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6,512 words match “QUA”

QUADRICAPSULAR a.
Having four capsules.
QUADRICEPS n.
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
QUADRICIPITAL n.
Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
QUADRICORN n.
Any quadricornous animal.
QUADRICORNOUS a.
Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
QUADRICOSTATE a.
Having four ribs.
QUADRIDENTATE a.
Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.
QUADRIENNIAL a.
Same as Quadrennial.
QUADRIFARIOUS a.
Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.
QUADRIFID a.
Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
QUADRIFOIL; QUADRIFOLIATE a.
Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
QUADRIFURCATED a.
Having four forks, or branches.
QUADRIGA n.
A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
QUADRIGEMINAL; QUADRIGEMINOUS a.
Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.
QUADRIGENARIOUS a.
Consisting of four hundred.
QUADRIJUGATE a.
Same as Quadrijugous.
QUADRIJUGOUS a.
Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
QUADRILATERAL a. 3 definitions
Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
QUADRILATERALNESS n.
The property of being quadrilateral.
QUADRILITERAL a.
Consisting of four letters.
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