(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquirer
acquirer
noun
A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
One who acquires.
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
alqueire
alqueire
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations.
alquier
aminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
anthradiquinone
anthrahydroquinone
anthraquinone
anthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene.
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this parent compound, mostly natural pigments or synthetic dyes.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antimasquerade
antiquarianize
antiquarianize
verb
(colloquial, dated, intransitive) To act the part of an antiquary.
antiquaries
antiquaries
noun
plural of antiquary
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
aprilesque
aquamarine
aquamarine
adj
Of a bluish-green colour.
noun
A bluish-green variety of beryl.
The bluish-green colour of the sea.
aquamarines
aquamarines
noun
plural of aquamarine
aquaregia
aquarellist
aquarellist
noun
(art) An artist who paints aquarelles
aquarellists
aquarellists
noun
plural of aquarellist
aquatinter
aquatinter
Noun
An artist who makes aquatints.
aquatinters
aquatinters
noun
plural of aquatinter
aqueomercurial
aquiculture
aquiculture
noun
Alternative form of aquaculture
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
aquifer
aquifer
noun
An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquifers
aquifers
noun
plural of aquifer
aquiver
aquiver
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
arabesquerie
arabesquerie
noun
arabesque ornamentation
architecturesque
architecturesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of architecture.
arequipa
arequipa
Proper noun
A city of Peru, in the south of the country
arlequinade
arquebusier
arquebusier
noun
(military, now historical) A soldier armed with an arquebus.
arquerite
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
barquantine
barquentine
barquentine
noun
(nautical) A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barquisimeto
benzofuroquinoxaline
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
caqueterie
caquetoire
caquetoires
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
carquaise
carquaise
noun
The annealing arch or oven used in the manufacture of plate glass.
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cinquanter
circumquaque
colloquializer
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
corinthianesque
counteracquittance
counterequivalent
crannequin
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demisemiquaver
demisemiquaver
noun
(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
disequalizer
disequalizer
noun
One who or that which makes unequal.
disequilibrate
disequilibrate
verb
(transitive) To bring out of a state of equilibrium; to unbalance.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disequilibria
disequilibria
noun
plural of disequilibrium
disquarter
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
enriqueta
equalitarian
equalitarian
adj
(dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
noun
(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
equalitarianism
equalitarianism
noun
Egalitarianism.
equalizer
equalizer
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
(mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
A device that balances various quantities.
A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
One who makes equal; a balancer.
equalizers
equalizers
noun
plural of equalizer
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
equatorially
equatorially
adv
In an equatorial direction
equestrial
equestrial
adj
Alternative form of equestrian
equestrian
equestrian
adj
(historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
noun
(historical) Synonym of eques
One who rides a horse.
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equestrianize
equestrianize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To ride on horseback.
equestrians
equestrians
noun
plural of equestrian
equestrianship
equestrianship
noun
equestrianism
equianchorate
equiangular
equiangular
adj
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.
equiangularity
equiangularity
noun
The condition of being equiangular
equianharmonic
equianharmonic
adj
(mathematics) equally anharmonic; specifically, whose anharmonic ratio is a cube root of unity
noun
(geometry) A set of four points whose cross ratio (or anharmonic ratio) is a cube root of 1.
equiarticulate
equibiradiate
equicaloric
equicaloric
adj
Having the same number of calories.
equicellular
equicellular
adj
(biology) Made up of similar cells.
equicrural
equicrural
adj
Having legs of equal size; isosceles.
equidiurnal
equidiurnal
adj
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; applied to the equinoctial line.
equidurable
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equigranular
equigranular
adj
(petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
equilater
equilateral
equilateral
adj
(geometry, of a polygon) Having all the sides equal.
(geometry, of a polyhedron) Having all the faces equal.
(zoology) Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.
(zoology) Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
noun
A figure having all its sides equal.
A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
equilaterally
equilaterally
adv
In an equilateral manner.
equilibrant
equilibrant
noun
A force equal to, but opposite of, the resultant sum of vector forces; that force which balances other forces, thus bringing an object to equilibrium.
equilibrants
equilibrants
noun
plural of equilibrant
equilibrate
equilibrate
verb
(intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.
(transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
equilibrated
equilibrated
adj
Subject to equilibration
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate
equilibrates
equilibrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equilibrate
equilibrating
equilibrating
verb
present participle of equilibrate
equilibration
equilibration
noun
The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equilibrative
equilibrative
adj
That equilibrates
equilibrator
equilibrator
noun
(rare) A device that maintains equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
equilibratory
equilibratory
adj
Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
equilibria
equilibria
noun
plural of equilibrium
equilibrial
equilibrial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being in equilibrium
equilibriate
equilibriria
equilibristat
equiliria
equimolar
equimolar
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds)
equimolecular
equimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds)
equinecessary
equinecessary
adj
Necessary or needful in the same degree.
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equinumerally
equiparable
equiparable
adj
(archaic, rare) comparable, equatable
equiparant
equiparate
equiparate
verb
(chiefly historical) To perform equiparation; to transfer attributes from one object or concept to another.
(rare) To compare.
equiparation
equiparation
noun
(chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
(more generally, rare) Comparison.
equipartile
equipartisan
equipartition
equipartition
noun
(mathematics, of a graph) The partition of its vertex set into sets whose sizes differ from each other by no more than 1.
(statistical mechanics) Short for w:Equipartition theorem.
The division of something into equal parts.
verb
(transitive) To divide into equal parts.
equiponderance
equiponderance
noun
The state of being equal in weight; equipoise
equiponderancy
equiponderancy
noun
Archaic form of equiponderance.
equiponderant
equiponderant
adj
(obsolete) Having equal weight.
equiponderate
equiponderate
verb
To counterbalance.
equiponderated
equiponderated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate
equiponderating
equiponderating
verb
present participle of equiponderate
equiponderation
equiponderation
noun
An equiponderating, or counterbalancing.
equiprobabilism
equiprobabilist
equiprobability
equiprobability
noun
The state or condition of being equiprobable
equiprobable
equiprobable
adj
(mathematics, logic) Having equal probability, such as any number from 1 to 6 being the equiprobable outcome of the fair toss of fair dice.
equiprobably
equiprobably
adv
With equal probability.
equiproportional
equiproportional
adj
equally proportional (to two or more other things)