QUINT
First name QUINT's origin is English. QUINT means "variant of quentin fifth. surname". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with QUINT below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of quint.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with QUINT and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming QUINT
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES QUŻNT AS A WHOLE:
quinta quintin quinton quintrellNAMES RHYMING WITH QUŻNT (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (uint) - Names That Ends with uint:
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (int) - Names That Ends with int:
toussaint clint flint toussnint jacint geraintRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (nt) - Names That Ends with nt:
yervant escorant gallehant moraunt rhongomyant kent bent agramant sacripant lorant creissant devent advent anant arnt bliant brant brent briant bryant calogrenant conant derwent diamont dumont flynt fremont frimunt graent grant hunt lamont laurent oliphant osmont pierrepont trent vincent waldmunt pierpont avent rhodant millicent crescent innocent valiant sargent clarissant meleagant pant trevrizent delmont durant durrant quentNAMES RHYMING WITH QUŻNT (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (quin) - Names That Begins with quin:
quin quincey quincy quinevere quinlan quinnRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (qui) - Names That Begins with qui:
quibilah quigley quirinRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (qu) - Names That Begins with qu:
quaashie quaid quan quang quany quarrie quauhtli qubilah qudamah queena queenie quennel quentin quenton quentrell queran querida quesnel quetzalxochitl quoc qutaiba qutaybah qutuz quy quyenNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH QUŻNT:
First Names which starts with 'qu' and ends with 'nt':
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English Words Rhyming QUINT
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES QUŻNT AS A WHOLE:
biquintile | noun (n.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees. |
coloquintida | noun (n.) See Colocynth. |
quint | noun (n.) A set or sequence of five, as in piquet. |
noun (n.) The interval of a fifth. | |
noun (n.) A set or sequence of five, as in piquet. | |
noun (n.) The interval of a fifth. |
quintain | noun (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. |
noun (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. |
quintal | noun (n.) A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. |
noun (n.) A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois. | |
noun (n.) A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. | |
noun (n.) A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois. |
quintan | noun (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days. |
noun (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days. | |
adjective (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. | |
adjective (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. |
quintel | noun (n.) See Quintain. |
noun (n.) See Quintain. |
quintessence | noun (n.) The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. |
noun (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. | |
noun (n.) The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. | |
noun (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. | |
verb (v. t.) To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. | |
verb (v. t.) To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. |
quintessential | adjective (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. |
adjective (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. |
quintet | noun (n.) Alt. of Quintette |
noun (n.) Alt. of Quintette |
quintette | noun (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. |
noun (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. |
quintic | noun (n.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic. |
noun (n.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic. | |
adjective (a.) Of the fifth degree or order. | |
adjective (a.) Of the fifth degree or order. |
quintile | noun (n.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72”. |
noun (n.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72”. |
quintilllion | noun (n.) 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. |
noun (n.) 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 | noun (n.) See Quintain. |
noun (n.) See Quintain. |
quintine | noun (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine. |
noun (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine. |
quintole | noun (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species. |
noun (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species. |
quintuple | adjective (a.) Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. |
adjective (a.) Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. | |
verb (v. t.) To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. | |
verb (v. t.) To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. |
quintupling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quintuple |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quintuple |
quintroon | noun (n.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person. |
quintuplet | noun (n.) A collection or combination of five of a kind. |
noun (n.) Five children born in the same labor. | |
noun (n.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five notes. | |
noun (n.) A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion. |
semiquintile | noun (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees. |
squint | noun (n.) Fig.: Looking askance. |
noun (n.) The act or habit of squinting. | |
noun (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. | |
noun (n.) Same as Hagioscope. | |
adjective (a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2. | |
verb (v. i.) To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. | |
verb (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed. | |
verb (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. | |
verb (v. t.) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. | |
verb (v. i.) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. |
squinting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squint |
() a. & n. from Squint, v. |
squinter | noun (n.) One who squints. |
squintifego | adjective (a.) Squinting. |
subquintuple | adjective (a.) Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH QUŻNT (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (uint) - English Words That Ends with uint:
suint | noun (n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (int) - English Words That Ends with int:
adjoint | noun (n.) An adjunct; a helper. |
aquatint | noun (n.) Alt. of Aquatinta |
backjoint | noun (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling. |
blowpoint | noun (n.) A child's game. |
calamint | noun (n.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme. |
catmint | noun (n.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it. |
ceint | noun (n.) A girdle. |
complaint | noun (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. |
noun (n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. | |
noun (n.) An ailment or disease of the body. | |
noun (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. |
comprint | noun (n.) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed. |
verb (v. t. & i.) To print together. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. |
conjoint | adjective (a.) United; connected; associated. |
constraint | noun (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity. |
counterpoint | noun (n.) An opposite point |
noun (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody | |
noun (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. | |
noun (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony. | |
noun (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. |
cuckoopint | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin. |
daint | noun (n.) Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. |
adjective (a.) Dainty. |
demitint | noun (n.) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light. |
noun (n.) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint. |
