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Quicklime
- noun - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Quiescing
- verb - become quiet or quieter;
Quinicine
- - An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
Quinidine
- noun - cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
Quinizine
- - any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.
Quinoline
- - 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.
Quinzaine
- - The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.
Quivering
- verb - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
- move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
- the act of vibrating
Quixotism
- noun - quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior