English words: quinaldic to quinquelingualism

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English words quinaldic to quinquelingualism

quinaldic adjective: Alternative form of quinaldinic.
quinaldine noun: An oily liquid, α-methylquinoline, derived from coal tar, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and as a sedative for fish.
quinaldinic adjective: Of or pertaining to quinaldinic acid or its derivatives
quinaldinic acid noun: A product of tryptophan catabolism, quinoline-2-carboxylic acid, found in mammalian urine
quinalizarin noun: 1,2,5,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinone
quinalphos noun: An organothiophosphate chemical chiefly used as a pesticide.
quiname adjective: Composed of five leaflets growing from the end of a petiole
quinamine noun: A particular alkaloid obtained from cinchona bark.
quinaphthol noun: A treatment for typhoid fever etc, prepared from quinine and naphthol sulfonate
quinapril noun: An ACE inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure, a prodrug that is converted to its active metabolite, quinaprilat, in...
quinaprilat noun: The active metabolite of quinapril.
quinaquina noun: cinchona bark, quinquina
quinarene noun: Any mancude assembly of three carbocyclic rings having a six-membered quinonoid ring bonded (in the 1,4 positions) to two odd-membered rings whose size...
quinarian adjective, noun /kwɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/: Divided into five parts
quinarianism noun: The quinary system of classification, which states that each taxon comprises exactly five subtaxa.
quinarily adverb: In a quinary way.
quinarius noun /kwɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/: A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.
quinary adjective, noun /ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/: Of fifth rank or order.
quinary sector noun: The branch of a country's economy where high-level decisions are made by top-level executives in government, industry, education, etc.
quinate adjective, noun /ˈkwaɪnət/: Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
quinatoxine noun: Synonym of quinicine.
Quinault noun: A group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States.
quinazamid noun: A particular fungicide.
quinazol noun: A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline.
quinazolinamine noun: Any aromatic amine derived from a quinazoline
quinazoline noun: A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to one of pyrimidine; some of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals
quinazolinedione noun: A derivative of a quinazoline having two carbonyls groups in the pyrimidine ring, but especially the parent compound 2,4-quinazolinedione
quinazolinic adjective: Relating to, or derived from a quinazoline
quinazolino noun: A radical derived from a quinazoline
quinazolinol noun: A form of phenol derived from a quinazoline
quinazolinone noun: A heterocyclic chemical compound with two isomers, used as a sedative.
quinazolinyl noun: A univalent radical derived from quinazoline.
quinazolone noun: A phenolic derivative of quinazoline 2-quinazolinol
quinazosin noun: An alpha-adrenergic blocker drug.
quinbolone noun /ˈkwɪnbələʊn/: An anabolic steroid with weak androgenic effects.
Quinby proper noun: A surname.
quincarbate noun: A diuretic drug.
quince noun /kwɪns/: The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
quince cheese noun: A sweet, thick jelly made from the pulp of the quince.
quince curculio noun: Conotrachelus crataegi, a North American true weevil.
quinceañera noun /ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/: The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
quincelike adjective: Resembling a quince.
quincentenarian noun /ˌkwɪn.sɛn.təˈnɛəɹi.ən/: One who or that which is between 500 and 599 years old.
quincentenary adjective, noun: Synonym of quincentennial (“a 500th anniversary”).
quincentennial adjective, noun: Of or related to a 500th anniversary.
quincentennium noun: A period of five hundred years, half a millennium.
quincewort noun: squinancywort
Quincey proper noun: A surname.
quinch verb: To twitch, as if in pain; flinch, wince.
quincha noun: A traditional Latin American construction system that uses wood and cane or giant reed to form an earthquake-proof framework that is covered in mud and plaster.
quinche verb: Alternative form of quinch.
quincidence noun: Pronunciation spelling of coincidence.
quincite noun: rose-coloured opal
Quincke's edema noun: angioedema
quinclorac noun: A selective herbicide used primarily to control weeds in rice crops.
quincolor adjective: Having five colors.
quinconazole noun: A particular fungicide.