dint | noun (n.) A blow; a stroke. |
noun (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. | |
noun (n.) Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of. | |
verb (v. t.) To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. |
disjoint | adjective (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. |
verb (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. | |
verb (v. t.) To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. | |
verb (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. | |
verb (v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. | |
verb (v. i.) To fall in pieces. |
distraint | noun (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. |
embonpoint | noun (n.) Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent. |
enoint | adjective (a.) Anointed. |
enseint | adjective (a.) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. |
faint | noun (n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. |
noun (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. | |
noun (n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish. | |
superlative (superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. | |
superlative (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." | |
superlative (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. | |
superlative (superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. | |
verb (v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. |
feint | adjective (a.) Feigned; counterfeit. |
adjective (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. | |
adjective (a.) A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a feint, or mock attack. |
flint | noun (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel. |
noun (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks. | |
noun (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. |
footprint | noun (n.) The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator." |
glint | noun (n.) A glimpse, glance, or gleam. |
verb (v. i.) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. | |
verb (v. t.) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye. |
gunflint | noun (n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps. |
hint | noun (n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. |
verb (v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion. | |
verb (v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. |
horsemint | noun (n.) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata). |
noun (n.) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris). |
joint | noun (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. |
noun (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation. | |
noun (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. | |
noun (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. | |
noun (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. | |
noun (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. | |
noun (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. | |
noun (n.) A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall. | |
noun (n.) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting. | |
noun (n.) A place of low resort, as for smoking opium. | |
adjective (a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. | |
adjective (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. | |
adjective (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. | |
adjective (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. | |
verb (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. | |
verb (v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. | |
verb (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. | |
verb (v. t.) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. | |
verb (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly. |
kneejoint | noun (n.) The joint of the knee. |
noun (n.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent. |
libration point | noun (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
lint | noun (n.) Flax. |
noun (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics. |
lithotint | noun (n.) A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink. |
noun (n.) A picture produced by this process. |
mezzotint | noun (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced. |
verb (v. t.) To engrave in mezzotint. |
mint | noun (n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha. |
noun (n.) A place where money is coined by public authority. | |
noun (n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. | |
verb (v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money. | |
verb (v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. |
misprint | noun (n.) A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints. |
verb (v. t.) To print wrong. |
offprint | noun (n.) A reprint or excerpt. |
verb (v. t.) To reprint (as an excerpt); as, the articles of some magazines are offprinted from other magazines. |
quaint | adjective (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. |
adjective (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. | |
adjective (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. | |
adjective (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. | |
adjective (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. | |
adjective (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. |
queint | adjective (a.) See Quaint. |
adjective (a.) See Quaint. | |
() imp. & p. p. of Quench. | |
() imp. & p. p. of Quench. |
paint | noun (n.) A pigment or coloring substance. |
noun (n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface. | |
noun (n.) A cosmetic; rouge. | |
verb (v. t.) To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. | |
verb (v. t.) Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. | |
verb (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. | |
verb (v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. | |
verb (v. t.) To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well. | |
verb (v. t.) To color one's face by way of beautifying it. |
peppermint | noun (n.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery. |
noun (n.) A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it. | |
noun (n.) A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint. |
pint | noun (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart. |
noun (n.) The laughing gull. |
plaint | noun (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. |
noun (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury. | |
noun (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. |
plowpoint | noun (n.) Alt. of Ploughpoint |
ploughpoint | noun (n.) A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body. |
point | noun (n.) That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. |
noun (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer. | |
noun (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. | |
noun (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. | |
noun (n.) An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. | |
noun (n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. | |
noun (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. | |
noun (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. | |
noun (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. | |
noun (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. | |
noun (n.) A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. | |
noun (n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time | |
noun (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. | |
noun (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. | |
noun (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal. | |
noun (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. | |
noun (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. | |
noun (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. | |
noun (n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. | |
noun (n.) Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. | |
noun (n.) A switch. | |
noun (n.) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. | |
noun (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. | |
noun (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer. | |
