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Quinquennalia
() Public games celebrated every five years.
Quinquennial
() Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.
Quinquennium
() Space of five years.
Quinquepartite
() Consisting of five parts.
Quinquepartite
() Divided into five parts almost to the base.
Quinquereme
() A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
Quinquesyllable
() A word of five syllables.
Quinquevalve
() Alt. of Quinquevalvular
Quinquevalvular
() Having five valves, as a pericarp.
Quinquevirs
() of Quinquevir
Quinqueviri
() of Quinquevir
Quinquevir
() One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
Quinquina
() Peruvian bark.
Quinquivalent
() Same as Pentavalent.
Quinsy
() An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey.
Quint
() A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
Quint
() The interval of a fifth.
Quintain
() An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
Quintal
() A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.
Quintal
() A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
Quintan
() Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
Quintan
() An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
Quintel
() See Quintain.
Quintessence
() The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.
Quintessence
() Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
Quintessence
() To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
Quintessential
() Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Quintet
() Alt. of Quintette
Quintette
() A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
Quintic
() Of the fifth degree or order.
Quintic
() A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic.
Quintile
() The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72¡.
Quintilllion
() According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Quintin
() See Quintain.
Quintine
() The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
Quintole
() A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
Quintuple
() Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
Quintupled
() of Quintuple
Quintupling
() of Quintuple
Quintuple
() To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
Quittuple-nerved
() Alt. of Quintuple-ribbed
Quintuple-ribbed
() The same as Quinquenerved.
Quinzaine
() The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.
Quinze
() A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Quip
() A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
Quipped
() of Quip
Quipping
() of Quip
Quip
() To taunt; to treat with quips.
Quip
() To scoff; to use taunts.
Quipo
() Same as Quipu.