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- English Word Quindecemvirate Definition The body or office of the quindecemviri.
- English Word Quindecemviri Definition of Quindecemvir
- English Word Quindecemvirs Definition of Quindecemvir
- English Word Quindecone Definition An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.
- English Word Quindecylic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.
- English Word Quindem Definition A fifteenth part.
- English Word Quindism Definition A fifteenth.
- English Word Quinhydrone Definition 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.
- English Word Quinia Definition Quinine.
- English Word Quinible Definition An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.
- English Word Quinic Definition 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.
- English Word Quinicine Definition An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
- English Word Quinidine Definition 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.
- English Word Quinine Definition 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.
- English Word Quininic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.
- English Word Quininism Definition Alt. of Quinism
- English Word Quinism Definition See Cinchonism.
- English Word Quinizarin Definition A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.
- English Word Quinizine Definition any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.
- English Word Quinnat Definition The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.