noun (n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type. | |
noun (n.) A tyne or snag of an antler. | |
noun (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board. | |
noun (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. | |
noun (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. | |
noun (n.) To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. | |
noun (n.) Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. | |
noun (n.) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. | |
noun (n.) To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. | |
noun (n.) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. | |
noun (n.) To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. | |
noun (n.) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. | |
noun (n.) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. | |
noun (n.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point. | |
noun (n.) One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see Braille). Two modifications of this are current in the United States: New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later improvement, American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters. | |
noun (n.) In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; | |
noun (n.) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself. | |
noun (n.) The position of the pitcher and catcher. | |
noun (n.) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run. | |
noun (n.) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover. | |
noun (n.) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To appoint. | |
verb (v. i.) To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at. | |
verb (v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do. | |
verb (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess. |
pourpoint | noun (n.) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians. |
noun (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow. | |
noun (n.) A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print. | |
noun (n.) That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter. | |
noun (n.) Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print. | |
noun (n.) That which is produced by printing. | |
noun (n.) An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate. | |
noun (n.) A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical. | |
noun (n.) A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth. | |
noun (n.) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper. | |
noun (n.) A core print. See under Core. | |
verb (v. t.) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something. | |
verb (v. t.) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. | |
verb (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book. | |
verb (v. t.) To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico. | |
verb (v. t.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface. | |
verb (v. i.) To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like. | |
verb (v. i.) To publish a book or an article. |
photoprint | noun (n.) Any print made by a photomechanical process. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH QUŻNT (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (quin) - Words That Begins with quin:
quin | noun (n.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. |
noun (n.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. |
quinaldine | noun (n.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. |
noun (n.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. |
quinary | adjective (a.) Consisting of five; arranged by fives. |
adjective (a.) Consisting of five; arranged by fives. |
quiname | adjective (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole. |
adjective (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole. |
quinate | noun (n.) A salt of quinic acid. |
noun (n.) A salt of quinic acid. |
quinazol | noun (n.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. |
noun (n.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. |
quince | noun (n.) The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. |
noun (n.) a quince tree or shrub. | |
noun (n.) The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. | |
noun (n.) a quince tree or shrub. |
quincewort | noun (n.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort. |
noun (n.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort. |
quincunx | noun (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions. |
noun (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150”. | |
noun (n.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2. | |
noun (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions. | |
noun (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150”. | |
noun (n.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2. |
quindecagon | noun (n.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides. |
noun (n.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides. |
quindecemvir | noun (n.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. |
noun (n.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. |
quindecemvirate | noun (n.) The body or office of the quindecemviri. |
noun (n.) The body or office of the quindecemviri. |
quindecone | noun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid. |
noun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid. |
quindecylic | noun (n.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid. |
noun (n.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid. |
quindem | noun (n.) A fifteenth part. |
noun (n.) A fifteenth part. |
quindism | noun (n.) A fifteenth. |
noun (n.) A fifteenth. |
quinhydrone | noun (n.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone. |
noun (n.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone. |
quinia | noun (n.) Quinine. |
noun (n.) Quinine. |
quinible | noun (n.) An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals. |
noun (n.) An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals. |
quinic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. |
quinicine | noun (n.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric. |
noun (n.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric. |
quinidine | noun (n.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. |
noun (n.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. |
quinine | noun (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. |
noun (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. |
quininic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine. |
quininism | noun (n.) Alt. of Quinism |
noun (n.) Alt. of Quinism |
quinism | noun (n.) See Cinchonism. |
noun (n.) See Cinchonism. |
quinizine | noun (n.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics. |
noun (n.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics. |
quinnat | noun (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. |
noun (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. |
quinoa | noun (n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made. |
noun (n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made. |
quinogen | noun (n.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids. |
noun (n.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids. |
quinoidine | noun (n.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids. |
noun (n.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids. |
quinoline | noun (n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type. |
noun (n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type. |
quinologist | noun (n.) One who is versed in quinology. |
noun (n.) One who is versed in quinology. |
quinology | noun (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine. |
noun (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine. |
quinone | noun (n.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type. |
noun (n.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type. |
quinovic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark. |
quinovin | noun (n.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova. |
noun (n.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova. |
quinoxaline | noun (n.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones. |
