10-letter words containing i, n, q
- quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantising — Present participle of quantise.
- quantitate — to determine the quantity of, especially with precision.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- quantitive — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quarantine — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quartation — the adding of silver to a mixture of gold and silver until the ratio is about one to three, at which point the silver can be removed using nitric acid
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quaternion — a group or set of four persons or things.
- quaternity — a group or set of four.
- quatorzain — a verse of fourteen lines
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- queen city — Toronto.
- queen-size — (of a bed) larger than a double bed, but smaller than king-size, usually 60 inches (152 cm) wide and 80 inches (203 cm) long.
- quercitrin — A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
- quercitron — an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
- queryingly — in a querying manner
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- questionee — a person who is questioned
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quickening — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quickthorn — hawthorn, esp when planted as a hedge
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quiet down — stop talking so loudly
- quietening — Present participle of quieten.
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quinoidine — a brownish-black, resinous substance consisting of a mixture of alkaloids, obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of quinine and formerly used as a cheap substitute for it.
- quinolones — Plural form of quinolone.
- quinquefid — cleft into five parts or lobes.
- quintefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- quintilian — (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus) a.d. c35–c95, Roman rhetorician.
- quintipara — A female that has borne five offspring.
- quintupled — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuple.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quintuplet — any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
- quintuplex — fivefold; quintuple.
- quirkiness — having or full of quirks.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- quizziness — unusualness, eccentricity
- quoin post — the vertical post at the side of a lock gate, about which the gate swings
- quotations — Plural form of quotation.
- quotidians — Plural form of quotidian.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.