quincubital adjective: Having a fifth cubital remex.
quincuncial adjective /kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl/: Arranged in a quincunx.
quincuncially adverb: In a quincuncial fashion.
quincunx noun /ˈkwɪŋkʌŋks/: An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot...
quincunxial adjective: Alternative spelling of quincuncial.
quincunxially adverb: In a quincunxial fashion.
quincuple adjective: fivefold; applied to five concentric circles
Quincy noun /ˈkwɪnsi/: A kind of dry white wine made from Sauvignon blanc grapes grown near Quincy in the Loire valley.
quindec- prefix: Fifteen.
quindecad noun: A set of fifteen things.
quindecagon noun: A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles.
quindecagonal adjective: Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
quindecamine noun: An antibacterial drug.
quindecangle noun: Synonym of quindecagon.
quindecasyllabic adjective: Having fifteen syllables.
quindecemvir noun: Alternative form of quindecimvir.
quindecemvirate noun: Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecennalia noun: The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 15th year of rule.
quindecennial adjective: Lasting fifteen years.
quindecile noun: A fifteenth of a circle (24 degrees).
quindecillion number /ˌkwɪndəˈsɪl.i.ən/: 10⁴⁸.
quindecim noun: Synonym of quinzieme, a tax of one fifteenth (6.7%).
quindecima noun: The interval of a fifteenth, a double octave.
quindecimal adjective: Based on the number fifteen, base 15.
quindecimvir noun: Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecimviral adjective: Of or belonging to the quindecimviri or the quindecimvirate.
quindecimvirate noun: A group of fifteen people, especially (politics) a council of fifteen men sharing office or rule, particularly such groups of magistrates in ancient Rome.
quindecone noun: An unsaturated hydrocarbon related to valylene, probably 2-undecylbut-1-en-3-yne
quindecupartite adjective: Having fifteen parts, divided into 15 pieces.
quindecuplet noun: A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.
quindecylic adjective: Synonym of pentadecylic.
quindenary adjective: Containing fifteen things, or to the base of fifteen.
quindene noun: The 14th day after a festival.
quindicessima adverb: Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
quindim noun: A Brazilian baked custard dessert made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut.
quindoline noun: A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of an indole ring fused to one of quinoline; an isomer of quinindoline
quindoxin noun: A drug formerly used in animal feeds to promote growth.
quine adjective, noun, suffix, verb /kwaɪn/: A program that produces its own source code as output.
Quine dagger noun: Synonym of Peirce arrow.
Quine quote noun: Synonym of corner quote.
Quinean adjective: Of or relating to Willard Van Orman Quine, an American philosopher.
Quineanism noun: Quinean philosophy.
quinela noun: Alternative form of quiniela.
quinella noun, verb: A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing.
quinelorane noun: A drug which acts as a dopamine agonist selective for the D2 subtype.
quiner noun: One who quines.
quinestradiol noun: Alternative form of quinestradol.
quinestradol noun: A synthetic oestrogen.
quinestrol noun: A synthetic oestrogen used in hormone replacement therapy.
quinetalate noun: An antiasthma drug.
quinethazone noun: a thiazide diuretic used to treat hypertension.
quinetum noun: A mixture of the sulphates of the cinchona alkaloids: a cheap substitute for quinine sulphate.
Quiney proper noun: A surname.
quinezamide noun: An antiulcer drug.
quinfamide noun: An amoebicidal drug.
quing noun: A non-binary ruler.
quingenary adjective, noun /kwɪnˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹi/: Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary.
quingestanol noun: 3-cyclopentyl norethisterone, a steroidal progestin whose acylated derivative is used as a pharmaceutical drug.
quingestrone noun: A synthetic progestogen.
quinhydrone noun: a molecular complex of a quinone and its corresponding hydroquinone
quinia noun: quinine
Quinian adjective: Alternative form of Quinean.
quinible noun: An interval of a fifth, or a part sung with such intervals.
quinic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
quinic acid noun: A white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in...
quinicia noun: quinicine; quinotoxine
quinicine noun: An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
quinidamine noun: A particular cinchona alkaloid.
quinide noun: A lactone of a quinic acid
quinidia noun: quinidine
quinidine noun /ˈkwɪn.ɪ.diːn/: A compound obtained from cinchona bark and used to treat irregularities of heart rhythm. It is an isomer of quinine.
quinie noun: A cornerstone.
quiniela noun: A kind of bet in which the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted, but (unlike a perfecta) not necessarily in the correct order.
quiniferous adjective: Bearing quinine.