noun (n.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones. |
quinoxyl | noun (n.) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid. |
noun (n.) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid. |
quinoyl | noun (n.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. |
noun (n.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. |
quinquagesima | adjective (a.) Fiftieth. |
adjective (a.) Fiftieth. |
quinquangular | adjective (a.) Having five angles or corners. |
adjective (a.) Having five angles or corners. |
quinquarticular | adjective (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists. |
adjective (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists. |
quinqueangled | adjective (a.) Having five angles; quinquangular. |
adjective (a.) Having five angles; quinquangular. |
quinquedentate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Quinquedentated |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Quinquedentated |
quinquedentated | adjective (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf. |
adjective (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf. |
quinquefarious | adjective (a.) Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous. |
adjective (a.) Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous. |
quinquefid | adjective (a.) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla. |
adjective (a.) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla. |
quinquefoliate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Quinquefoliated |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Quinquefoliated |
quinquefoliated | adjective (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets. |
adjective (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (qui) - Words That Begins with qui:
quib | noun (n.) A quip; a gibe. |
noun (n.) A quip; a gibe. |
quibble | noun (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. |
noun (n.) A pun; a low conceit. | |
noun (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. | |
noun (n.) A pun; a low conceit. | |
verb (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. | |
verb (v. i.) To pun; to practice punning. | |
verb (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. | |
verb (v. i.) To pun; to practice punning. |
quibbling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quibble |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quibble |
quibbler | noun (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster. |
noun (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster. |
quica | noun (n.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit. |
noun (n.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit. |
quice | noun (n.) See Queest. |
noun (n.) See Queest. |
quick | noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. | |
noun (n.) Quitch grass. | |
noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. | |
noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. | |
noun (n.) Quitch grass. | |
superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. | |
superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. | |
superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. | |
superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. | |
superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. | |
superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. | |
superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. | |
superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. | |
superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. | |
superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. | |
superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. | |
superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. | |
superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. | |
superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. | |
adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. | |
adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
quickbeam | noun (n.) See Quicken tree. |
noun (n.) See Quicken tree. |
quickening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quicken |
noun (n.) The act or process of making or of becoming quick. | |
noun (n.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life. | |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quicken | |
noun (n.) The act or process of making or of becoming quick. | |
noun (n.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life. |
quicken | adjective (a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. |
adjective (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed. | |
adjective (a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced. | |
adjective (a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. | |
adjective (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed. | |
adjective (a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced. | |
verb (v. i.) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. | |
verb (v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened. | |
verb (v. i.) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. | |
verb (v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened. |
quickener | noun (n.) One who, or that which, quickens. |
noun (n.) One who, or that which, quickens. |
quickens | noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
quickhatch | noun (n.) The wolverine. |
noun (n.) The wolverine. |
quicklime | adjective (a.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2. |
adjective (a.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2. |
quickness | noun (n.) The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. |
noun (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. | |
noun (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. | |
noun (n.) Sharpness; pungency of taste. | |
noun (n.) The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. | |
noun (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. | |
noun (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. | |
noun (n.) Sharpness; pungency of taste. |
quicksand | noun (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. |
noun (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. |
quickset | noun (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn. |
noun (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn. | |
adjective (a.) Made of quickset. | |
adjective (a.) Made of quickset. | |
verb (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. | |
verb (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. |
quicksilver | adjective (a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. |
adjective (a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. |
quicksilvered | adjective (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil. |
adjective (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil. |
quicksilvering | noun (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass. |
noun (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass. |
quickstep | noun (n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing. |
noun (n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing. |
quickwork | noun (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking. |
noun (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps. | |
noun (n.) The short planks between the portholes. | |
noun (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking. | |
noun (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps. | |
noun (n.) The short planks between the portholes. |
quid | noun (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco. |
noun (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco. | |
noun (n.) An English coin, a sovereign. | |
verb (v. t.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. | |
verb (v. t.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. |
quidam | noun (n.) Somebody; one unknown. |
noun (n.) Somebody; one unknown. |
quiddany | noun (n.) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade. |
noun (n.) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade. |
quiddative | adjective (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative. |
adjective (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative. |
