Quinquelocular () Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.

Quinquenerved () Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

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