Appropinquate :: Appropinquate (v. i.) To approach.

Appropinquation :: Appropinquation (n.) A drawing nigh; approach.

Appropinquity :: Appropinquity (n.) Nearness; propinquity.

Chinquapin :: Chinquapin (n.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat..

Cinque :: Cinque (n.) Five; the number five in dice or cards.

Cinque Ports :: Cinque Ports () Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places..

Cinque-pace :: Cinque-pace (n.) A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five..

Cinque-spotted :: Cinque-spotted (a.) Five-spotted.

Cinquecento :: Cinquecento (n. & a.) The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style..

Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand..

Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..

Clinquant :: Clinquant (a.) Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery..

Clinquant :: Clinquant (n.) Tinsel; Dutch gold.

Coinquinate :: Coinquinate (v. t.) To pollute.

Coinquination :: Coinquination (n.) Defilement.

Delinquencies :: Delinquencies (pl. ) of Delinquenc.

Delinquency :: Delinquency (n.) Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.

Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.

Delinquently :: Delinquently (adv.) So as to fail in duty.

Inquartation :: Inquartation (n.) Quartation.

Inquest :: Inquest (n.) Inquiry; quest; search.

Inquest :: Inquest (n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death..

Inquest :: Inquest (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand..

Inquest :: Inquest (n.) The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.

Inquiet :: Inquiet (v. t.) To disquiet.

Inquietation :: Inquietation (n.) Disturbance.

Inquietness :: Inquietness (n.) Unquietness.

Inquietude :: Inquietude (n.) Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.

Inquiline :: Inquiline (n.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.

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