quiddit | noun (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation. |
noun (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation. |
quidditative | adjective (a.) Quiddative. |
adjective (a.) Quiddative. |
quiddity | noun (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? |
noun (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. | |
noun (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? | |
noun (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. |
quiddling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiddle |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiddle |
quiddle | noun (n.) Alt. of Quiddler |
noun (n.) Alt. of Quiddler | |
verb (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle. | |
verb (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle. |
quiddler | noun (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles. |
noun (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles. |
quidnunc | noun (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. |
noun (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. |
quiescing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiesce |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiesce |
quiesce | noun (a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. |
noun (a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. |
quiescence | noun (n.) Alt. of Quiescency |
noun (n.) Alt. of Quiescency |
quiescency | noun (n.) The state or quality of being quiescent. |
noun (n.) The state or quality of being quiescent. |
quiescent | noun (n.) A silent letter. |
noun (n.) A silent letter. | |
adjective (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid. | |
adjective (a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. | |
adjective (a.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say." | |
adjective (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid. | |
adjective (a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. | |
adjective (a.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say." |
quiet | adjective (a.) In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air. |
adjective (a.) Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still. | |
adjective (a.) Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience. | |
adjective (a.) Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented. | |
adjective (a.) Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement. | |
adjective (a.) The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet. | |
adjective (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security. | |
adjective (a.) In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air. | |
adjective (a.) Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still. | |
adjective (a.) Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience. | |
adjective (a.) Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented. | |
adjective (a.) Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement. | |
adjective (a.) The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet. | |
adjective (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security. | |
verb (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence. | |
verb (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief. | |
verb (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down. | |
verb (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence. | |
verb (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief. | |
verb (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down. |
quieting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiet |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiet |
quietage | noun (n.) Quietness. |
noun (n.) Quietness. |
quieter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, quiets. |
noun (n.) One who, or that which, quiets. |
quietism | noun (n.) Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. |
noun (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes. | |
noun (n.) Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. | |
noun (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes. |
quietist | noun (n.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism. |
noun (n.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism. |
quietistic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism. |
quietness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. |
noun (n.) The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. |
quietsome | adjective (a.) Calm; still. |
adjective (a.) Calm; still. |
quietude | noun (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. |
noun (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. |
quietus | adjective (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. |
adjective (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. |
quill | noun (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. |
noun (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. | |
noun (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. | |
noun (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen. | |
noun (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. | |
noun (n.) The tube of a musical instrument. | |
noun (n.) Something having the form of a quill | |
noun (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff. | |
noun (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. | |
noun (n.) A hollow spindle. | |
noun (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. | |
noun (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. | |
noun (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. | |
noun (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen. | |
noun (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. | |
noun (n.) The tube of a musical instrument. | |
noun (n.) Something having the form of a quill | |
noun (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff. | |
noun (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. | |
noun (n.) A hollow spindle. | |
noun (n.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona. | |
verb (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. | |
verb (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. | |
verb (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. | |
verb (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH QUŻNT:
English Words which starts with 'qu' and ends with 'nt':
quadrant | noun (n.) The fourth part; the quarter. |
noun (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90”, or one subtending a right angle at the center. | |
noun (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. | |
noun (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90”, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. | |
noun (n.) The fourth part; the quarter. | |
noun (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90”, or one subtending a right angle at the center. | |
noun (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. | |
noun (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90”, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. |
quadrivalent | adjective (a.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements. |
adjective (a.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements. |
quant | noun (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole. |
noun (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole. |
quantivalent | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence. |
querent | noun (n.) A complainant; a plaintiff. |
noun (n.) An inquirer. | |
noun (n.) A complainant; a plaintiff. | |
noun (n.) An inquirer. |
questant | noun (n.) One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. |
noun (n.) One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. |
quinquivalent | adjective (a.) Same as Pentavalent. |
adjective (a.) Same as Pentavalent. |
quitrent | noun (n.) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. |
noun (n.) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. |
quotient | noun (n.) The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three. |
noun (n.) The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication. | |
noun (n.) The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three. | |
noun (n.) The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication. |