CHINQUAPIN | • chinquapin n. Certain trees in the chestnut genus Castanea… • chinquapin n. Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis. • chinquapin n. Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis. |
CINQUEFOIL | • cinquefoil n. A potentilla (flower). • cinquefoil n. (Heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes. • cinquefoil n. (Topology) A particular knot of five crossings. |
CLINQUANTS | • CLINQUANT n. tinsel, glitter. |
DELINQUENT | • delinquent adj. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. • delinquent adj. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense. • delinquent n. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another’s wishes. |
INQUIETING | • inquieting v. Present participle of inquiet. • INQUIET v. to disturb. |
INQUIETUDE | • inquietude n. A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous. • INQUIETUDE n. a disturbed state. |
INQUILINES | • inquilines n. Plural of inquiline. • INQUILINE n. a creature dwelling in another creature's lair, also INQUILINIC. |
INQUILINIC | • INQUILINIC adj. living with another. • INQUILINIC n. a creature dwelling in another creature's lair, also INQUILINE. |
INQUINATED | • inquinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of inquinate. • INQUINATE v. to corrupt or defile. |
INQUINATES | • inquinates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inquinate. • INQUINATE v. to corrupt or defile. |
INQUIRENDO | • inquirendo n. (Law) An authority to inquire. • INQUIRENDO n. the authority to inquire into something e.g. for the benefit of the Crown. |
INQUISITOR | • inquisitor n. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly. • inquisitor n. (Historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition. • INQUISITOR n. one who inquires or makes inquisition. |
QUINQUINAS | • quinquinas n. Plural of quinquina. • QUINQUINA n. (Quechua) a tree yielding cinchona bark, from which quinine is made, also CHINACHINA, CINCHONA, KINA, KINAKINA, QUINA, QUINAQUINA. |
RELINQUISH | • relinquish v. (Transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away. • relinquish v. (Transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release. • relinquish v. (Transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession. |