(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of checkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chequer
chicqued
chlorohydroquinone
demihaque
derelinquish
derelinquish
noun
to abandon or desert, to leave to itself
diphenylquinomethane
discotheque
discotheque
noun
(slightly dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
discotheques
discotheques
noun
plural of discotheque
discothque
earthquaked
earthquaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earthquake
harlequinade
harlequinade
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
harquebusade
harquebusade
noun
Alternative form of arquebusade (“the shot of an arquebus”)
headquarter
headquarter
verb
(US, intransitive) To establish headquarters.
(US, transitive) To provide (an organization) with headquarters.
headquartered
headquartered
adj
if an organization is headquartered somewhere, it has its headquarters in that place
verb
simple past tense and past participle of headquarter
headquartering
headquartering
verb
present participle of headquarter
headquarters
headquarters
noun
A place of concentrated activity or influence.
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
headsquare
hemidemisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver
noun
(music) A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
hemiquinonoid
hindquarter
hindquarter
noun
(in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
(metonymically, derogatory, usually in the plural) Human behind, butt.
Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
hydroquinine
hydroquinoline
hydroquinone
hydroquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.
hydroxyanthraquinone
hydroxyanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of an anthraquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.
hyperquadric
hyperquadric
noun
(mathematics) A particular generalization of a superquadric
musquashweed
physiqued
physiqued
adj
Having a specified kind of physique.
quadriphosphate
quadriphosphate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester containing four phosphate groups.
quadrisulphide
quailhead
quarterdeckish
quashed
quashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quash
quattuordecillionth
quedship
queenhood
queenhood
noun
The dignity of character becoming a queen.
The state, rank, or status of a queen.
quenched
quenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quench
quickhearted
quindecillionth
quinhydrone
quinhydrone
noun
(chemistry) a molecular complex of a quinone and its corresponding hydroquinone
relinquished
relinquished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relinquish
sesquichloride
sesquichloride
noun
(chemistry) Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
sesquihydrate
sesquihydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains three molecules of water of crystallization per two molecules.
sesquihydrated
sesquisulphide
sesquisulphide
noun
(chemistry) Any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms for every two metal atoms.
squamosphenoid
squamosphenoidal
squarehead
squarehead
noun
(slang) A foreigner of Germanic origin, especially a German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person.