(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
quantitatively
quantitatively
adv
In a quantitative manner.
With respect to quantity rather than quality.
quantitativeness
quantitativeness
noun
The state or quality of being quantitative.
quantitive
quantitive
adj
Alternative form of quantitative
quantitively
quantitively
adv
quantitatively
quantitiveness
quantivalence
quantivalence
noun
(chemistry) Valence; the atomic or combining power of an element or radical expressed in terms of the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite.
quantivalency
quantivalency
noun
Alternative form of quantivalence
quantivalent
quantivalent
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to quantivalence, or valence.
quarryville
quassative
quassative
adj
shaking; trembling
quatuorvirate
quatuorvirate
noun
Misspelling of quattuorvirate.
quavering
quavering
adj
Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
noun
The act of something that quavers.
verb
present participle of quaver
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
quaviver
quercivorous
quercivorous
adj
Feeding on oak leaves.
quesitive
quesitive
adj
(mathematics, obsolete) Of or relating to an unknown quantity.
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilverish
Adjective
Like quicksilver.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
quiddative
quiddative
adj
(philosophy) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.
quidditative
quidditative
adj
Alternative form of quiddative
quidditatively
quidditatively
adv
Synonym of quiddatively
quietive
quietive
adj
Tending to quieten or make passive.
noun
Something that quietens; a sedative.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) 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.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinova
quinovatannic
quinovate
quinovate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quinovic
quinovic
adj
Of or pertaining to quinovic acid
quinovin
quinovin
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks.
quinovose
quinovose
noun
(biochemistry) A deoxy sugar, 6-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, that is widespread in plants, often as a sulfate
quinquenerval
quinquenerved
quinquenerved
adj
(botany, rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
quinquevalence
quinquevalence
noun
The condition of being quinquevalent.
quinquevalency
quinquevalent
quinquevalent
adj
Alternative spelling of quinquivalent
quinquevalve
quinquevalve
adj
(botany, biology) Having five valves.
quinquevalvous
quinquevalvular
quinquevalvular
adj
Alternative form of quinquevalve
quinqueverbal
quinqueverbial
quinquevir
quinquevir
noun
One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
quinquevirate
quinquevirate
noun
An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.
quinquevirs
quinquevirs
noun
plural of quinquevir
quinquivalent
quinquivalent
Adjective
Having an atomic valence of 5.
Having a vaccine valence of 5.
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quiteve
quiver
quiver
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
noun
(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
(mathematics) A multidigraph.
(obsolete) A vulva.
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
verb
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
quivered
quivered
adj
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiver
quiverer
quiverer
noun
One who quivers.
quiverers
quiverers
noun
plural of quiverer
quiverful
quiverful
noun
The amount held by a quiver
quivering
quivering
adj
shaking, shivering
noun
A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
verb
present participle of quiver
quiveringly
quiveringly
adv
While quivering, or as if quivering
quiverish
quiverish
adj
quivery
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
quivers
quivers
noun
plural of quiver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiver
quivery
quivery
adj
quivering; aquiver
quivira
quotative
quotative
adj
(grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
(linguistics) A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.