-quinil suffix /ˈkwɪ.nɪl/: Used to form names of quinoline derivatives used as benzodiazepine receptor full, partial, or inverse agonists.
quinindoline noun: A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of an indole ring fused to one of quinoline; an isomer of quindoline
quinine noun, verb /kwɪˈniːn/: An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an...
quinine bark noun: Synonym of cinchona (“the bark of these plants”).
quinine bush noun: Alstonia constricta, an Australian endemic plant in the family Apocynaceae.
quinine flower noun: Synonym of wild quinine
quinine test noun: A sensory evaluation or laboratory procedure that uses quinine to evaluate either human taste perception or the presence of the drug in bodily fluids.
quinine tree noun: Any evergreen tree of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes.
quinine water noun: Synonym of tonic water
quinined adjective, verb: Supplemented with quinine.
quininic adjective /kwɪˈnɪ.nɪk/: Derived from quinine
quininic acid noun: A nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.
quininise verb: Alternative form of quininize.
quininism noun: Cinconism.
quininization noun: A medical treatment with quinine.
quininize verb: To treat with quinine.
quiniretin noun: A brown flocculent form of quinine.
Quinisext adjective: Describing a council convoked by the emperor Justinian II at Constantinople in 692, also known as the Council in Trullo; of or pertaining to this council.
Quinisextine adjective: Quinisext
quinism noun: Cinconism.
quinisocaine noun: A topical anesthetic used as an antipruritic.
quinite noun: 1,4-cyclohexanediol.
quinitol noun: Synonym of quinite.
quinity noun /ˈkwɪnɪti/: Synonym of quintet: A group of five.
quinizarin noun: A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially and isomeric with alizarin.
quinized adjective: quininized; treated with quinine
quinizine noun: Any of a series of nitrogenous bases derived from quinoline, some of which are used as antipyretics.
quink noun: A hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon.
Quinkan noun /ˈkwɪŋkən/: An Aboriginal spirit, especially as depicted on rock paintings in Queensland
Quinlan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Quinlivan proper noun: A surname.
quinmerac noun: A particular auxin herbicide.
Quinn proper noun /kwɪn/: A surname from Irish.
quinnat noun /ˈkwɪnət/: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.
quinnat salmon noun: A Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Quinnell proper noun: A surname originating as a matronymic.
quinnet noun: Alternative form of quinnat.
Quinney proper noun: A surname.
Quinnipiac noun: A Native American nation of the Algonquian family who inhabited the Wampanoki region, including present-day Connecticut.
Quinny proper noun: A nickname of the surname Quinn.
quinoa noun /ˈkiːn.wɑː/: A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
quinocarbazole noun: Synonym of carbazolequinone.
quinocarbonium noun: Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quinocetone noun: The genotoxin 1-(3-methyl-2-quinoxalinyl)-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-one N,N'-dioxide
quinochalcone noun: Any quinone derived from a chalcone
quinocide noun: The irritant antimalarial drug 8-[(4-aminopentyl)amino]-6-methoxyquinoline
quinodimethane noun: A highly reactive diene consisting of a benzene ring with two attached methylene groups.
quinoestradiol noun: The oestrogen 3-(cyclopentyloxy)estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-16a,17b-diol
quinoform noun: The drug clioquinol.
quinogen noun: A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
quinohaemoprotein noun: Any of a class of proteins that have haem and quinone as cofactors
quinohemoprotein noun: A quinoprotein form of a hemoprotein
quinoid adjective, noun: Having a structure based upon a quinone.
quinoidal adjective: quinoid
quinoidation noun: Synonym of quinoidization.
