(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquintocubitalism
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
casaquin
casaquin
noun
(historical) A kind of short gown associated with French working-class or peasant women.
cauquenes
cezannesque
chinquapins
chinquapins
noun
plural of chinquapin
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
cinquains
cinquains
noun
plural of cinquain
coequalness
coequalness
noun
The state or quality of being coequal.
colliquativeness
colloquialness
colloquialness
noun
The state or quality of being colloquial.
conquassate
conquassate
verb
(obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
conquians
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
conquistadors
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
consequentialities
consequentialities
noun
plural of consequentiality
consequentiality
consequentiality
noun
The property of being consequential.
consequentially
consequentially
adv
In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
consequentialness
consequentialness
noun
the quality or state of being consequential
coquinas
coquinas
noun
plural of coquina
corinthianesque
cotqueans
cotqueans
noun
plural of cotquean
cowanesque
disacquaint
disacquaint
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.
disacquaintance
disacquaintance
noun
(obsolete) Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disquiparancy
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equinecessary
equinecessary
adj
Necessary or needful in the same degree.
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equisonance
equisonance
noun
(music) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.
equivalences
equivalences
noun
plural of equivalence
equivalencies
equivalencies
noun
plural of equivalency
equivocalness
equivocalness
noun
The state of being equivocal; ambiguity
equivocations
equivocations
noun
plural of equivocation
inacquiescent
inacquiescent
adj
Not acquiescent.
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inconsequentia
inconsequentia
noun
Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
inconsequential
inconsequential
adj
Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.
Not logically following from the premises.
noun
Something unimportant; something that does not matter.
inconsequentiality
inconsequentiality
noun
(countable) anything that is inconsequential
(uncountable) the property of being inconsequential
inconsequentially
inconsequentially
adv
In an inconsequential manner.
inequicostate
liquefactions
liquefactions
noun
plural of liquefaction
loquaciousness
loquaciousness
noun
The state or property of being loquacious.
michelangelesque
nonacquaintanceship
nonacquiescence
nonacquiescence
noun
Lack of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
nonacquiescent
nonacquiescently
nonacquiescing
nonacquiescing
adj
Not acquiescing; not resting one's opposition to something.
nonacquisitive
nonacquisitive
adj
Not acquisitive.
nonacquisitively
nonacquisitiveness
nonacquisitiveness
Noun
The quality of not being acquisitive.
nonconsequential
nonconsequential
adj
Not consequential.
nonconsequentiality
nonconsequentially
nonconsequentialness
nonsequacious
nonsequacious
adj
Not sequacious.
nonsequaciously
nonsequaciousness
nonsequacity
piquancies
piquancies
noun
plural of piquancy
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preacquisitiveness
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
proacquisition
pseudoacquaintance
quackenbush
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
quadricotyledonous
quadricrescentic
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrophonics
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
qualifications
qualifications
noun
plural of qualification
quantics
quantics
noun
plural of quantic
quantifications
quantifications
noun
plural of quantification
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quasicontinuous
quasicontinuous
adj
(mathematics, physics) Having some characteristics of a continuous function, system etc
quasquicentennial
quasquicentennial
adj
Relating to a period of 125 years.
noun
A 125th anniversary.
A celebration to mark such an anniversary.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quatrocentist
quatrocentist
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentist
quenchableness
quenchableness
noun
The quality of being quenchable.
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
quiinaceous
quinacrines
quinacrines
noun
plural of quinacrine
quincubitalism
quindecasyllabic
quindecasyllabic
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
quinquecapsular
quinquecostate
quinquecostate
adj
(botany) Having five ribs.
quinquesyllabic
quinquesyllabic
Adjective
Having five syllables.
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quintuplicates
quintuplicates
noun
plural of quintuplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quintuplicate
quittances
quittances
noun
plural of quittance
quizzicalness
quizzicalness
Noun
The state or condition of being quizzical.
reacquaints
reacquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reacquaint
reacquisition
reacquisition
noun
A second or subsequent acquisition.
reacquisitions
reacquisitions
noun
plural of reacquisition
sanctiloquent
sanctiloquent
adj
Prone to speaking in a sanctimonious manner; preachy.
Speaking of holy or sacred things.
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.
sequaciousness
sequaciousness
noun
The state or condition of being sequacious.
sesquicarbonate
sesquicarbonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing one carbonate and one bicarbonate ion in each formula [CO₃HCO₃].
(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing three carbonate ions for every two metal ions.
sesquicentenary
sesquicentenary
noun
A 150-year anniversary.
sesquicentennial
sesquicentennial
adj
Occurring every 150 years.
Of, or relating to a sesquicentenary.
noun
A 150th anniversary.
sesquicentennially
sesquicentennially
adv
(rare) Celebrated after 150 years.
sesquicentennials
sesquicentennials
noun
plural of sesquicentennial
somniloquacious
somniloquacious
adj
(rare, humorous) Talkative in one’s sleep.
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.
squinacy
squinance
squinance
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The quinsy.
(obsolete) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves, formerly thought to cure the quinsy; quincewort.
squinancy
squinancy
noun
Alternative form of squinance
suaviloquence
suaviloquence
noun
The quality of pleasantness or sweetness in speech or writing.
superacquisition
supraquantivalence
tequistlatecan
transaquatic
unacquaintedness
unacquaintedness
noun
The state or condition of being unacquainted; unfamiliarity with something.