CHINQUAPINS | • chinquapins n. Plural of chinquapin. • CHINQUAPIN n. (Native American) the dwarf chestnut of the US, also CHINCAPIN, CHINKAPIN. |
CINQUAINS | • cinquains n. Plural of cinquain. • CINQUAIN n. (French) a stanza of five lines. |
CINQUECENTIST | • cinquecentist adj. Alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentist. • cinquecentist n. Alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentist. • Cinquecentist adj. Of or pertaining to the art of Italy in the sixteenth century. |
CINQUECENTISTS | • cinquecentists n. Plural of cinquecentist. (Alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentists.) • Cinquecentists n. Plural of Cinquecentist. • CINQUECENTIST n. an Italian of the cinquecento. |
DELINQUENCIES | • delinquencies n. Plural of delinquency. • DELINQUENCY n. a delinquent act. |
INCONSEQUENTIAL | • inconsequential adj. Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance. • inconsequential adj. Not logically following from the premises. • inconsequential n. Something unimportant; something that does not matter. |
INFREQUENCIES | • infrequencies n. Plural of infrequency. • INFREQUENCY n. rarity of occurrence, also INFREQUENCE. |
INQUILINICS | • INQUILINIC n. a creature dwelling in another creature's lair, also INQUILINE. |
NONACQUISITIVE | • nonacquisitive adj. Not acquisitive. • NONACQUISITIVE adj. not acquisitive. |
QUANTIFICATIONS | • quantifications n. Plural of quantification. • QUANTIFICATION n. the operation of quantifying. |
QUICKENINGS | • quickenings n. Plural of quickening. • QUICKENING n. the act of quickening. |
QUINACRINES | • quinacrines n. Plural of quinacrine. • QUINACRINE n. another name for mepacrine, a bitter yellow powder, formerly used against malaria. |
QUINCENTENARIES | • quincentenaries n. Plural of quincentenary. • QUINCENTENARY n. a five-hundredth anniversary, also QUINGENTENARY. |
QUINCENTENNIALS | • quincentennials n. Plural of quincentennial. • QUINCENTENNIAL n. a five hundred year anniversary. |
QUINDECENNIALS | • QUINDECENNIAL n. a fifteenth anniversary. |
QUINDECILLIONS | • quindecillions n. Plural of quindecillion. • QUINDECILLION n. ten to the power of 48, or in Britain ten to the power of 90. |
QUINQUIVALENCES | • QUINQUIVALENCE n. the state of being quinquivalent, having a valency of five, also QUINQUEVALENCE, QUINQUEVALENCY, QUINQUIVALENCY. |
SQUINANCIES | • squinancies n. Plural of squinancy. • SQUINANCY n. (obsolete) quinsy, suppurating tonsillitis. |
SQUINCHING | • squinching v. Present participle of squinch. • SQUINCH v. to screw up, contort (one's face, features, etc.). |