The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
beliquoring
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bontequagga
briquetting
briquetting
verb
present participle of briquet
present participle of briquette
browningesque
burlesquing
burlesquing
noun
An instance of burlesque.
verb
present participle of burlesque
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conqueringly
conqueringly
adv
So as to conquer.
coquetting
coquetting
noun
coquetry
verb
present participle of coquet
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
croquignole
croquignole
noun
Alternative form of crokinole
croquignoles
deliquescing
deliquescing
verb
present participle of deliquesce
dequeuing
dequeuing
verb
present participle of dequeue
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
disquieting
disquieting
adj
Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
noun
The act by which someone or something is disquieted.
verb
present participle of disquiet.
disquietingly
disquietingly
adv
In a disquieting manner.
disquietingness
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
eigenfrequency
eigenfrequency
noun
Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.
eliquating
eliquating
verb
present participle of eliquate
enquiring
enquiring
adj
Curious, inquisitive or investigative.
noun
An instance of making an enquiry; an asking.
verb
present participle of enquire
equaling
equaling
verb
(American spelling) present participle of equal
equalising
equalising
verb
present participle of equalise
equalizing
equalizing
verb
present participle of equalize
equalling
equalling
verb
(British spelling) present participle of equal
equangular
equangular
adj
Alternative spelling of equiangular
equating
equating
noun
The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.
verb
present participle of equate
equiangle
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
equichangeable
equidiagonal
equidiagonal
adj
(geometry) Of a convex quadrilateral: having the two diagonals of equal length.
equigranular
equigranular
adj
(petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
equilibrating
equilibrating
verb
present participle of equilibrate
equipoising
equipoising
verb
present participle of equipoise
equiponderating
equiponderating
verb
present participle of equiponderate
equipping
equipping
noun
equipment
verb
present participle of equip
equiproducing
equisegmented
equisignal
equitangential
equitangential
adj
(geometry) Of a curve: having tangential segments that are all of the same length.
equitriangular
equitriangular
adj
Having the form of an equilateral triangle
equivalencing
equivalencing
verb
present participle of equivalence
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocatingly
equivocatingly
adv
With equivocation.
esquiring
esquiring
verb
present participle of esquire
frequentage
frequentage
noun
The habit or practice of frequenting.
frequenting
frequenting
verb
present participle of frequent
gaminesque
gaminesque
adj
Like a gamin or gamine; mischievously charming without sophistication.
gardenesque
gardenesque
adj
Reminiscent of a garden; garden-like.
germanesque
giantesque
giantesque
adj
Synonym of gigantesque
gigantesque
gigantesque
adj
Very large; like a giant; gigantic.
gnomesque
goblinesque
goblinesque
adj
Reminiscent of goblins.
gongoresque
gorgonesque
grandesque
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
grandiloquent
grandiloquent
adj
(of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
grandiloquently
grandiloquently
adv
showing grandiloquence
greenquist
griffinesque
griqualander
grotesqueness
grotesqueness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grotesque.
gyrofrequencies
gyrofrequencies
noun
plural of gyrofrequency
gyrofrequency
gyrofrequency
noun
(physics) The frequency of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a uniform magnetic field.
headquartering
headquartering
verb
present participle of headquarter
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
igneoaqueous
igneoaqueous
adj
(archaic) Formed by heat and water; denoting an obsolete theory of the formation of granite
inequigranular
inequigranular
adj
Not equigranular.
inquieting
inquieting
verb
present participle of inquiet
interquarreling
intersqueezing
irvingesque
jargonesque
jargonesque
adj
Characteristic of jargon.
jerquing
jerquing
noun
(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
lacquering
lacquering
noun
An application of lacquer.
verb
present participle of lacquer
lacqueying
lacqueying
verb
present participle of lacquey
liquefying
liquefying
verb
present participle of liquefy; alternative spelling of liquifying
liqueuring
liqueuring
verb
present participle of liqueur
liquidogenic
liquidogenous
liquidogenous
adj
That forms a liquid when in bulk
longiloquence
longiloquence
noun
long-windedness
longiloquent
longiloquent
adj
long-winded
magnifique
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
magniloquently
magniloquently
adv
In a magniloquent manner.
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
michelangelesque
monegasque
negqtiator
nesquehoning
nonacquiescing
nonacquiescing
adj
Not acquiescing; not resting one's opposition to something.
nonequalizing
nonequivocating
nonequivocating
adj
Not equivocating.
nonliquefying
nonliquefying
adj
Not liquefying.
outequivocating
outquerying
overqualifying
overqualifying
verb
present participle of overqualify
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
penetrolqgy
peruginesque
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preacquitting
preequipping
preliquidating
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
prequarantining
prequoting
prerequiring
prerequiring
verb
present participle of prerequire
quadragenarian
quadragenarian
adj
Of or related to fortysomethings.
noun
Synonym of fortysomething: a person between 40 and 49 years old.
quadragenarious
quadragenarious
adj
(rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
quadragintesimal
quadrangle
quadrangle
noun
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
quadrangled
quadrangled
adj
Alternative form of quadrangular
Enclosed in a quadrangular structure
quadrangles
quadrangles
noun
plural of quadrangle
quadrangularness
quadrangulate
quadrangulate
verb
(transitive) To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation)
quadranguled
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrigenarious
quadrigenarious
adj
(rare) Having or consisting of four hundred.
quagginess
quagginess
noun
The quality of being quaggy.
quarreling
quarreling
verb
US standard spelling of quarrelling.
quarrelingly
quarrelling
quarrelling
noun
A heated argument.
verb
present participle of quarrel
quarrellingly
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quartering
quartering
adj
(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
noun
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
(hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.
A division into four parts.
A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
verb
present participle of quarter
quarterings
quarterings
noun
plural of quartering
quarternight
quartersawing
quartersawing
verb
present participle of quartersaw
quavering
quavering
adj
Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
noun
The act of something that quavers.
verb
present participle of quaver
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
queening
queening
noun
(chess) The promotion of a pawn to a queen.
(countable) Any of several kinds of apple.
The sexual practice of facesitting.
verb
present participle of queen
queenright
queenright
adj
(zoology, of colonies of bees, ants, etc.) Having a queen.
queering
queering
noun
(LGBT, social sciences) The process by which something is queered.