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Quinic
- - 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.
Quinoa
- - The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
Quinsy
- noun - a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
Quints
- noun -
- one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- sequence of five cards of the same suit in piquet
Quinze
- - A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Quipus
- noun - calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
Quiras
- noun - any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
- hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
Quires
- noun - a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets