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Meanings of Quintuplet:

noun

Each of five children born at one birth.

Usage examples:

Commotion over multiple births - quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets - isn't new.

Meanings of Quintuplets:

noun

Each of five children born at one birth.

Usage examples:

Commotion over multiple births - quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets - isn't new.

Meanings of Quintuplicate:

adjective

Fivefold.

verb

Multiply by five.

Meanings of Quintuplicated:

verb

Multiply by five.

adjective

Fivefold.

Meanings of Quintuplicates:

verb

Multiply by five.

adjective

Fivefold.

Meanings of Quintuplicating:

verb

Multiply by five.

adjective

Fivefold.

Meanings of Quintuplication:

noun

The action or process of making quintuple or of multiplying by five.

Meanings of Quintuplinerved:

adjective

(of a leaf) having two main veins arising on each side of the midrib a little above its base.

Meanings of Quintupling:

verb

Increase or cause to increase fivefold.

Usage examples:

The company's revenues would quintuple over the next decade

adjective

Consisting of five parts or things.

Usage examples:

The microscope has a motorized revolving quintuple nosepiece

noun

A fivefold number or amount; a set of five.

Meanings of Quintus:

noun

A fifth vocal line in addition to the usual four in a vocal composition.

Meanings of Quinze:

noun

A card game resembling pontoon, in which the object is to acquire cards with a face value totalling fifteen points, or to come as near as possible to that number without exceeding it.

Meanings of Quip:

noun

A witty remark.

Usage examples:

Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

verb

Make a witty remark.

Usage examples:

‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

Meanings of Quipful:

adjective

= quippish ; also in extended use.

Meanings of Quipped:

verb

Make a witty remark.

Usage examples:

‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

noun

A witty remark.

Usage examples:

Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

Meanings of Quipper:

noun

A person who makes quips.

Meanings of Quipping:

verb

Make a witty remark.

Usage examples:

‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

noun

A witty remark.

Usage examples:

Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

Meanings of Quippish:

adjective

Characterized by quips; given to making quips.

Meanings of Quippy:

adjective

= quippish .

Meanings of Quips:

noun

A witty remark.

Usage examples:

Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

verb

Make a witty remark.

Usage examples:

‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

Meanings of Quipsome:

adjective

= quippish .

Meanings of Quipster:

noun

A person who makes witty remarks.

Usage examples:

A quiet quipster, using his wit to ease the strain of criticism

Meanings of Quipsters:

noun

A person who makes witty remarks.

Usage examples:

A quiet quipster, using his wit to ease the strain of criticism

Meanings of Quipu:

noun

An ancient inca device for recording information, consisting of variously coloured threads knotted in different ways.

Usage examples:

The quipus of the ancient incas of peru encoded a wide range of data about people, land, and crops …

Meanings of Quipus:

noun

An ancient inca device for recording information, consisting of variously coloured threads knotted in different ways.

Usage examples:

The quipus of the ancient incas of peru encoded a wide range of data about people, land, and crops …

Meanings of Quire:

noun

Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.

Usage examples:

Pages printed on one or both sides, gathered into quires or folios, superseded papyrus and parchmen…