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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 questuary Acquisitive; greedy. quiddany A confection of quinces, in consistency between a syrup and marmalade. quiescency Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest quin- five quinary Of fifth rank or order. quinate Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate. quincuncial Arranged in a quincunx. quindecennial Lasting fifteen years. quindecimal Based on the number fifteen, base 15. quindecimviral Of or belonging to the quindecimviri or the quindecimvirate. quindecimvirate A group of fifteen people, especially (politics) a council of fifteen men sharing office or rule, particularly such groups of magistrates in ancient Rome. quindecupartite Having fifteen parts, divided into 15 pieces. quindecuplet A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles. quindenary Containing fifteen things, or to the base of fifteen. quingenary Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary. quinible An interval of a fifth, or a part sung with such intervals. quinity Synonym of quintet: A group of five. quinquagenarian Synonym of pentecoster: an officer who commands 50 men. quinquagenary Synonym of pentecoster: an officer who commands 50 men. quinque- Five. quinquefarious Arranged in five vertical rows. quinquefid Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments. quinquennal Synonym of quinquennial, of or related to a 5-year period. quinquennalian Synonym of quinquennial: Of or related to a 5-year period. quinquenniad Synonym of quinquennium: A 5-year period. quinqueviral Of or belonging to the quinqueviri or the quinquevirate. quinquevirate An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule. quintate To seize or destroy one fifth (of something). quinticlave An alto ophicleide. quintine The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. quintipoint A point at which five borders meet. quintuplicate Multiplied by five. Quirinus An early Roman deity of possibly Sabine origin. quiritation A crying for help. Quirites The citizens of early Rome. quisquilious composed of bric-a-brac, miscellaneous quodlibetic Of or relating to a quodlibet quodque each, every quomodo The means, way, or method (of doing something). quotiety The relation of an object to number. quotum A part or proportion; a fraction; quota. rabious raging; rabid racemation A cluster or bunch, as of grapes. Also used figuratively. racemiferous Bearing racemes. racemose Having flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme, spike, or catkin. rachilla The part of a spikelet, in grasses and sedges, that bears the florets Racovian A member of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland, with their headquarters in Raków radiata pine The Monterey pine. Pinus radiata. radicate To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly. radicicolous That lives in or on the roots of plants radiciflorous Flowering from the root. radiciform Having the nature or appearance of a root (radix). radicivorous That feeds on plant roots. radio- radiation, radioactive radix graminis the root of couch grass, once used medicinally raduliform rasplike ralline Of, or pertaining to members of the Rallidae family (also referred to as rails). rament A scraping; a shaving. rameous ramal; relating to a branch or branching ramet A clone (individual member of a genet). ramiflorous Having flowers on the branches. ramiform Having the shape of a branch. ramigerous Bearing branches; branched. rammel Refuse matter. rampion A species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus. ramulose Having many small branches, or ramuli. ramuscule A twig, a small branch. ranachrome The fluorescent pigment 6-hydroxymethylpterin found in frog skin ranarian of, relating to, or resembling frogs. ranavirus Any virus of the genus Ranavirus, many of which cause disease in amphibians rancescent Becoming rancid or sour. ranny A shrew (the animal). ranula A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland. ranunculite A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium. raptophile Synonym of biastophile. raptophilia Synonym of biastophilia. raptorious raptorial raptus A state of rapture. raspatory A surgeon's rasp. ratihabition confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract ratio formalis the formal grounds for something; the essential attributes of matter as they appear in the mind or in a definition. rational number A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers. Ratisbon Regensburg (a city in Germany). raucid Hoarse, raucous. raucity Harshness of sound; rough utterance Ravennese Ravennate; of Ravenna. readept To regain; to recover. rebellow Of a place: to re-echo to or with a sound. reboantic Reverberating. reboation A loud reverberation; the echo of a bellow or roar. rebullition The act of boiling up or effervescing. recalescence An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs. recidivate To relapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially to commit new offenses after having been punished or sanctioned for earlier ones. reciprocant A contravariant expressing a certain condition of tangency; a differential invariant. reclinant Bending or leaning backward. reclinate bent downward, so that the point is lower than the base. reclude To open; to unblock. reclusory The place someone uses as a recluse; a hermitage. recoct To boil or cook again. recogitate To think or ponder.