quinoidine noun: A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark.
quinoidization noun: Modification by addition of, or conversion to a quinone.
quinol noun /ˈkwɪnɒl/: Synonym of hydroquinone.
quinolacetic acid noun: A metabolite associated with hawkinsinuria.
quinolactacin noun: Any of a number of fungal alkaloids related to quinolone.
quinolate noun: Any salt or ester of a quinolinic acid
quinolic adjective: Relating to a quinol
quinolin noun: Dated form of quinoline.
quinolinamine noun: Any amine derivative of quinoline
quinolinate noun: Any salt or ester of quinolinic acid.
quinoline noun /ˈkwɪnəliːn/: Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C₉H₇N.
quinoline yellow noun: a yellow food coloring now known to be toxic and banned in some countries
quinolinedione noun: A quinone derived from quinoline
quinolinemethanethiol noun: A sulfoxymethyl derivative of quinoline that is present in the defensive spray of some skunks
quinolinemethanol noun: An alkaloid whose derivatives are used for a variety of pharmaceutical purposes, most notably quinine, which is used to treat malaria.
quinolinic adjective: Of or pertaining to quinolinic acid or its derivatives
quinolinic acid noun: Pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid, which may be prepared by the oxidation of quinoline.
quinolinium noun: The cation formed by protonation of a quinoline
quinolinol noun: The fungistat and chelating agent 8-hydroxyquinoline (or other isomer)
quinolinolate noun: The anion (or O-derivative) derived from a hydroxyquinoline
quinolinone noun: Any cyclic ketone derived from quinoline
quinolinyl noun: The radical derived from quinoline
quinolizidine noun: A bicyclic saturated heterocyclic compound in which a nitrogen atom serves as a bridge.
quinolizine noun: Any of several isomeric non-aromatic bicyclic heterocycles, of formula C₉H₉N, having two six-membered rings with the nitrogen atom as one of the bridge...
quinolizinium noun: Any cation (with the charge on the nitrogen atom) derived from a quinolizine
quinolizinone noun: Any of several carbonyl compounds derived from a quinolizine
quinological adjective: Of or pertaining to quinology.
quinologist noun: One who studies quinology.
quinology noun: The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
quinolone noun /ˈkwɪnələʊn/: Any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.
quinolyl noun: A univalent radical derived from quinoline
quinomethane noun: Any compound formally derived from a quinone by replacing either or both of the quinone oxygens with a methylidene group.
quinomethide noun: quinomethane
quinomethionate noun: A particular fungicide.
quinometry noun: The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinomycin noun: Synonym of echinomycin.
quinone noun /ˈkwɪnəʊn/: Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
quinone imine noun: any quinonimine
quinone methide noun: Any derivative of a quinine in which one of the carbonyl groups has been replaced by a methylene group
quinonediimine noun: Any diimine derived from a quinone
quinoneimine noun: Any imine derived from a quinone
quinonemethide noun: Alternative form of quinone methide.
quinoneoxime noun: Alternative form of quinonoxime.
Quinonez proper noun: Quiñónez: A surname from Spanish.
quinonic adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of a quinone
quinonimine noun: Any of a class of imines formally derived from a quinone by replacing one or both oxygens with =NR.
quinonization noun: The treatment of a substance with a quinone.
quinonize verb: To treat with a quinone.
quinonoid adjective, noun: Of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone
quinonoxime noun: either the mono- or di- oxime of a quinone; tautomeric with nitrosophenols
quinophan noun: Synonym of cinchophen.
quinoprotein noun: Any of a class of proteins that have quinones as cofactors.
quinopyrin noun: Alternative form of quinopyrine.
quinopyrine noun: A highly concentrated solution of quinine hydrochloride and antipyrine.
quinostatin noun: The statin 1-[8-(4-ethylbenzoyl)-2,3-dihydro-[1,4]dioxino[2,3-g]quinolin-9-yl]piperidine-4-carboxamide
quinotannic acid noun: A certain acid obtained from cinchona bark.
quinotolast noun: An antiallergic drug.
quinotoxine noun: A derivative of quinine that has a historical importance in the synthesis of the drug.
quinova red noun: A red substance obtained by decomposition of quinotannic acid.
quinovatannic acid noun: A tannic acid obtained from the bark of Cinchona nova or Cinchona surinamensis, resembling quinotannic acid.
quinovate noun: Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quinovic adjective: Of or pertaining to quinovic acid
quinovic acid noun: A triterpene carboxylic acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark
quinovin noun: An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks.
quinovopyranose noun: The furanose form of quinovose
quinovosamine noun: The aminodeoxysugar (3R,4R,5S,6R)-3-amino-6-methyloxane-2,4,5-triol
quinovose noun: A deoxy sugar, 6-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, that is widespread in plants, often as a sulfate
quinoxaline noun: A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyrazine.
quinoxalinedione noun: An organic compound with the formula C₆H₄(NH)₂(CO)₂.
quinoxalinone noun: A bicyclic heterocyclic ketone derived from quinoxaline; any derivative of this compound
quinoxalinyl noun: A univalent radical derived from quinoxaline.
quinoxalyl noun: Any univalent radical formed from quinoxaline.
quinoxyfen noun: A particular fungicide.
quinoxyl noun: The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.
quinoyl noun: A radical whose hydride is quinone, analogous to phenyl.
quinpirole noun: a psychoactive drug used in scientific research.
quinqu- prefix: Alternative form of quinque- used before a vowel.
quinqua- prefix: Alternative form of quinque- (“five”).
quinquadecillion number: Synonym of quindecillion.
quinquadragintillion number: 10¹³⁸.
quinquagenarian adjective, noun /ˌkwɪŋkwəd͡ʒəˈnɛɹiən/: Synonym of pentecoster: an officer who commands 50 men.
quinquagenary adjective, noun /kwɪŋˈkwæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/: Synonym of pentecoster: an officer who commands 50 men.
quinquagene noun /ˈkwɪŋkwəˌd͡ʒin/: A set of 50 psalms, typically with an analytical commentary.
Quinquagesima noun: A moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).
quinquagesimal adjective: Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.
quinquagintillion number: 10¹⁵³.
quinquangle noun /ˈkwɪŋˌkwæŋɡəl/: Synonym of pentagon (“a polygon with five sides and five angles”).
quinquangular adjective: Having five angles or corners.
quinquarticular adjective: Relating to the five articles of Remonstrance.
Quinquatria noun: An ancient Roman festival in honour of Minerva.
Quinquatrian adjective: Relating to the Quinquatria.
quinquatrigintillion number: 10¹⁰⁸.
Quinquatrus noun: Synonym of Quinquatria.
quinquavigesimal adjective: Based upon the number twenty-five
quinquavigintillion number: Synonym of quinvigintillion.
quinque- prefix: Five.
quinquecapsular adjective: Having five capsules.
quinqueconsonantal adjective, noun /ˌkwɪŋkwɪˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl/: made up of or relating to five consonants
quinquecostate adjective: Having five ribs.
quinquedentate adjective: Having a pattern of five teeth.
quinquedentated adjective: Having a pattern of five teeth.
quinquedigitate adjective: Synonym of pentadactyl, having 5 fingers.
quinquefarious adjective /ˌkwɪŋ.kwɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/: Arranged in five vertical rows.
quinquefid adjective: Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments.
quinquefoil noun /ˈkwɪŋkwɪfɔɪl/: Alternative form of cinquefoil.
quinquefoliate adjective: Having five leaves or leaflets.
quinquefoliated adjective: Having five leaves
quinquefoliolate adjective: Having five leaflets.
quinquefolium noun: cinquefoil (i.e. fiveleaf)
quinquegrade adjective: Of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
quinquejugate adjective: Pinnate, with five pairs of leaflets.
quinquelateral adjective: Having five sides.
quinquelingual adjective, noun: Written in five languages.
quinquelingualism noun: The condition of being quinquelingual; the ability to speak five languages.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Q: 3,883 words, in 13 parts.