(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
prosequendum
quadragintesimal
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
quadrenniums
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadriennium
quadrienniumutile
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrilaminar
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadripulmonary
quadrumana
quadrumanal
quadrumanal
adj
quadrumane
quadrumane
quadrumane
adj
(zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".
noun
(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.
quadrumanous
quadrumanous
adj
Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
qualminess
qualminess
noun
Quality of being qualmy.
qualmishness
qualmishness
noun
The quality of being qualmish.
quantimeter
quantimeter
noun
A device for determining the quantity of X-rays generated by a Crookes tube or Coolidge tube.
quantometer
quantometer
noun
A device for performing spectrographic analysis.
quantulum
quantulum
noun
(obsolete) A very small amount.
quantum
quantum
adj
(computing theory) Relating to a quantum computer.
(informal) Of a change, significant.
(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
noun
(computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
(computing, uncountable) Short for quantum computing.
(law) The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
(law) The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
(mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
(medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
quantummechanical
quarmen
quarrelsomeness
quarrelsomeness
noun
The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature.
quarryman
quarryman
noun
A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
quarrymen
quarrymen
noun
plural of quarryman
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermen
quartermen
noun
plural of quarterman
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quayman
quayman
noun
A man who works on a quay.
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
queendom
queendom
noun
A realm ruled by a queen.
The condition or character of a queen; queenly rule, power, or authority.
The subjects of such a realm.
quelimane
quenemo
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
querimans
querimonies
querimonies
noun
plural of querimony
querimonious
querimonious
adj
Complaining; querulous.
querimoniously
querimoniously
adv
In a querimonious manner.
querimoniousness
querimoniousness
noun
(archaic) The quality of being querimonious, of tending to complain.
querimony
querimony
noun
(archaic) A complaint.
questman
questman
noun
(obsolete) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
(obsolete) A collector of parish rents.
(obsolete) One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.
questmen
questmen
noun
plural of questman
questmonger
questmonger
noun
(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
quickenbeam
quickman
quinaldinium
quinamicin
quinamicine
quinamidin
quinamidine
quinamin
quinamine
quinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular alkaloid obtained from cinchona bark.
quincubitalism
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
quindecim
quindecim
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinetum
quinetum
noun
(historical) A mixture of the sulphates of the cinchona alkaloids: a cheap substitute for quinine sulphate.
quininism
quininism
Noun
cinchonism
quinism
quinism
noun
cinchonism
quinnimont
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quinoform
quinolinium
quinolinium
noun
(organic chemistry) The cation formed by protonation of a quinoline
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinonediimine
quinonediimine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any diimine derived from a quinone
quinonimin
quinonimine
quinonimine
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of imines formally derived from a quinone by replacing one or both oxygens with =NR.
quinquagesima
quinquagesimal
quinquagesimal
adj
Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.
quinquennium
quinquennium
noun
A period of five years.
quinquenniums
quinquereme
quinquereme
noun
(history) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
quinquertium
quinquertium
noun
(historical) An ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.
quintelement
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quinzieme
quinzieme
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth of the value of goods, levied on merchants in the ports of England by King John circa 1204.
quipsomeness
quislingism
quislingism
noun
Alternative form of Quislingism
quislingisms
quitclaiming
quitclaiming
verb
present participle of quitclaim
quitman
quitman
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas.
A city in Georgia, United States.
A village in Louisiana.
A city in Mississippi
A small city in Texas
qumran
quominus
quondam
quondam
adj
(formal) Former; once; at one time.
quondamly
quondamly
adv
(formal) Formerly; at an earlier time.
quondamship
quondamship
noun
(obsolete, rare) The property of being former, no longer current.
quoniam
quoniam
noun
(slang, obsolete) A kind of drinking-cup.
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
reequipment
reequipment
noun
The act, or the result of reequipping
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
rembrandtesque
rembrandtesque
Adjective
Resembling or similar to the effects and/or techniques of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially in chiaroscuro.
requirement
requirement
noun
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
Something asked.
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
requitement
requitement
noun
(obsolete) requital
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
saltimbanque
saltimbanque
noun
Tumbler, street acrobat.
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.