Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quindism

Quin″dism (?), n. A fifteenth. Prynne.

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Quinhydrone

Quin‐hy″drone (?), n. [Quinone + hydroquinone.] (Chem.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxid...

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Quinia

‖Quin″i‐a (?), n.(Chem.) Quinine.

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Quinible

Quin″i‐ble (?), n. [L. quini five each.] (Mus.) An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals. “He sang... a loud quynyble.” Chaucer.

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Quinic

Quin″ic (?), a. [See Quinine, and cf. Kinic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous a...

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Quinicine

Quin″i‐cine (?), n.(Chem.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.

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Quinidine

Quin″i‐dine (?), n.(Chem.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline sub...

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Quinine

Qui″nine (?), n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. Kinic.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of sev...

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Quininic

Qui‐nin″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.

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Quininism

{ Qui″nin‐ism (?), Qui″nism (?), } n.(Med.) See Cinchonism.

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Quinizarin

Qui‐niz″a‐rin (?), [Hydroquinone + alizarin.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.

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Quinizine

Quin″i‐zine (?), n. [Quinoline + hydrazine.] (Chem.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.

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Quinnat

Quin″nat (?), n.(Zoöl.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); — called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial impo...

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Quinoa

‖Qui‐no″a (?), n. The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.

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Quinogen

Quin″o‐gen (?), n. [Quinine + -gen.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.

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Quinoidine

Qui‐noid″ine (?), n. [Quinine + -oid.] (Med. Chem.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several...

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Quinoline

Quin″o‐line (?), n. [Quinine + L. oleum oil + -ine.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, ...

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Quinologist

Qui‐nol″o‐gist (?), n. One who is versed in quinology.

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Quinology

Qui‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Quinine + -logy.] The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.

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Quinone

Qui″none (?), n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double k...

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Quinovic

Qui‐no″vic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark. [Written also chinovic, and kinovic.]

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Quinovin

Qui‐no″vin (?), n. [NL. quina nova the tree Cosmibuena magnifolia, whose bark yields quinovin.] (Chem.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Call...

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Quinoxaline

Quin‐ox″a‐line (?), n. [Quinoline + glyoxal.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with ...

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Quinoxyl

Quin‐ox″yl (?), n. [Quinone + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.

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Quinoyl

Qui″noyl (?), n. [Quinone + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. [Written also kinoyl.]

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Quinquagesima

Quin′qua‐ges″i‐ma (?), a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth.Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fifti...

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Quinquangular

Quin‐quan″gu‐lar (?), a. [L. quinquanqulus; quinque five + angulus ad angle: cf. F. quinquangulaire.] Having five angles or corners.