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QUINTINE

Definition: QUINTINE

QUINTINE

Noun

1. The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Quintine \Quin"tine\, noun. [Latin expression quintus the fifth: compare to the French expression quintine.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: QUINTINE

English words defined with "QUINTINE": Tercine. (references)

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Rhyming with "QUINTINE"

Words rhyming with "QUINTINE" (pronounced 'Quin"tine'): Acolyctine, Adamantine, Amethystine, Asbestine, Balaustine, Chryselephantine, Clandestine, elephantine, Gigantine, Legantine, Observantine, Osteodentine, Paytine, Plicidentine, Polycystine, Pontine, Predestine, Pristine, Procrastine, Quartine, Sentine, Sestine, Sistine, Sittine, Vasodentine. (additional references)

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Anagrams: QUINTINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-n-n-q-t-u"

-1 letter: inquiet, quinine, quintin.

-2 letters: intine, quinin, quinte.

-3 letters: ennui, quiet, quint, quite, unite, untie.

-4 letters: etui, inti, nine, nite, quin, quit, tine, tune, unit.

-5 letters: inn, net, nit, nun, nut, ten, tie, tin, tui, tun.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-n-n-q-t-u"
 

+2 letters: inquieting, quietening, squinniest.

 

+3 letters: questioning.

 

+5 letters: cinquecentist, questionnaire, reacquainting, unquestioning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: QUINTINE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

51 55 49 4E 54 49 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.-    ..-    ..    -.    -    ..    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010001 01010101 01001001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#81 &#85 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#73 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0051 0055 0049 004E 0054 0049 004E 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5155434854434839

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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